Two webinars recently hosted by Cabling Installation & Maintenance and delivered by experts in data center cabling practices, focused on several aspects of high-density fiber-optic cabling in data center environments. Both webinars are approved by BICSI for continuing education credits (CECs) toward the renewal of BICSI's professional credentials. Attendees who view the webinars on-demand are eligible to earn a CEC by successfully completing a brief quiz that follows the presentation.

Cable Management Best Practices

On Wednesday, September 9, “High-Density Cable Management: Best Practices for Performance, Scalability and Serviceability” was broadcast live at 1:00pm EDT/10:00am PDT. Delivered by Chatsworth Products’ senior product manager for open architecture systems, Michael Moore, the hour-long seminar explored the market and technology drivers behind high-density deployments, define what “high density” means in modern environments, and review relevant industry standards.

Moore delivered practical insights into pathway design, rack and enclosure considerations, and proven cable management techniques that reduce cable congestion, preserve serviceability, and help maintain proper airflow. The session also covered strategies for managing moves/adds/changes, maintaining accurate documentation, and preparing for future demands such as 400 and 800G networking, AI workloads, and higher power requirements.

You can find more detailed information about the webinar and view it here.

Testing High-Density Fiber Links

A week later, on September 16, Fluke Networks’ product application specialist Jim Davis delivered “Best Practices for Testing New high-Density Fiber Connectors in Data Center Environments.” Davis covered Tier 1 and Tier 2 methodologies, limit selection, polarity verification, and multifiber measurement considerations. He also discussed critical inspection and cleaning workflows to mitigate contamination, which remains a leading cause of fiber network failures.

Davos provided insight into selecting appropriate test equipment, adapting procedures for MPO and emerging high-density connector types, and overcoming common challenges such as closely spaced events, polarity complexity, and multi-lane performance dependencies.

You can find more detailed information about the webinar and view it on-demand here.

The granting of 1 CEC for these webinars by BICSI does not imply or suggest that BICSI approves for endorses either event.