BE1027087B1 - OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER CONFIGURATION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND KIT - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an optical transceiver configuration device, system and kit. A configuration device includes an optical transceiver jack and a data communications port. An optical transceiver can be received in the jack. The optical transceiver includes non-volatile memory and a transceiver identifier. The transceiver ID can be read from the optical transceiver. A file based at least in part on the transceiver identifier may be provided through the port to a user's computing device. The file is readable through a web browser. The file is configured to display one or more user selectable firmware update options through the user computing device. Selection data relating to a firmware update may be received from the user computing device via the port. A firmware update based at least in part on the selection data can be written to the memory of the optical transceiver.

Description

DI SPOSI TI F, TRANSMITTER CONFIGURATION SYSTEM AND KIT -

OPTICAL RECEIVER Technical Field The invention relates to the technical field of configuring optical transceivers.

Background US 8,566,643 B2 describes a small form factor pluggable control device (SFP). The SFP control device connects to an SFP transceiver and via USB cable to a PC. The SFP control device uses the PC's default web browser, without an internet connection, to display SFP transceiver details, such as wavelength, description, range, manufacturer, among other information , according to the program code supplied to the PC via the SFP control device. Both the SFP controller and the SFP transceiver are powered through the PC's USB cable connection. The SFP control device appears on the PC as a memory key.

The document describes playing an SFP transceiver, generating readable files through a web browser, and viewing the files through a web browser on a PC. The document in particular teaches how to do without an Internet connection. A priori, the PC does not need to be configured with dedicated software or files specifically associated with the SFP control device or an SFP transceiver, because these software or files are provided by the SFP control device. The document does not provide for updating firmware data on an SFP transceiver.

US 9,959,110 B2 describes a method of programming an optical transceiver. The optical transceiver has on-board memory storing firmware data and a transceiver ID. A hardware device includes a socket for electrical connection with the optical transceiver, further includes memory storing an identity of the hardware device, and can be electrically connected via USB to a computing device. The identity of the hardware device is read from its memory and provided to a remote provider. After confirming the valid identity of the hardware device, the transceiver ID is sent to the remote provider to select new firmware data corresponding to the transceiver ID and to download the new data. firmware from the remote vendor into the storage of the computing device. The new firmware data is retrieved from the storage of the hardware device and written from the hardware device to the memory of the optical transceiver.

Wrong firmware data can irreversibly damage an optical transceiver. In particular, this can lead to the use of incorrect operating parameters, which in turn can lead to irreversible damage to the optical transceiver. Examples are scratches on optical components of the optical transceiver or hardware failure due to excessive power and / or temperatures exceeding safe limits. It is of the utmost importance to avoid erroneous firmware data. In the aforementioned document, new firmware data is sent from the remote provider to the computing device, from the computing device to the hardware device, and from the hardware device to the memory of the optical transceiver. Interception of new firmware data on the computing device may occur, corruption of new firmware data by a user may occur, and corrupted firmware data may be written to transceiver memory storage. optical.

US 7,610,494 B2 describes an optical transceiver which has at least one processor and one memory. The optical transceiver receives encrypted microcode from a source. The optical transceiver can then decrypt the received microcode to create decrypted microcode. The decrypted microcode is then written to memory, where it can be executed by the at least one processor to control one or more functions of the optical transceiver. A decryption key may be used which key includes a unique transceiver identifier, such as a transceiver serial number.

The optical transceiver is configured to decrypt the microcode. On the optical transceiver, less resources are available for other functionality and / or additional resources are required to enable decryption functionality, the resources may be memory, computing time on one or more processors, etc. . It comes down to a linear change in resources with the amount of optical transceivers, since such a configuration is done per optical transceiver. Additionally, cryptography tends to use more complex algorithms and / or larger keys, due to the algorithmic progression in solving the discrete logarithm problem, resulting in more resources required overall.

The object of the present invention is to solve at least some of the problems mentioned above. Summary of the Invention In a first aspect, the present invention provides a configuration device for configuring optical transceivers, according to claim 1. In a second aspect, the present invention provides a system for configuring transmitters. -optical receivers according to claim 18.

In a third aspect, the present invention provides a kit for configuring optical transceivers according to claim 23. The present invention is advantageous in that it enables updating and configuring of optical transceiver firmware, in particular to write a firmware update to non-volatile memory of an optical transceiver, via the display and user selection of a firmware update option on a computing device. user, in particular via a dedicated user interface. This can be done without the need to install dedicated software or files related to optical transceivers on the user's computing device, or can also be done through dedicated software or files, such as a smartphone application. Description of the Figures Fig. 1 shows a schematic overview of the data communication of an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of a configuration device according to the present invention.

Detailed Description of the Invention The present invention relates to an optical transceiver configuration device, system and kit.

The invention has been summarized in the corresponding section above.

In the following, the invention is described in detail, preferred embodiments are discussed and the invention is illustrated by way of examples.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used in the disclosure of the invention, including technical and scientific terms, have the meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this invention belongs.

As further assistance, definitions of terms are included in order to better understand the teaching of the present invention.

As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:

The terms "a", "a" and "the" and "the" as used herein refer to both singular and plural referents, unless the context indicates otherwise.

By way of example, “a compartment” designates one or more compartments.

The terms "include", "comprising", "includes" and "consisting of" as used herein are synonymous with "include", "including", "includes" or "contain", "containing", " contains ”and are inclusive or open-ended terms that specify the presence of the following (eg, a component) and do not exclude or exclude the presence of additional unrequited components, functions, elements, organs and steps.

As used herein, an "optical transceiver" refers to an apparatus configured to convert an electrical signal to an optical signal and to convert an optical signal to an electrical signal.

The optical transceiver includes non-volatile memory and a transceiver identifier.

Preferably, the optical transceiver includes one or two, or more, ports for inserting an outer end of an optical fiber cable.

Preferably, the optical transceiver is configured to plug into an outlet of a network device. The optical transceiver may be a small form factor pluggable optical transceiver (SFP). The optical transceiver can be an enhanced SFP (SFP +), SFP28, SFP56, compact SFP (cSFP) or dual density (SFP-DD) optical transceiver. The optical transceiver may be a small form factor pluggable four-way optical transceiver (QSFP). The optical transceiver can be an enhanced QSFP (QSFP +), QSFP28, QSFP56, QSFP28 dual density (QSFP28-DD), or dual density QSFP56 (QSFP56-DD) optical transceiver. The optical transceiver may be a 10 gigabit small form factor (XFP) pluggable optical transceiver. The optical transceiver may be a small octal form factor (OSFP) pluggable optical transceiver. The optical transceiver may be a form factor C pluggable optical transceiver (CFP). The optical transceiver can be a CFP1, CFP2, CFP4 or CFP8 transceiver.

The optical transceiver can also be another optical transceiver. Preferably, the non-volatile memory is an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM). Preferably, a memory card in the non-volatile memory is associated with the optical transceiver according to a multi-source agreement (MSA), which is accessible via an inter-integrated circuit interface (12C). Preferably, the optical transceiver is configured for digital diagnostic monitoring (DDM). Preferably, the digital diagnostic monitoring data includes one or more of: temperature, supply voltage, laser bias current, average transmitted power, and average received power. The digital diagnostic monitoring data may further include other diagnostic features as well. A "remote provider" includes a server. A remote provider can have multiple servers. A remote provider can be a cloud-based storage and / or computing system comprising multiple servers. A server includes one or more processors. A remote provider is configured for data communication over a network. Preferably, a remote provider is configured for data communication over the Internet. A network address can be associated with a remote provider. Non-limiting examples of network addresses are a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and an IP (Internet Protocol) address. Preferably, the remote provider includes a configuration management database (CMDB). Preferably, the CMDB is defined by the IT infrastructure library (ITIL).

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a configuration device for configuring optical transceivers. In a second aspect, the present invention provides a system for configuring optical transceivers, comprising a configuring device according to the first aspect. In a third aspect, the present invention provides a kit for configuring optical transceivers, comprising a first, second and third configurator according to the first aspect. Those skilled in the art will understand that the three aspects of the present invention are therefore interdependent. The explicit reference to a particular aspect can therefore be omitted. Each feature described above and / or below may relate to any aspect of the present invention, even though it has been described in conjunction with a particular aspect of the present invention. The configuration device includes an optical transceiver jack and a data communication port. The configuration device is configured to receive an optical transceiver in the socket. The configurator is configured to read the transceiver ID from the optical transceiver. The configuration device is preferably configured to read binary files from the memory of the optical transceiver. The configuration device preferably comprises a tangible, non-transient, computer readable storage medium, such as flash memory. The configuration device is preferably configured to extract and save the binary contents of the memory (preferably an EEPROM) of the optical transceiver in a file readable on the storage medium of the configuration device. The configuration device is configured to provide via the port a file based at least in part on the identifier of the transceiver to a user computing device. Preferably, the file is readable through a web browser. Preferably, the file is an HTML file, a txt file or a json file. The file is configured to display one or more user selectable firmware update options through the user computing device. The configuration device is configured to receive selection data relating to a firmware update from the user computing device via the port. The configuration device is configured to write a firmware update based at least in part on the selection data stored in the memory of the optical transceiver.

The present invention is advantageous in that it allows to update and configure an optical transceiver firmware, in particular to write a firmware update to a non-volatile memory of an optical transceiver, via displaying and user selection of a firmware update option on a user computing device, including through a dedicated user interface. This can be done without the need to install dedicated software or files related to optical transceivers on the user's computing device, or can also be done through dedicated software or files, such as a smartphone application. The configuration device may include one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four or more taken for optical transceivers. All outlets can be configured for the same form factor footprint. Different sockets can also be configured for different form factor footprints. Preferably, the configuration device includes an optical transceiver socket. Preferably, a socket is configured for the SFP, QSFP or XFP form factors. A socket configured for SFP form factors can also be configured for SFP +, SFP28, SFP56, cSFP, and SFP-DD form factors. A socket configured for QSFP form factors can also be configured for QSFP +, QSFP28, QSFP56, QSFP28-DD, QSFP56-DD, and OSFP form factors. Preferably, the port is a male or female USB port. More preferably, the port is a female USB port. Preferably, the port is a micro-USB port. Preferably, the configuration device is configured for data communication with the user computing device via a cable, preferably a USB cable. Preferably, the configuration device is configured to receive power from the user computing device through the port. Preferably, the configuration device includes an optical transceiver socket. A setup device with an optical transceiver socket is advantageous because it is smaller and requires less power. Preferably, the user computing device comprises a battery. Preferably, the user computing device is a portable user computing device, more preferably a laptop, tablet, phablet or smartphone, still more preferably a tablet, phablet or smartphone, and most preferably a smartphone.

Preferably, the user computing device is configured for data communication with a remote provider.

Preferably, the user computing device includes a wireless communication module for data communication with the remote provider via the Internet.

Preferably, the wireless communication module is a 3G, 4G, 5G or Wi-Fi module.

Preferably, the configuration device is configured to use the user computing device as a tether device.

Preferably, the user computing device comprises a display.

Preferably, the user computing device comprises a user input device.

Preferably, the user computing device comprises a touch screen, which is a screen and a user input device.

Preferably, the user computing device comprises a camera.

Preferably, the user computing device comprises one or more processors.

The system includes the remote provider.

The system may include the user's computing device.

The kit includes a first configuration device according to the first aspect, a second configuration device according to the first aspect, and a third configuration device according to the first aspect, in which each of the first, second and third configuration devices has a socket. optical transceiver.

The first configuration device socket is configured for SFP form factors.

The second configuration device socket is configured for QSFP form factors.

The third configuration device socket is configured for XFP form factors.

Preferably, the socket of the first configuration device is also configured for the SFP +, SFP28, SFP56, cSFP and SFP-DD form factors.

Preferably, the outlet of the second configuration device is also configured for the QSFP +, QSFP28, QSFP56, QSFP28-DD, QSFP56-DD and OSFP form factors.

The kit may include a fourth configuration device according to the first aspect, wherein the fourth configuration device includes an optical transceiver socket.

The fourth configuration device optical transceiver jack is configured for CFP form factors.

Preferably, the socket of the fourth configuration device is also configured for form factors CFP1, CFP2, CFP4 and CFP8.

The system includes a configuration device according to the first aspect and a remote provider. The remote provider includes a plurality of firmware updates. The remote provider is configured to send a firmware update through the user computing device to the configuration device. In a preferred embodiment, the file is configured to retrieve remote firmware update information from the remote provider based at least in part on the identifier of the transceiver. In this embodiment, the file is further configured to, upon receipt of a selection of a firmware update option via the user computing device, download selection data including the update. corresponding firmware from the remote provider through the user computing device on the configuration device. Preferably, the configuration device comprises a device identifier, the configuration device being configured to generate an authentication key, for authentication vis-à-vis the remote provider, based at least in part on the identifier device, the transceiver identifier, optionally a user identifier, and optionally a time stamp.

In a preferred embodiment, the configuration device comprises a decryption key and a device identifier. In this embodiment, the downloaded firmware update is an encrypted firmware update based at least in part on the device identifier. The configuration device is then configured to decrypt the encrypted firmware update downloaded via the decryption key, thereby obtaining the firmware update for writing to the memory of the optical transceiver. Alternatively or in addition, the encryption can be based on one or more of: a company identifier, a user identifier and the optical transceiver identifier. This is advantageous because it allows a firmware update to be retrieved from the remote provider, without a user being able to tamper with the firmware update on an intermediate user computing device. This embodiment provides an alternative to US 7,610,494 B2, with the technical advantage of shifting resource requirements / resource usage from the optical transceiver to the configuration device.

Because a configurator can be used to configure many optical transceivers, decryption functionality must be provided on a configurator rather than on each of the many optical transceivers.

This allows for a simpler design of the optical transceiver.

It also allows the use of more complex keys and / or encryption algorithms.

It also allows simple adaptation for secure, on-site and continuous updates of firmware data for a large set of optical transceivers, in the event that an encryption standard is not secure.

The replacement of software instructions and / or decryption keys on the configuration device, or the complete replacement of the configuration device, can be performed by a trusted provider linked to the remote provider.

Replacing an insecure decryption key and / or protocol on an optical transceiver could also be done by a trusted provider, but would have to be done separately for each optical transceiver, and could potentially involve l shipment of each optical transceiver.

In a preferred embodiment, the remote provider includes an encryption key associated with the device identifier.

Preferably, the decryption and encryption keys are complementary keys of a pair of asymmetric keys.

In this embodiment, the remote provider is configured to encrypt a firmware update via the encryption key associated with the device identifier, thereby obtaining the encrypted firmware update, for sending to the configuring device. via the user's computing device.

The authentication key can be the decryption key.

In a preferred embodiment, the configuration device comprises a tangible, non-transient, computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more firmware updates.

In this embodiment, the file may include local firmware update information.

Preferably, the file is configured for, upon receipt of a selection of a firmware update option, preferably a firmware update option corresponding to the local firmware update information, via the user computing device, transferring, via the port, selection data on the selection of the firmware update option to the configuration device.

In a first embodiment, all necessary firmware updates are stored on the storage medium of the configuration device, and the file can be configured to display one or more user-selectable firmware update options. corresponding to local firmware update information only. In this embodiment, the configuration device does not need to receive a firmware update from the remote provider, although some update events may or may not be logged at the remote provider. See other embodiments relating to the history log below. In a second embodiment, the configuration device does not include firmware updates, and the file may be configured to display one or more user-selectable firmware update options corresponding only to user information. remote firmware update. In a third embodiment, the configuration device includes the storage medium comprising one or more firmware updates, and the file can be configured to display one or more corresponding user-selectable firmware update options. local firmware update information and one or more user-selectable firmware update options corresponding to the remote firmware update information.

In the third embodiment, the most frequently used firmware updates can be stored on the storage medium of the configuration device, and selected firmware updates which are not present on the storage medium can be stored. downloaded from the remote provider. In the third embodiment, a number of the last used firmware updates can be stored on the storage medium, and selected firmware updates which are not present on the storage medium can be downloaded from. from the remote provider, whereby when downloading a firmware update, depending on the available storage capacity on the storage medium, none,

one or more of the previously used firmware updates can be deleted from the storage medium to store the downloaded firmware update on the storage medium.

In the third embodiment, firmware updates corresponding to a set of types of firmware updates may be stored on the storage medium. Each firmware update on the storage media includes a version. The local firmware update information includes the versions of the firmware updates corresponding to the bundle. The remote firmware update information includes versions of firmware updates on the remote provider corresponding to the bundle. The file is configured to display one or more user selectable firmware update options, the file being configured to select an option associated with a type of firmware update based at least in part on a comparison of the corresponding versions based on the functions of remote and local firmware update information.

In a preferred embodiment, the file is configured to display an indication of firmware present in the memory of the optical transceiver. Preferably, the configuration device is configured to read a firmware version from the optical transceiver and generate the file based at least in part on the read firmware version.

In a preferred embodiment, the configuration device is configured to obtain digital diagnostic monitoring data from the optical transceiver and to send the digital diagnostic monitoring data from the configuration device to the remote provider via the user computing device.

In a preferred embodiment, the file is configured to retrieve previous firmware installation data from the remote vendor and display previous firmware installation data through the user computing device. Preferably, the file can be configured to display previous firmware installation data. Preferably, the file is configured to display one or more user-selectable firmware restore options through the user's computing device, with a restore option associated with previously installed firmware. Preferably, the file is configured to display a timeline or roadmap, the timeline or roadmap including a chronological overview of previous firmware installation data. In a preferred embodiment, the remote provider includes a history log. The remote provider can be configured to add an update event to the history log including the transceiver ID, an indication of the firmware update, and time information. Preferably, the remote provider is configured to add said update event to the history log when sending selection data including the firmware update to the configuration device via the user computing device or when of receiving selection data when selecting the firmware update option. Preferably, the previous firmware installation data is based at least in part on one or more history log update events including the transceiver identifier.

In a preferred embodiment, the file is configured to retrieve previous digital diagnostic monitoring data from the remote provider and to display previous digital diagnostic monitoring data through the user computing device. Preferably, the file is configured to display a timeline or roadmap, the timeline or roadmap including a chronological overview of previous digital diagnostic monitoring data. In a preferred embodiment, the history log includes a diagnostic event including the transceiver identifier, digital diagnostic monitoring data, and timing information. Preferably, the remote provider is configured to add a diagnostic event to the history log including the transceiver identifier, received digital diagnostic monitoring data, and time information. Preferably, the foregoing digital diagnostic monitoring data is based at least in part on one or more diagnostic events from the history log including the transceiver identifier.

The display via the user computing device of previous firmware installation data and previous digital diagnostic monitoring data is particularly advantageous because it allows the deterioration of the performance characteristics of the optical transceiver to be correlated with firmware updates.

In a preferred embodiment, the user-selectable firmware update option (s) may include a cancel option including an indication of the firmware present in the optical transceiver memory.

Preferably, the option to cancel is associated with leaving the firmware currently present in the memory of the optical transceiver unchanged.

Those skilled in the art will understand that, based at least in part on the transceiver identifier, the remote provider can retrieve from the history log the data of the firmware currently present in the transceiver memory. .

In a preferred embodiment, the optical transceiver comprises a bar code including information about the transceiver identifier.

Previous firmware installation data and / or previous digital diagnostic monitoring data from an optical transceiver can be obtained without the involvement of a configuration device.

They can also be obtained with the intervention of a configuration device.

An image of the bar code may be captured through the camera of a second user computing device, which being said aforementioned user computing device or another user computing device.

The transceiver identifier can be obtained based at least in part on the captured image and sent to the remote provider.

For this purpose, the bar code may include remote provider information in addition to the information on the transceiver identifier.

Previous firmware installation data and / or previous digital diagnostic monitoring data based at least in part on the transceiver ID and history log of the remote provider can be received from the remote provider on the second user input device.

A chronological overview based at least in part on previous firmware installation data and / or previous received digital diagnostic monitoring data can then be displayed on a screen of the second user input device.

In a preferred embodiment, the configurator comprises a longitudinal direction, the configurator being elongated in the longitudinal direction. The plug and port are positioned along the longitudinal direction at opposite outer ends of the configuration device. Preferably, the plug and port are configured for insertion along the longitudinal direction.

In a preferred embodiment, the configuration device comprises a middle portion between the outer ends. The middle part comprises a median perimeter perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each of the outer ends includes a perimeter perpendicular to the longitudinal direction which is greater than the median perimeter. This is advantageous for gripping and holding the configuration device, for example manually or via an elastic band, without obstructing the grip and port of the configuration device. In a preferred embodiment, the configurator comprises a total length in the longitudinal direction of at most 12cm, preferably at most 10cm, more preferably at most 8cm, still more preferably at most. more than 7 cm and most preferably not more than 6.5 cm. Preferably, the configuration device comprises a total width along a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of at most 4cm, more preferably at most 3.6cm, and still more preferably at most 3cm. , 2 cm. Preferably, the configuration device comprises a thickness along a direction of depth perpendicular to the longitudinal and width directions of at most 4 cm, more preferably at most 3.6 cm, still more preferably at most 3.2 cm, even more preferably at most 2.8 cm, and most preferably at most 2.4 cm. In a preferred embodiment, the configuration device comprises a printed circuit board (PCB). The socket and port are connected to the printed circuit board. The configuration device may include an outer case configured to hold the printed circuit board in a fixed relative position (relative to the outer case) without screws. The PCB may include edges, recesses, and / or holes, whereby the outer case is configured to clamp the edges, recesses, and / or holes of the printed circuit board, thereby maintaining the printed circuit board in one position. relative fixed.

The invention is further described by the following non-limiting examples which illustrate the invention in more detail and are not intended to limit, nor should they be construed to limit the scope of the invention.

Examples Example 1: First Embodiment Fig. 1 shows a schematic overview of the data communication of an embodiment according to the present invention.

A remote provider (1), a smartphone (2), a configurator (3) and an optical transceiver (4) are shown. The optical transceiver includes an EEPROM, a transceiver serial number, and a bar code. The bar code includes information about the serial number of the transceiver. The configuration device (3) includes a device identifier, a socket for the optical transceiver, a female micro-USB port and an authentication key. The smartphone includes one or more processors, a battery, a touch screen, a female USB port, a wireless communication module for data communication with the remote provider via the Internet, and a camera. The remote provider includes a history log including update events and diagnostic events. The optical transceiver (4) is plugged into the configuration device socket (3). The configuration device (3) is connected to the smartphone (2) via a USB cable. The transceiver serial number is read (43) by the configurator. A file, such as an html file, based at least in part on the serial number of the transceiver, is generated by the configuration device and transferred (32) from the configuration device to the smartphone. The file is translated and viewed, preferably through a web browser, on the smartphone. While reading the file, remote firmware update information based at least in part on the serial number of the transceiver is requested (21) and received (12) from the remote provider. Remote firmware update information includes a user-selectable cancel option including information about the firmware present in the optical transceiver memory, based on the remote vendor's history log and transceiver ID, to leave the firmware in the optical transceiver memory unchanged. The remote firmware update information further includes one or more user selectable update options. A page is displayed, preferably via the web browser, on the smartphone, the page including the user selectable cancel option and the user selectable update option (s). Upon receipt of a user selection of an update option via the user computing device, selection data including the firmware update corresponding to the selected update option is requested (21) and received (12) from the remote provider and uploaded (23) to the configuration device. An update event including the transceiver identifier, an indication of the firmware update, and time information is added to the history log of the remote provider. The firmware update of the selection data is written (34) to the memory of the optical transceiver by the configurator.

An image of the barcode is captured via the smartphone camera. The transceiver serial number is obtained at least in part from the captured image and sent to the remote provider. Historical data based at least in part on the transceiver serial number and the history log is received from the remote provider. A chronological overview based at least in part on historical data and including firmware update information and digital diagnostic monitoring information is displayed on the touchscreen of the smartphone. Example 2: Second Embodiment FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of a configuration device (3) according to the present invention. The second embodiment may or may not be linked to the first embodiment. The configuration device includes an optical transceiver jack (6) and a female micro-USB port (7). The configuration device includes a longitudinal direction.

The configurator is elongated in the longitudinal direction.

The plug and port are positioned along the longitudinal direction at opposite outer ends of the configuration device.

The plug and port are configured for insertion along the longitudinal direction.

The configuration device comprises a total length in the longitudinal direction of about 64 mm, a total width in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of about 30 mm, and a total thickness in a depth direction perpendicular to the width directions. and longitudinal about 20 mm.

The configuration device comprises a middle part (11)

located between the outer ends (10). The configuration device comprises a housing (8), and a gripping device (9), such as rubber, is disposed at the middle part.

The middle part comprises (a cross section comprising) a middle perimeter perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

Each of the outer ends includes (a cross section including) a perimeter perpendicular to the longitudinal direction which is larger than the middle perimeter.

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REVENDI CATIONS 1. Configuration device for an optical transceiver configuration, comprising an optical transceiver socket and a data communication port, in which the configuration device is configured to: - receive an optical transceiver in the socket, the optical transceiver comprising non-volatile memory and a transceiver identifier; - read the transceiver identifier from the optical transceiver, and preferably read binary files in the memory of the optical transceiver; - providing, via the port, a file based at least in part on the transceiver identifier to a user computing device, the file being readable through a web browser, the file being configured to display one or more options updating user selectable firmware through the user computing device; - receiving, via the port, data for selecting a firmware update from the user computing device; and - writing a firmware update based at least in part on the selection data to the memory of the optical transceiver. 2. Configuration device according to preceding claim 1, wherein the file is configured to retrieve remote firmware update information from a remote provider based at least in part on the sender identifier. receiver, wherein the file is further configured to, upon receipt of a selection of a firmware update option via the user computing device, download selection data including the corresponding firmware update from the remote provider through the user computing device on the configuration device. 3. Configuration device according to the preceding claim 2, wherein the configuration device comprises a device identifier, wherein the configuration device is configured to generate an authentication key based at least in part on the device identifier. , the transceiver identifier, optionally a user identifier, and optionally a time stamp. The configuration device according to any of the preceding claims 2 and 3, wherein the configuration device comprises a decryption key and a device identifier, wherein said downloaded firmware update is a firmware update. encrypted based at least in part on the device identifier, wherein the configuring device is configured to decrypt the encrypted firmware update downloaded via the decryption key, thereby obtaining the firmware update. A configuration device according to any preceding claim, wherein the configuration device comprises a tangible, non-transient, computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more firmware updates, wherein the file comprises data. local firmware update information. The configuration device according to the preceding claim 5, wherein the file is configured to, upon receipt of a selection of a firmware update option via the user computing device, forward, via the port. , selection data on the selection of the firmware update option, to the configuration device. A configuration device according to any preceding claim, wherein the file is configured to display an indication of the firmware present in the memory of the optical transceiver. A configuration device according to any preceding claim, wherein the file is configured to retrieve previous firmware installation data from a remote vendor and to display previous firmware installation data via the. user computing device. A configuration device according to any preceding claim, wherein the file is configured to retrieve previous digital diagnostic monitoring data from a remote provider and to display previous digital diagnostic monitoring data through the. user computing device. A configuration device according to any preceding claim, wherein the configuration device is configured to obtain digital diagnostic monitoring data from the optical transceiver and to send the digital diagnostic monitoring data. from the configuration device to a remote provider through the user computing device. 11. A configuration device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the file is an html file. 12. A configuration device according to any preceding claim, wherein the outlet is configured for SFP, QSFP or XFP form factors. 13. A configuration device according to any preceding claim, wherein the port is a male or female USB port, preferably a female USB port, more preferably a female micro-USB port. 14. A configurator according to any preceding claim, wherein the configurator comprises a longitudinal direction, wherein the configurator is elongated in the longitudinal direction, wherein the plug and port are positioned in the direction. longitudinal at opposite outer ends of the configuration device, preferably in which the plug and port are configured for insertion in the longitudinal direction. 15. Configuration device according to preceding claim 14, wherein the configuration device comprises a middle part between the outer ends, wherein the middle part comprises a middle perimeter perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, in which each of the outer ends comprises a perpendicular perimeter. to the longitudinal direction which is larger than the median perimeter. 16. A configurator according to any one of the preceding claims 14 and 15, wherein the configurator comprises an overall length in the longitudinal direction of at most 12 cm, preferably at most 10 cm, more preferably d. 'at most 8 cm. 17.A configuration device according to any one of the preceding claims 14 to 16, wherein the configuration device comprises a printed circuit board, in which the socket and the port are fixed to the printed circuit board, in which the device The configuration includes an outer housing configured to contain the printed circuit board in a fixed relative position without screws. An optical transceiver configuration system, comprising a configuration device according to any preceding claim, wherein the system further comprises a remote provider comprising a plurality of firmware updates, wherein the provider remote is configured to send a firmware update through a user computing device to the configuration device. 19. A system according to preceding claim 18, comprising a configuration device according to preceding claim 2, in which the remote provider comprises a history log, in which the remote provider is configured to add an update event to the log. 'history including the transceiver identifier, an indication of the firmware update and time information, preferably when sending the selection data including the firmware update to the configuration device via the user computing device. 20. The system of preceding claim 19, wherein the history log comprises a diagnostic event comprising a transceiver identifier, digital diagnostic monitoring data, and timing information. 21. System according to preceding claim 20, comprising a configuration device according to preceding claim 10, in which the remote provider is configured to add a diagnostic event to the history log comprising the transceiver identifier, the data. received digital diagnostic monitoring and time information. 22. System according to any one of the preceding claims 18 to 21, comprising a configuration device according to the preceding claim 4, in which the remote provider comprises an encryption key associated with the device identifier, preferably in which the keys decryption and encryption are complementary keys of an asymmetric key pair, in which the remote provider is configured to encrypt a firmware update through the encryption key associated with the device ID, thereby obtaining the update. encrypted firmware update. 23. Optical transceiver configuration kit comprising: - a first configuration device according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 17, in which the first configuration device comprises an optical transceiver socket, the socket. being configured for SFP form factors; - a second configuration device according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 17, in which the second configuration device comprises an optical transceiver socket, the socket being configured for QSFP form factors; - a third configuration device according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 17, in which the third configuration device comprises an optical transceiver socket, the socket being configured for XFP form factors.