An optical arrangement and a solid-state lighting system comprise an optical element having at least one lens where the lens has a faceted surface defining a plurality of facets. The interconnect logic regulates a rate of delivery to the snooper via the interconnect fabric of requests that target any one the plurality of banks of the protected resource. Anchoring may be direct or indirect. The transparent supports are disposed at each end of the light source to secure the light source. Then the SLC block can be copied to the MLC block with the confidence of being within the error budget.