Friday, August 6, 2021

Fibre patching at the DC. Do we need to upgrade to OM5?

Hello,

I have suggested to my manager to budget for new OM5 fibers in our main DC because the current OM3 connectors cannot do more than 10G/pair. As far as my understanding goes, they can support up to 100G, but with the help of PMO connectors.

Our DC is around 15 racks and will be reduced to 10 by the end of the year. It has been build over a decade ago, with both copper and fiber patching, most of them terminating in a "patch panel rack".

Since most of the copper connections are OoB management now, and 10G is the "new minimum requirement", is it worth passing a new fibre patch panel between the core racks or are there cheaper alternatives?



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