Cut Sheet

How to Configure QuickNet
™
Fiber Cable Assemblies
The QuickNet
™
Fiber product family has a wide range of available configuration options from standard MPO to MPO cable
assemblies to fully custom assemblies that are user-defined. In this section, each of the main configuration options for QuickNet
™
Fiber are explained and typical considerations for data center applications are covered.
Fiber Type
The fiber type selected in the assembly indicates the maximum data rate that will be supported.
Cable choices:
• OS1/OS2 (Singlemode)
• OM3
• OM4
Laser optimized multimode fibers OM3, OM4 exceed domestic and international standards for optical fiber and support a diverse
set of legacy and contemporary applications including Ethernet and Fibre Channel among many others. For 10GbE applications,
the following link lengths are supported:
• OS1/OS2: 10km
• OM3: 300m
• OM4: 400m
Cable color defines fiber media type:
• OS1/OS2: Yellow
• OM3: Aqua
• OM4: Aqua
Note: Additional guidance on the supported link reaches for data center applications with various channel insertion losses is
available at www.panduit.com.
Interconnects
• 12-fiber
• 24-fiber
Harnesses
• 8-fiber
• 8-fiber QSFP to SFP+
• 12-fiber
Trunks
• 12-fiber
• 24-fiber
• 48-fiber
• 72-fiber
Cable Flame Rating
Cable flame rating choices are:
• Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH), tested to IEC 60332, 60754, and 610345
• Optical Fiber Non-Conductive Plenum (OFNP), tested to NFPA 262
• Optical Fiber Non-Conductive Riser (OFNR), tested to UL-1666
Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) rated cable is jacketed with compounds that emit limited smoke and no halogen when exposed to
high heat sources. It is the preferred jacket in EMEA.
Plenum (OFNP) is jacketed with a fire-retardant plastic.
Riser (OFNR) cables contain no electrically conductive materials. These are used in a contained area, usually a vertical shaft.
Fiber Count
Fiber count choices:
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