[189108] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Patch panel solutions for 4x10GE breakout
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu May 5 10:46:04 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <6CD354CF-6553-4F6C-82B7-BD951FD66B87@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 10:45:58 -0400
To: Phil Bedard <bedard.phil@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
There is a nice Corning panel our facilities team is using now. I can find t=
he link and send it to the list when not at my phone.=20
Jared Mauch
> On May 5, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Phil Bedard <bedard.phil@gmail.com> wrote:
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> So the newer equipment we are looking at uses QSFP+/MTP with 4x10GE breako=
uts to deliver 10G. We are not wiring these up to things in the same rack, t=
hey will be going to patch panels and then elsewhere in a facility. It coul=
d potentially get messy with the panels we have today so we are looking at o=
ther solutions. These are all SM LR connections using LC. There are a lot o=
f SM MTP to LC options since that=E2=80=99s the way most panels are wired, b=
ut they typically have 6 duplex LC connectors per MTP and not 4 which isn=E2=
=80=99t very efficient in this use case. I=E2=80=99ve seen others just use a=
n intermediate LC to LC panel and just wire the breakouts to those and then j=
umper the other side elsewhere. =20
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> Anything else others have used? The point of the solution is to keep the w=
iring mess in front of or near the device to a minimum. =20
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> Thanks,=20
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> Phil =20
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