Expansion plane connection made from rear via RTM connectors using Meritec cables, secondary payload expansion SLOT (physical slot #5) can connect to 4 primary payload expansion slots
All control and data plane links are designed for 25 Gbps data rates and support 100GBASE-KR4
Maintenance serial ports routed to one header
Power studs
Matched length, low skew REF and AUX radial clocks