Crônicas sobre cabeamento
Much to be Thankful for
There is much to be thankful for in our industry these days as market growth continues to be fueled by the IoT and big data driving the need for LAN and data center upgrades.
23 de novembro de 2016
Bi-Direction Testing with an OTDR
STANDARD OR APPLICATION NOTE
17 de novembro de 2016
Testes de cabo 101: How to Read the LinkWare™ PC Report
In our last 101 Series Blog, we took at closer look at everything in blue at the top of your LinkWare Report. But what if your customer wants you to explain the detail and those pretty charts to the right?
Let's dive deeper so you're prepared for that possibility.
10 de novembro de 2016
Testes de cabo 101: Understanding Your LinkWare Report
So you used your DSX-5000 to test some recently installed copper network runs for your customer. You can easily see on your tester if the link failed or passed for the application you were testing, but now your customer wants a customized report showing the detail.
3 de novembro de 2016
20 de outubro de 2016
Testes de cabo 101: There's No Gain with "Gainers"
Akin to water flowing from a small pipe into a large pipe, gainers are essentially perceived increases in optical power that occur at splice points due to variations in fiber characteristics, including core diameter, numerical apertures, mode field diameters and backscatter coefficients.
13 de outubro de 2016
Benefits of Using 8-Fiber Plug and Play MPO Solutions
The use of plug-and-play 12-fiber MPO solutions for multimode fiber backbones in the data center has been popular for several years, starting with 10 Gigabit Ethernet where 12-fiber MPO assemblies connect MPO-to-LC cassettes or modules that transition the 12-fiber MPO connections to 6 duplex LC connections.
6 de outubro de 2016
Advantage of Automated Fiber Inspection over Manual
Over the past decade, the amount of fiber in the data center has increased significantly due to the need for higher bandwidth between switches and the ever increasing amount of equipment requiring fiber uplinks to storage area networks (SANs), not to mention the demand for maximum availability that calls for redundant primary and secondary fiber network connections to every piece of equipment.
28 de setembro de 2016
28 de setembro de 2016
Deploy and Test Shielded Cable with Category 8
O Subcomitê de cabeamento de cobre TIA TR-42.7 aprovou recentemente as especificações para a categoria de cabeamento 8 (TIA 568 C.2-1), o mais recente sistema de fios de cobre em par trançado projetado para oferecer suporte a futuras aplicações IEEE 25GBASE T e 40GBASE T, atualmente em desenvolvimento.
With all the buzz surrounding Category 8, you and your customers might be wondering how exactly it will impact the deployment and testing of cabling infrastructures.
Let's take a closer look at where it will be deployed and some of the key characteristics that impact installation and testing.
22 de setembro de 2016
