Application of Fiber Patch Cords in Data Centers

Optical fiber jumpers are widely used in data centers, and in recent years, the demand for bandwidth in data center optical fiber transmission systems has shown a trend of high growth, so the use of a new generation of optical fibers and optical modules can continue to explore the potential of optical fiber network bandwidth growth. Because multimode fiber jumpers have great advantages in cost, they have an absolute advantage in data center applications.

Driven by the continuous application and promotion of network media in the cloud computing environment, multimode fiber patch cords are also constantly developing. From OM1 to OM2, and VCSEL laser optimization technology used from OM3 to OM4, the bandwidth demand is increasing. The introduction of the new category OM4 multimode patch cord fiber standard EIA/TIA492AAAD provides a better transmission method for the wide application of multimode fiber in the future. This article will provide an ideal communication solution for your data centers, servers, network switches, telecom switching centers and many other embedded applications that require high-speed data transmission.

MPO/MTP Fiber Patch Cords

In the transmission port connection equipment in 40G/100G data transmission applications, such as QSFP optical modules, no matter how many optical fibers are used for Fibre Channel connection, and no matter what type of optical fibers are connected, they will be directly connected through MTP/MPO connectors. Because the channel connection between the 40G/100G data transmission application device and the device needs to form a special mode, so that the channels of the transmitter and the receiver of the device correspond to each other, so the MTP/MPO connector is required to complete the connection.

MPO/MTP fiber patch cords can provide various applications for all networks and devices that require 100G modules. They feature the MT series ferrule design of the high-density multimode fiber optic connector system industry, and the MPO/MTP fiber patch cords feature UPC and APC polished end faces and support both multimode and singlemode applications. With VCSEL's laser and LED light source, 10G OM3/OM4 MPO/MTP fiber patch cables can provide 10Gbps data transmission rate in high bandwidth applications, which are 5 times faster than standard 50um fiber patch cables.

At the same time, multimode MPO/MTP fiber patch cords are also a more economical choice for most of the most common fiber optic communication systems. Single-mode MPO/MTP fiber patch cords are mainly used in data transmission systems over long distances. MPO/MTP trunk patch cords are specially designed for data center applications. Generally, single-mode and multi-mode MPO/MTP fiber patch cables are designed as 3mm or 4.5mm round cables with an outer diameter, and the connectors at both ends of the cable are also called MPO/MTP connectors.

At present, MPO/MTP high-density push-pull fiber optic patch cords are mainly used in three aspects: high-density wiring data centers, fiber-to-the-home, and connection applications with optical splitters, 40G/100G QSFP+, SFP+ and some other optical modules. Today, there are a series of high-density parallel optical interconnect products that can adapt to fiber transmission in modern data centers, such as custom MPO/MTP fiber patch cords, multimode fiber loopbacks and QSFP+ high-speed cable assemblies.

The development of server virtualization and cloud computing, as well as the development trend of network convergence, have brought the development needs of faster and more efficient data center networks. At present, the 10G switch composed of 48 10G channels is mainly limited to realize the connection with SFP+ modules. In order to meet higher bandwidth requirements, users can use high-density QSFP+ high-speed cables to complete the connection, and achieve the high-bandwidth requirements of customers by increasing the data transmission rate of each channel and increasing the port density.