EDGE™ Solutions Harness

One of the critical challenges facing data center owners, operators, and maintenance personnel in high-density (HD) computing areas is how to provide high-port-concentration deployments to support the latest generation of high-speed switches without losing them under a mass of patch cables.

A harness is an ultra-slim 12-fiber (2.0 mm) preterminated fiber cable with an MTP® PRO connector on one end and typically four or six LC duplex connectors on the opposite end. The majority of the harness is a single cable which breaks out into six, 2-fiber legs to enable connectivity to the switch ports which are staggered to replicate the specific switch ports to save on excess cable length.

Specially designed harnesses are available for distribution switches for various Cisco Nexus Series or Brocade DCX switches using SFP+ (LC interfaces) for 10/40Gig Ethernet or 8Gig fiber Channel with duplex transmission or port mirroring, aggregation, fabric, or tap applications.

Advanced optical harnesses with high-fiber-count MTP PRO connectors are designed to enable parallel optic conversion for 40 and 100Gig applications.

The ultimate high-density solution for port hot spots in data centers.