Patent ID: 7793415

Claim:
A method for suppression of EMI emissions around an opening of an electronic enclosure that holds a physical layer switch, comprising: (a) installing a plurality of fiber optic cables on a plurality of ports attached to the switch such that the cables pass through the opening in the cabinet; (b) after step (a), dividing the cables into a plurality of discrete bundles, and for each bundle: placing an enclosure around the bundle while the enclosure is in an open state and thereafter closing the enclosure such that it surrounds the bundle, wherein after the closing the enclosure is positioned in the opening of the cabinet and wherein each closed enclosure has integrated connectors disposed at an end of the enclosure for securing the closed enclosure to a flat member having a plurality of openings, the flat member having integrated connectors disposed at each of the openings on the flat member; securing each closed enclosure to the flat member by snapping the integrated connectors disposed on the end of the enclosure into the integrated connectors disposed at an opening on the flat member; and securing the flat member to the opening of the cabinet; and wherein the enclosure is made of a material that suppresses EMI emissions.