DENOG7 - Fracking Fiber Optics
Channel: DENOG
Date: 10/11/2020

LC plugs are not the only ones now that we have QSFP+. Should you use MPO or MTP. What about ST, LC, SC, E2000 or the new LC Uniboot plugs ? What are the compromises and benefits of each solution. Did you know that polarity in optical MPO matters ? And why can the polish of a plug cause headache during on-site installation. Thomas will give an overview of the connectors and fibre options in the datacentre now we have 40G und 100G as a standard. Especially for these parallel transmission applications you should consider to rethink your wiring if you don¹t want to get stuck in troubleshooting your links. Finally some practical examples of broken optical components after and during field installation ­ real cases which happen every day even in 2015 were fiber optic is commodity. And one more thing!

Speaker: Thomas Weible