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VX80 I/O Cards
The VX80 Router consists of a single 80 input by 80 output non-blocking switch matrix. This allows any port
on any I/O card to be connected to any other port. The VX80 is designed so that all 16 I/O card slots accept
the same type of card. The VX80 I/O card is functionally and physically the same as the VX40 Upstream Card.
The VX80 Router configuration can have a minimum of one I/O Card. Each VX80 I/O card contains 5 ports, so
that when fully configured, the VX80 will contain 16 I/O cards. The 16 I/O cards provide a total of 80 Optical
Input/Output connections (SFP+ T/R). The switching matrix connects any optical input (SFP+ R) to any optical
output (SFP+ T), even if it is the same Port number (i.e. Port 1 R connected to Port 1 T).
Figure 2: VX80 Input/Output Concept