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One of the challenges of high-density storage area networks (SANs) is the large volume of optical fiber cables and patch cords that must be managed in cabinets storing modular switches. When individual jumper cables are used to make each port connection, the densities of several hundred cables can concentrate along the sides of the cabinet, blocking critical airflow and making it difficult to administer moves, adds and changes.

To solve these challenges and simplify the data center design and installation process, Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI) and Corning Cable Systems have collaborated to provide innovative optical cabling and fiber management solutions. These solutions support fiber channel connectivity for SANs including Cisco 9513 and Brocade 48000 SAN Directors, and uniquely manage optical fiber trunk cables, harnesses and modules within the data center cabinet.

Used with CPI’s TeraFrame family of cabinets, CPI Fiber Management Systems are designed to support Corning’s LANscape Pretium Zero-U System, a complement to Plug & Play Universal Systems. Together these solutions greatly reduce the amount of space occupied by cabling in cabinets, accelerate the initial speed of deployment for high-density SANs, improve air circulation and simplify future moves, adds and changes. By providing easy attachment and strain relief for trunk cables, and simple mounting of modules and/or high-density MTP adapter brackets in the 0RMU space between the cabinet frame and side panels, these solutions help to eliminate 77 percent of bulk cabling in the SAN Director’s cabinet.

CPI Fiber Management and Corning’s LANscape Pretium Zero-U systems supply TIA-942 compliant infrastructure and connectivity for N-Series TeraFrame network cabinets containing high-density modular switches, and F-Series TeraFrame cabinets housing lower-density servers and data storage equipment via cross-connections in the data center’s main distribution area.

For more information, please visit www.chatsworth.com/fibersolutions or www.corning.com/cpi