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With the rising demand for expansion and growth in the data center, cabling infrastructures must provide the reliability, manageability, and flexibility you need. At Anixter, your leading global distributor, you will find all the Corning solutions you need to achieve these objectives.
Deployment of an optical-connectivity solution allows for an infrastructure that meets these requirements for current applications and data rates. Scalability is an additional key factor when choosing the type of optical connectivity. Scalability refers not only to the physical expansion of the data center with respect to additional servers, switches, or storage devices, but also to the infrastructure to support a migration path for increasing data rates. As technology evolves and standards are completed to define data rates, such as 40- and 100-Gbit Ethernet Fibre Channel (32G and beyond) and Infiniband (40G and beyond), the cabling infrastructures installed today must provide scalability to accommodate the need for more bandwidth in support of future applications.
Cabling deployed in the data center must be selected to provide support for high-data-rate applications of the future, such as 100-GbE, 16G Fibre Channel, and 40G Infiniband. Here, OM3 fiber is a must.
In addition to being the only grade of multimode fiber to be included in the 40- and 100-GbE standard, OM3 and OM4 fibers provide the highest performance for today’s needs. With an 850-nm bandwidth of 2,000 MHz∙km or higher, OM3 fiber provides the extended reach often required for structured cabling installations in the data center. OM3 and OM4 fiber connectivity continues to offer a significant value proposal when compared to single-mode fibers, since multimode fibers utilize low-cost transceivers at 850 nm for serial and parallel transmissions.
Factory-terminated MTP solutions allow connectivity through a plug-and-play system. To meet the needs of today’s serial Ethernet and Fibre Channel applications, MTP-terminated horizontal cabling/backbone is installed into pre-terminated modules, or cassettes.

Prepare your Data Center to meet Future Needs
To best meet the needs of the future, MTP-based connectivity using OM3 and OM4 fiber is an ideal solution in the data center. With inherent modularity and optimization for a flexible, TIA-942-compliant structured cabling installation, MTP-based optical-fiber systems can be installed for use in today’s applications while providing an easy migration path to future higher-speed technologies, such as 40- and 100-GbE.
For further information on the most suitable Data Center solutions for your current and future needs, please contact your Account Executive at Anixter and start offering your customers the best Infraestructure solutions.