HUBER+SUHNER Optipack Base-8 MTP Jumper Cables

Optipack Base-8 MTP Jumper Cables

MTP Jumper cables for Base-8 fibre network infrastructure

HUBER+SUHNER Optipack Base-8 MTP jumper cables are designed to be used to connect fibre patch panels to servers or switches in a 4-lane parallel network architecture.

These MTP jumper cables are generally short cable assemblies optimised for in-rack environments as they are used to connect together two devices within the same rack. However, longer MTP jumper cables are available for connection to racks in the middle or at the end of a rack row.

Base-8 MTP jumper cables are used for the final connection from patch panels or IANOS patching modules to transceivers, or they can be used in a centralised cross-connect to join two independent Base-8 backbone trunk links. Jumper cables are smaller and more flexible than conventional assemblies and allows connectivity in the highest packing densities providing fast and easy access. The cables are bend-optimised allowing for enhanced performance even under tight bending conditions. Colour-coded connections help with identifying the fibre type and the connector base type.

Base-8 is the most common interface for 40G data rates and new developments in transceiver technology means that in the future Base-8 code also satisfy 100G, 200G and 400G links.

Optipack Base-8 jumper cables are identified by a grey boot at the rear of the connector so that they aren’t confused with Base-12 connectors which are black. However, Base-8 jumpers are fully compatible with Base-12 backbone trunk cables and patch panels / modules except that there will be a 33% wastage of backbone fibres.

By installing male Base-8 backbone trunks it enables female-female jumpers to be used for low-risk patching. As transceivers for 40G and 100G use a pinned interface female cords eliminate the risk of costly receptacle damage.