How to Run Cables in Multi-Floor Data Center With Fiber Enclosures?

In the previous post—Modular Patching Solutions for Flexible Cable Management, I have introduced one kind of FHD fiber enclosure with user-friendly slide-out drawer and flexible mounting options. Actually, besides that rack mount fiber enclosure, there is another kind of FHD fiber enclosure useful in cable running and managing: wall mount fiber enclosure. It is very convenient for multi-floor cabling. This post will tell how to run cables in multi-floor data center by flexible usage of fiber enclosures.

Fiber Enclosure – One Key Component for Cable Routing and Managing

 

Both wall mount fiber enclosure and rack mount fiber enclosure can be used in the multi-floor data center. Here I only say something about wall mount fiber enclosure as rack mount ones have been introduced in the previous post.

 

Figure 1: Wall mount fiber enclosures with two mounting options

As the name shows, wall mount fiber enclosures are usually installed on the wall for cable routing and managing. Take FS.COM wall mount fiber enclosure for example, the wall mount fiber enclosures can be loaded with 2, 4, 8 fiber adapter panels and 2 slack spools for easy-to-manage environment for fiber patch cables, or 2, 4, 8 MTP cassettes for maximum density in limited spaces while reducing installation time.

User Case Scenario Analysis

 

Usually there are racks and racks or cabinets and cabinets in the data center. Proper cable connecting among the racks is vital to future cable moves, adds and changes. Generally, fiber enclosures are a good way and used to route and manage fiber cables. This part will show one user case scenario to tell how to run cables in multi-floor data center. The following picture demonstrates the situation.

 

Figure 2: Multi-floor data center cable routing scenario

In this case, the wall mount fiber enclosures loaded with MTP fiber adapter panel and the rack mount fiber enclosure loaded with MTP cassette are used to manage the fiber cables. The MPO fiber cables can be used to provide backbone interconnection between data center distribution zone areas and provide patching for parallel transceiver or array equipment. There are standard 12f and 24f MPO trunk cables as well as 48f MPO trunk cable and 72f MPO trunk cable. MTP cassettes installed inside the fiber enclosure can be used to connect the front LC fiber jumpers to the back MPO fiber cables. Or the MTP cassettes can be replaced with MTP fiber adapter panel for direct trunk cable to fan out interface. No matter how you run your data center cabling, fiber enclosures are undoubtedly important for routing and managing the fiber cables with flexible MACs—wall mount fiber enclosure for cable connecting between floor and floor while rack mount fiber enclosure for cabling connecting between or within racks and racks.

What Can We Summarize?

 

Using MTP/MPO cassettes, MPO fiber cables, and fiber enclosures are smart way to deploy your network neatly, conveniently and flexibly. They can build a complete easy-to-manage system in the multi-floor data center. Deploying the fiber enclosures and MPO fiber cables at first for good management will do better than re-routing and re-configuring the cabling at last. Do you think so? If “Yes”, buy the MTP cassettes, fiber enclosures and MPO fiber cables from FS.COM with the most competitive price! More details, visit www.fs.com.

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Introduction to High-density Modular System and Cabling Options

Data center and telecommunications rooms are rapidly outgrowing their footprints to meet increasing network demands. Keeping costs low and getting higher density are always the goals of data center managers. The modular system allows for rapid deployment of high density data center infrastructure as well as improved troubleshooting and re-configuration during moves, adds and changes. This article will talk about the modular system products and the associated cabling options.

Modular System Products

• Fiber Patch Panel

Fiber patch panels offer the highest level of scalability and density. High-density fiber patch panel or enclosure is an ideal solution for installation with space constraints, and available in flat and angled designs. The angled design increases rack density, managing high-density applications in one-fourth the area needed for conventional cable management systems.

• MTP/MPO Cassettes

There are two types of cassettes—LGX MTP/MPO cassette and HD MTP/MPO cassette. Both the two types provide secure transition between MTP and LC or SC discrete connectors. With LC or SC adapters on the front side and MTP at the rear, they are used to interconnect MTP backbones with LC or SC patching. The MTP cassettes contain factory controlled and tested MTP-LC fanouts to deliver optical performance and reliability. They can be used in 1RU or 3RU 19” multislot chassis.

 

The HD MTP/MPO cassette is more compact than the LGX MTP/MPO cassette. When using with patch panel, up to 5 HD MTP cassettes can be held in a 1RU HD chassis, but for LGX MTP cassette, only 3 cassettes can be held in it as shown in the above picture. Thus, the HD MTP cassette can improve the port density in the same 1RU panel and save more space.

• Fiber Adapter Panel

Fiber adapter panels snap quickly into the front of the fiber patch panels and enclosures for easy network deployment or moves, adds, and changes. They can house, organize, manage and protect fiber optic cables. For example, a 48 ports 1RU fiber enclosure can be loaded with four 12x MTP fiber adapter panels. It provides a comprehensive line of fiber distribution enclosures that offer a flexible and modular system for managing fiber terminations, connections, and patching in all applications.

 

Cabling Options for Modular System

High-density modular system features an innovative design allowing for a plug and play pre-terminated system configuration. Cable assemblies can be directly terminated and installed in the cassettes for fast and easy installation.

• MTP/MPO Trunk Cable

MTP/MPO trunk cables are used to interconnect cassettes, panels or ruggedized MPO fan-outs, spanning MDA, HDA and EDA areas, and to facilitate rapid deployment of high density backbone cabling in data centers and other high fiber environments reducing network installation or reconfiguration. They offer the flexibility in case any decision is made to change the connector style in the patch panels, new cassettes can be installed with the new connector style on the cross-connect side of the patch panel without having to change the connector on the cable trunk.

• MTP/MPO Harness Cable

MTP/MPO fanout assemblies route multifiber MTP connection into discrete connectors. They are used to directly interconnect MTP cassettes, panels or backbone MTP assemblies with the active equipment, saving costly data center rack space and easing fiber management.

Summary

The modular system is the choice to ease future expansion and for quick and easy system re-configuration, which can save space and meet the demand for high-density network infrastructure. The modular system products and associated cables are all available in FS.COM. For more details, please visit www.fs.com or contact sales@fs.com.

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What Can High-density Fiber Patch Panel Achieve?

In today’s data centers and SAN environments, space is often at a premium, making density more critical than ever. High-density fiber optic solutions offer the users performance and reliability. Using a comprehensive solution of high-density fiber enclosures or patch panels with either adapter panels or pre-terminated cassettes provides a complete fiber cross connect patching solution for applications where maximum density is required.

Basis of High-density Fiber Patch Panels

 

The fiber patch panel, or fiber enclosure, is built and designed for efficient cable organization, management and protection within the racks. High-density fiber patch panel consists of a panel enclosure and modular HD cassettes, which can connect a 40G/100G fiber network feed (using MTP cable) and segment it into standard LC connections in order to interface with 10G devices. The cassettes are housed in a space-saving, rack-mountable, panel enclosure that can hold different amounts of cassettes, depending on the installation requirements.

 

What Can High-density Fiber Patch Panel Achieve?

 

The high-density patch panel can provide fast and easy deployment of high-density interconnects and cross-connect in data centers. The following are some advantages of using high-density fiber patch panels.

Simplify Cabling Deployment: With the fiber patch panel in place, there is no need to run long jumpers across the room, under the floor or in overhead conveyance. And instead, you simply run a short fiber patch cable from your SAN or network switch up to the fiber patch panel/enclosure. It’s really that simple.

Save Space: High-density fiber patch panel is one of the best space savers in the data center. It helps to increase port density by allowing you to fit more cables into a smaller space. Most importantly, it allows you to save space and stay organized.

Increase Port Density: Besides better space optimization, high-density patch panel can achieve double the port density in 1U of rack space. This allows for density increases and technology changes without a complete tear-out and replacement of existing infrastructure.

Ease of Installation: As described above, cassette is a part of the patch panel. When installing the cassette, no tools are required in the panel enclosure. And using push-pull tabs, connections can easily be locked or unlocked in the panel. Each cassette features factory terminated connectors that reduce the time and labor required of field connector terminations.

Flexibility and Adjustability: Fiber patch panels can connect different generations of equipment, such as 10G, 40G, 100G in a simple panel-cassette system. And network reconfigurations are highly adjustable due to the modular cassette system.

Cost-effective Solution for 40G/100G Network: Employing a high-density fiber patch panel is the most effective solution for overcoming cabling congestion associated with 40G/100G network connections as the modular plug-and-play cassettes can be changed when higher bandwidth becomes needed. It can manage, allocate and control the connections of network equipment of varying bandwidths. Cable management is simplified because the fiber patch panel can be changed or expanded by installing a new cassette instead of running new cables. By simply patching the 40G MTP cables at the back and the standard LC cables to devices in the front of the cassette, the IT staff don’t need to pull a new fan-out cable each time they need a new connection. Modular cassettes allow to expand whenever you need to accommodate the necessary bandwidth and connectors.

 

Summary

 

High-density fiber patch panel offers the highest level of scalability and highest density in the market. They enable a seamless distribution for bandwidth from 100G to 40G to 10G. FS.COM provides high-density fiber patch panels with various configurations. Any one of them would be an excellent option for your network. More details, visit www.fs.com or contact us over sales@fs.com for the detailed information.

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