Legrand offers cassette-less Infinium acclAIM fiber interconnect system
Legrand has unveiled the Infinium acclAIM Fiber Solution, a portfolio of fiber connectivity offerings. The high-density line is distinguished by its rejection of pre-terminated cassettes in favor of direct connections, which Legrand states will enable the lowest insertion loss available.
The Infinium acclAIM Fiber Solution is designed to meet the needs of hyperscale, cloud, and 5G network managers who are moving to next-generation two-fiber connectors. Such users often experience problems with polarity, optical loss, delivery, design/deployment, and costs when considering cassette-based approaches, Legrand asserts. The acclAIM Fiber Solution lessens ors or eliminates many of these issues in a variety of ways, according to the company:
- What Legrand describes as “near infinite scalability” that supports numerous migration paths
- Such link configuration options as standard, array, distribution, convergent, or mixed
- Multiple media interfaces such as 10GBASE, 25GBASE, 40GBASE, 100GBASE, 400GBASE, and beyond
- Application-defined polarity, which enables polarity to be adapted to any link configuration—pre-planned, on-site, or “on the fly”
- Direct mating breakout, which enables acclAIM connectors to mate directly to an array of twin fiber patch cords
- No gender considerations—just direct connections.
- Flexible density.
“The accIAIM Fiber Solution is ideal for any computer center experiencing challenges with increasing network speed, compressed optical budgets, or dealing with challenges associated with cassettes,” said Kristen Poulos, general manager, Legrand Data Infrastructure. “The fiber solution was not built to only address this current data center upgrade cycle -- rather, to provide value much longer. Due to its vast migration capability, the acclAIM enables sustainability through drastically longer life cycles to provide a building asset for decades to come.”
Legrand expects to make the accIAIM Fiber Solution available in the fourth quarter of this year.
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