[187724] in North American Network Operators' Group
APC vs UPC?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lorell Hathcock)
Tue Feb 23 08:12:27 2016
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From: Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:12:23 -0600
To: nanog@nanog.org
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NANOGians:
APC wins!
My real question is surrounding the connection on the SFPs themselves.=20
In general terms are the LC connectors on SFPs considered UPC or APC?
If the answer is UPC and if I am inheriting and/or building a network of sin=
gle mode fiber with APC SC connectors, then is the best practice to use LC U=
PC to SC APC fiber jumpers?
If so, can anyone point me to a source for said jumpers that is (1) quick an=
d (2) good?
Any thoughts on the same idea of mismatched fiber jumpers connector types to=
use on OLMs and OLSs? OTDRs? The concern here is to use the best possible=
fiber connector types (e.g. APC or UPC) when connecting lasers to my OSP fi=
ber which uses APC with consideration to the optimal connector type for the l=
aser transceiver.=20
My thoughts are to use fiber jumpers with UPC connectors on the laser side w=
ith APC on and throughout the OSP, but if it should be purely APC everywhere=
, then that is what I need to know.=20
Thanks!
Lorell Hathcock=
