Why Should You Use MTP Cassette in Your Network?

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The increasing demand for bandwidth and
fast speed have driven the advent of 40G and 100G application on the market. As
the increasing created data needs amount of cables and devices to achieve the
transmission, which could be a headache for IT manager to create a high-density
data center. To handle these requirements, MTP technology offers an ideal
condition for setting up high-performance data networks in data centers. This
post tends to introduce an indispensable device used in MTP system—MTP cassette
and to indicate why should you use it in your network.

 

What Is MTP Cassette?

MTP
cassette is a modular module
which is used to break out the 12-fiber MTP connectors terminated on trunk
cables into simplex- or duplex-style connectors, then the simplex- and
duplex-style jumpers can be used to patch into transceiver terminal equipment
ports, patch panels or client ports. The MTP cassette is made of simplex or
duplex port adapters across the front and one or two 12-fiber MTP connector
adapters across the back. A factory-installed and tested optical fiber assembly
inside the module connects the front adapters to the back MTP connector
adapter. (Note: alignment pins are pre-installed in the MTP connector located
inside the cassette.) Generally, according to the amount of 12-fiber MTP
connector adapter used on the back of cassette, there is 12-fiber MTP cassette
and 24-fiber cassette as shown below. (Note: a special type of 24-fiber MTP
cassette only uses one 24-fiber connector adapter on the cassette back.)

 

What Can MTP Cassette Bring for Us?

Simplify the Installation: In order to
satisfy the ever-increasing need for human beings, the technology will face
refresh every 12 to 18 months. Plug-n-Play MTP cassette provides great
adaptability for the changing data center environment. If the connector
requirements change in the future, we just need to swap the cassette and leave
the existing backbone infrastructure intact. Besides, 12-fiber MTP to LC and
24-fiber MTP to LC cassettes provide a quick and efficient way to deploy up to 12
LC or 24 LC fiber ports in a single module respectively. Since MTP to LC
cassette with MTP or MPO trunk cable offers great flexibility for different
applications, it is possible to add the exact fiber requirement with no excess
fiber installed. With such quick and easy installation, the additional fiber
links can be added at a time that suits the demands of your business. The image
below shows equipment inter-connect (LC to LC) with MTP cassette and MTP trunk
cable.

 

Minimize Space-Occupying: As more and more
devices are used in data center, IT managers are turning to equipment which can
provide high density. That’s why switch equipment manufacturers are focusing on
increasing the fiber port density in their switches, which has driven the need
to be able to increase the number of fibers per 1U in fiber management
products. Normally, 1U MTP patch panel can accommodate up to three MTP
cassettes, resulting in a maximum of 72 terminations in it, while 4U MTP patch
panel can accommodate up to 12 MTP cassettes, give a high connectivity of 288
fiber termination per panel as shown below. This high-density design not only
minimizes the space-occupying to the extreme, but also offers a flexible
solution to the end user with the a full array of adapter types, enabling users
to incorporate a multi functional panel which allows easy easy access during
installation or re-work with no disturbance of the existing cable or fibers.

 

Easy Cable Management: As networking
equipment becomes denser and port counts in the data center increase to
hundreds and thousands of ports, managing cables connected to these devices
becomes a difficult challenge. Traditionally, connecting cables directly to
individual ports on low port-count equipment was considered manageable, but
applying the same principles to high port-count equipment will make the task
more tedious. With MTP cassette, any port from any device can be connected to
any other port, which can make the cable management easier as we can see from
the following image.

 

Conclusion

For high density application, MTP
cassette is an dispensable component that you should apply. With the advantages
that MTP cassette takes we have talked above, it is time to use MTP cassette in
your network. fiber-mart.COM provides a series of MTP cassettes and MTP trunk
cables for your practical application. If you have any need, just come to
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