Patent ID: 8229301
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. In an optical transceiver that is communicatively coupled to a host computing system, the optical transceiver including a memory and at least one processor, a method for the optical transceiver to receive and execute custom microcode from the host computing system, the method comprising the following: an act of receiving microcode at the host computing system from a remote data site via a network interface on the host computing system, the remote data site providing the microcode by aggregating specific microcode for a plurality of identified operational features, wherein the plurality of identified operational features are selected by a user at the host computing system; and an act of providing the received microcode from the host computing system to the memory of the optical transceiver via a two-wire interface on the host computing system, wherein the microcode is structured such that, when executed by the at least one processor, the optical transceiver is caused to perform the identified operational features, wherein at least one of the user-selectable operational features is a feature that configures an interface controller at the optical transceiver to cause the optical transceiver to communicate with the host computing system using a predetermined user-specified interface chosen from among multiple available interfaces.