Abstract: A timing interface module installs within a rack to increase bandwidth. The timing interface module receives a reference timing signal and outputs the reference timing signal to an optical multiplexer. The optical multiplexer also receives multiple data streams of different formats, and the optical multiplexer synchronizes the multiple data streams to the reference timing signal.

Abstract: Various connector devices are respectively equipped so that an electrical cable having a substantially right-angle cable head can be electrically coupled to an electronic apparatus by way of a suitable connector device. In turn, the electrical cable can be routed substantially tangentially away from the electronic apparatus in a predetermined direction. The connector devices also provide standoff distances that enable the dressing of electrical cables away from an apparatus having crowded connector sites. In this way, numerous cables can be routed away from an apparatus along a common direction and without mechanical interference with one another.