Patent ID: 8767806

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first connector unit configured to interface with a quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) transceiver unit and to receive reception data signals at a data rate from the QSFP transceiver unit; a reception equalizer unit electrically connected to the first connector unit and configured to receive the reception data signals at the data rate across a first module signal path and to adjust the reception data signals to be compatible for reception by a CXP host port; a microcontroller unit electrically connected to the first connector unit and configured to receive reception status signals from the first connector unit across a first module status signal path and to adjust the reception status signals to be compatible for reception by the CXP host port; and a second connector unit electrically connected to the reception equalizer unit and the microcontroller unit and configured to: interface with the CXP host port; receive adjusted reception data signals from the reception equalizer unit across a second module signal path; receive adjusted reception status signals from the microcontroller unit across a second module status signal path; and send the adjusted reception data signals and the adjusted reception status signals to the CXP host port.