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.

Originally published: www.fiberopticshare.com/run-cables-multi-floor-data-center-fiber-enclosures.html

Modular Patching Solutions for Flexible Cable Management

As is known to all, data center cable management is not that easy. If the cables are not managed well at first, managing the cables will be a nightmare at last. So how to quickly and effectively manage your data center cabling in the beginning would become particularly important. Modular patching solutions are practical ways for great capacity cabling management. Fiber enclosure, MTP cassette and fiber adapter panel play important roles in the modular patching solution. This post will talk about cable management with modular patching solutions.

Key Components: Fiber Adapter Panel, MTP Cassette, FHD Fiber Enclosure

 

Preloaded with fiber adapters, the fiber adapter panels serve as the intermediate connection between the backbone and the patching cabling. The commonly used fiber adapter panels are LC fiber adapter panels, SC fiber adapter panels and MTP/MPO fiber adapter panels. In the previous post “Type A MTP Cassette and Type B MTP Cassette: When and Where to Use?”, I have talked a lot about MTP cassette. So here I’m not going to talk about it in detail. As for the fiber enclosures, take FS.COM fiber enclosures (FHD-1UFCE, FHD-2UFCE, FHD-4UFCE) for example, these three types of FHD fiber enclosures are with the size of 1RU, 2RU and 4RU respectively. Made of black powder coated SPCC rugged heavy-duty steel, the FHD fiber enclosures are designed with push/pull out functions, and have flexible mounting options, which are suitable for 10G/40G/100G cabling deployment.

 

Solution 1: MTP Cassette With FHD Fiber Enclosure

 

FHD-1UFCE fiber enclosure can hold up to four MTP/MPO cassettes, FHD-2UFCE fiber enclosure eight MTP/MPO cassettes, and FHD-4UFCE fiber enclosure twelve MTP/MPO cassettes. Matching with 24-fiber MTP LC cassette, the maximum fiber counts of these three FHD fiber enclosures are 96 fibers, 192 fibers and 288 fibers. Can you imagine how much valuable space they can save for you in the data center? The following picture demonstrates the well organized cabling in modular system.

 

Solution 2: Fiber Adapter Panel With FHD Fiber Enclosure

 

In addition to housing MTP/MPO cassettes, those three FHD fiber enclosures can also hold the fiber adapter panels. When holding adapter panels, there are some differences with holding MTP/MPO cassettes. Besides housing the exact same number of fiber adapter panels, the FHD-1UFCE fiber enclosure can also hold two fiber slack management spools or four optical splice trays. And FHD-2UFCE fiber enclosure can hold two fiber slack management spools or eight optical splice trays, while FHD-4UFCE fiber enclosure can hold two fiber slack management spools or twelve optical splice trays. If choosing to use fiber slack management spools, they can help to manage the cables. If choosing to use the optical splice tray, they can help to store the spliced fiber pigtails.

 

Two Patching Solutions: When to Use Each?

 

Both the two fiber patching solutions talked above would definitely save your data center space or installation time. Which solution to use depends on your special network deployments. If you need to connect your backbone MTP cabling with the standard patch cables, using the MTP/MPO cassette with fiber enclosure would be a good choice. If simply connecting the fiber patch cables, using the fiber adapter panels with fiber enclosure would be more suitable. No matter which solution to use, undoubtedly they provide high density flexible system for managing fiber terminations, connections and patching in data center application to maximize rack space utilization and minimize floor space.

Note: If using FHD fiber enclosure with MTP/MPO cassette, fiber slack management spools or optical splice trays cannot be installed inside the enclosure.

Originally published: www.fiberopticshare.com/modular-patching-solutions-flexible-cable-management.html

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.

Source: www.fiberopticshare.com