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Modularization to the Extreme 100G SR10 Breakout Patch Panel

Updated on Nov 22, 2018 by
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When the data centers or server rooms are built, everything seems clean, tidy and well-organized. But with days passing and the increasing of cables amount, things changes rapidly and problems come out. The increasing demand of higher speed Ethernet has urged the data center to increase both cables and devices amount. According to researches, by the year of 2019, 50% of the network in the data center will upgrade to 100G Ethernet which is mainly depended on multi-fiber optical cable. This has promoted the development of 100G SR10 breakout panel.

Cable Mess, Too Much Stress

Although 100G is not the mainstream now, it is common to see that bundles of cables hanging unattached within racks, a clutter of cables lay on the ground, or connections of links that are too tight and there is no way to move the switches without removing the cables. Telecom engineers in data centers are often proud to share pictures about before and after calling in their social networks, which are likely to receive a lot of LIKES. Except for entertainment, what should be focused on is what if 100G or higher data rate Ethernet becomes the mainstream. Would data centers still run well with the current designs and cable management systems? Will telecom engineers need more time to deal with the cable mess in data centers? Apparently, some improvement has to be done to meet the needs of both current and future.

Module Plays A Great Role

More and more data centers are realizing that the upgrading of data centers should not be limited to the devices and cables. The designing and cabling management are also very essential to a modernized data center. Thus, ToR (Top of Rack) and structured cabling are created to replace the traditional point-to-point cabling, which can solve the problems of high-density cabling in some extents. Meanwhile, the idea of modularization becomes more and more acceptable during data center cabling. Switches are usually designed in the rack unit. Fiber patch panel for high-density cabling is manufactured to fit the rack size. However, the cabling mess is still inevitable in the data center. To maximize the potential of modularization to the extreme, FS.com creatively designed a new version of patch panel for 100G high-density cabling—100G MPO breakout patch panel.

Modularization to the Extreme—100G SR10 Breakout Panel

This high-density breakout panel gathers 8 MTP elites in a standard 2U rack. Each of the MTP elite is attached with a 24-fiber MTP adapter connection on one side and 20 LC adapters on the other side. The MTP adapters are all installed on the rear panel of the rack. Every 20 LC ports of an MTP elite are logically grouped on the front panel of the rack as shown in the following picture. It can perfectly fit the application of 100G SR10 transmission, by connecting the MTP Interface with CFP-100G-SR10 transceiver with an MTP trunk cable. Up to 800G transmission can be achieved with this breakout patch panel. The following picture shows its port details and application guide.

This standard unit of the rack can easy solve various problems that are commonly happened in data center high-density cabling with its great advantages.

Space Saving and Better Management

With MTP elites installed inside the rack, 100G SR10 breakout panel works as a bridge for 100G to 10G connections. This breakout panel can distribute 800G to 80 streams data rate of 10G without additional cables. It replaces eight 100G MTP to 20 LC fanout cables, which can save a lot of space and management time. In addition, the adding and dropping of connections can be easily done with great flexibility and changeability.

Better Cooling and High Reliability

It is common sense that the fewer cables used, the better the cooling efficiency the data center can have. Cabling congestion in the data center can cause cooling issues. The use of this unit can largely decrease the cooling problems caused by cable congestion on the rack. High density usually means difficulty in management. Without well-organized cabling infrastructure, mistakes like incorrect ports unplugging are commonly made. Sometime, the moving of a single cable from a large sum of cables might cause stress on other cables, which might cause errors. With this 100G breakout patch panel, downtime or mistakes caused by cooling issues and human errors are drastically reduced.

Time-Saving and Cost Saving

In the data center, time is money. 100G breakout panel, decrease cable management time greatly. Telecom engineers need less time during data center maintenance and fault location. In addition, fewer cables and cooling cost are invested.

100G SR10 Breakout Patch Panel Solution

100G SR10 breakout patch panels have made full advantages of fanout technologies and the idea of modularization. Currently, there are two versions of 100G-SR10 breakout patch panels provided in FS.com, which are listed in the following table. Please visit FS.com or contact sales@fs.com for more details, if you are interested.

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