Selecting MPO Connectors for Data Centers

Selecting MPO Connectors for Data Centers

Until recently, infrastructure cabling has primarily used duplex connectivity for optical fiber links. However, due to the advent of higher data rates, such as 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), which requires four parallel 0-gigabit (G) lanes, data centers are moving toward...
Data Center Standards: How BICSI 002 and TIA-942 Work Together

Data Center Standards: How BICSI 002 and TIA-942 Work Together

When looking at the complexity of today’s data centers and the sheer number of applications that they must support—WAN, LAN, SAN, video, proprietary consolesand peripherals, and several building systems—it is striking to realize that the first data center...