An apparatus, comprising: a first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver; and a first processor for a server, the first processor operatively coupled to the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver, the first processor configured to: determine an identifier of a first port from a plurality of ports (260, 280) of an optical device when being connected to the optical device via the first port from the plurality of ports (260, 280), identify, based on the identifier of the first port, a first wavelength from a plurality of wavelengths and associated with the first port, send a signal to the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver such that the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver operates at the first wavelength from the plurality of wavelengths, and send an electrical signal to the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver such that the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver 1) converts the electrical signal to a first optical signal at the first wavelength from the plurality of wavelengths and 2) sends the first optical signal to a switch fabric operatively coupled to the first processor, wherein the optical device, during operation of the first processor, is configured to not switch the first optical signal; wherein the apparatus further comprises: a second processor operatively coupled to the first processor, the second processor configured to identify a second wavelength associated with a second port from the plurality of ports (260, 280) of the optical device; and a second wavelength-tunable optical transceiver operatively coupled to the second processor and configured to send a second optical signal at a second wavelength to the optical device a first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver; and a first processor for a server, the first processor operatively coupled to the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver, the first processor configured to: determine an identifier of a first port from a plurality of ports (260, 280) of an optical device when being connected to the optical device via the first port from the plurality of ports (260, 280), identify, based on the identifier of the first port, a first wavelength from a plurality of wavelengths and associated with the first port, send a signal to the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver such that the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver operates at the first wavelength from the plurality of wavelengths, and send an electrical signal to the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver such that the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver 1) converts the electrical signal to a first optical signal at the first wavelength from the plurality of wavelengths and 2) sends the first optical signal to a switch fabric operatively coupled to the first processor, wherein the optical device, during operation of the first processor, is configured to not switch the first optical signal; determine an identifier of a first port from a plurality of ports (260, 280) of an optical device when being connected to the optical device via the first port from the plurality of ports (260, 280), identify, based on the identifier of the first port, a first wavelength from a plurality of wavelengths and associated with the first port, send a signal to the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver such that the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver operates at the first wavelength from the plurality of wavelengths, and send an electrical signal to the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver such that the first wavelength-tunable optical transceiver 1) converts the electrical signal to a first optical signal at the first wavelength from the plurality of wavelengths and 2) sends the first optical signal to a switch fabric operatively coupled to the first processor, wherein the optical device, during operation of the first processor, is configured to not switch the first optical signal; wherein the apparatus further comprises: a second processor operatively coupled to the first processor, the second processor configured to identify a second wavelength associated with a second port from the plurality of ports (260, 280) of the optical device; and a second wavelength-tunable optical transceiver operatively coupled to the second processor and configured to send a second optical signal at a second wavelength to the optical device a second processor operatively coupled to the first processor, the second processor configured to identify a second wavelength associated with a second port from the plurality of ports (260, 280) of the optical device; and a second wavelength-tunable optical transceiver operatively coupled to the second processor and configured to send a second optical signal at a second wavelength to the optical device