Leviton’s preterminated fiber cable assemblies, built from Micro Data Center Plenum cable, are billed as ideal for high-density installations. With the product’s extensive factory testing and no need for field terminations or splices, users can ensure the highest level of performance while reducing installation time by up to 70 percent, claims the company. The company says its fiber components are factory-terminated and pretested for the highest level of quality and performance. Users may choose from a variety of options, including fiber and cable type, fiber count, connector type, length, and others. With singlemode and multimode versions available, the Leviton preterminated solutions are designed and assembled in the United States, built in dedicated make-to-order facilities with 24/7 production. This, along with more than 20 web-based configurators, helps to ensure fast order turnaround to support easy moves, adds, and changes.
Leviton, www.leviton.com
Cat6/Cat6A preterminated copper trunk bundles
Tripp Lite says its Augmented Cat6/Cat6A preterminated copper trunk bundles combine six preterminated, certified Category 6A cables to save installers time, space and money. Designed for easy connection in switches and patch panels, the bundles feature 23-AWG solid conductor wire and come in lengths of 6, 10 and 15 feet. They meet or exceed ANSI/TIA-582-C.2 category requirements for performance and are backward-compatible with Category 6 and 5e installations.
Tripp Lite, www.tripplite.com
100-percent fiber utilization in a Base-8 design
Corning says that its EDGE solutions were the first preterminated optical cabling systems specifically designed for data centers. According to the company, “The value that EDGE provides continues to be proven-density, network uptime, speed, simplicity and a clear migration path to meet future requirements.” Corning maintains that “technology roadmaps indicate that transmission speeds from 40G to 400G will be based on either 2- or 8-fiber connectivity solutions,” and that this fact “is the motivation behind the EDGE8 solutions: all the value of original EDGE solutions, with the added superior scalability, improved link performance, and 100-percent fiber utilization of a Base-8 design.” Corning adds that its EDGE8 systems strengthen the data center in three areas: increased asset utilization, with the elimination of stranded cabling assets; technology adoption due to 100-percent fiber utilization without the need for conversion modules; and risk avoidance, providing a path to 40, 100 and eventually 400G.
Corning, www.corning.com
High-density fiber-optic cabling system is futureproof, modular
The CABLExpress Skinny-Trunk preterminated solution is a high-density fiber-optic cabling system that helps organizations maximize business value while preparing layer one infrastructure for future generations of upgrades. The company says the system allows users to increase overall system performance by meeting or exceeding industry cabling standards for dB loss. Via the Skinny-Trunk solution, users may also save time on installation, maintenance and future upgrades in the data center, while saving money by paying less to manage and cool a facility, thus decreasing total cost of ownership. The Skinny-Trunk solution also saves space by reducing cable congestion and making room for additional equipment, and affords maximum return on investment with a modular design optimized to last through multiple generations of hardware upgrades.
CABLExpress, www.cablexpress.com
LightStack System available with surface-mount enclosure
Siemon’s plug-and-play fiber solutions now include the company’s LightStack System, with easy-to-install low-loss MTP-to-LC modules and LC or MTP passthrough adapters, and a wide range of low-loss preterminated MTP cable assemblies, featuring the smaller-diameter RazorCore fiber cable for reduced pathway fill and improved airflow. The LightStack system comes in modern 1U and 4U enclosures that offer ultra-high density with up to 144 LC fibers and 864 MTP fibers within 1U, or 576 LC fibers and 3456 MTP fibers within 4U. The system is also now available in a LightStack surface mount fiber enclosure that houses a single module or adapter for plug-and-play fiber consolidation or zone distribution points in passive optical LANs or FTTx applications. Easily mounted to walls, under floors or above ceilings, the company says the low-profile surface-mount fiber enclosure enables full access to connectivity and supports an optional splice accessory.
Siemon, www.siemon.com
Preterminated WBMMF cabling
CommScope’s InstaPATCH360 preterminated fiber cabling solution was expanded last year, with the introduction of the company’s LazrSPEED wideband multimode fiber (LS WBMMF). This new fiber type has significantly higher bandwidth than standard Om4 fiber, while being fully backward compatible with it, notes the company. The InstaPATCH360 system is also available with CommScope’s LazrSPEED300 (Om3), LazerSPEED550 (Om4) and TeraSPEED (G.652.D) fibers, and can be deployed as a fully passive system, or with automated infrastructure management (AIM) intelligent systems. Fiber shelves are available in different densities and rack unit sizes, to fit application requirements. Further, the design and deployment of this system has been simplified via the use of proprietary performance management specifications and link loss calculators-including a Fiber Performance Calculator that instantly calculates not only the worst-case attenuation of the channel, but also lists all the applications that will run over it.
CommScope, www.commscope.com