Patent ID: 7458733

Claim:
A method of cooling an optical transceiver that is mountable in a wall opening of a data transfer system, said method comprising the steps of: providing an optical transceiver having a form factor and having an end portion that is insertable within a wall opening in a wall forming a portion of an enclosure for a data transfer system, said wall opening having a form factor corresponding to said form factor of said optical transceiver and designed to receive said optical transceiver, at least a portion of said optical transceiver being positioned within the interior of said data transfer system when said end portion is inserted in said wall opening; and ventilating ambient air over a major surface portion of the optical transceiver by mounting said end portion to the wall opening so that at least one vent is formed within confines of the wall opening, said at least one vent allowing air to pass therethrough between the exterior of said enclosure and the interior of said enclosure, and over the major surface portion of the optical transceiver located within the interior of said enclosure.