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ASCEND® MPO Fanout Cassettes

Ascend-12 Fanout Cassette, Base-12,Pinned MPO - LC / PC, OM4

Ascend-8 Fanout Cassette, Base-8,Pinned MPO - LC / UPC, SM

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Product Overview

ASCEND® MPO Fanout Cassettes are a pre-terminated plug-and-play solution designed to support incremental growth or a full-scale deployment in data center and enterprise applications. These cassettes are offered in a range of MPO-LC fanout configurations and are compatible with all standard ASCEND housings. They can be independently installed from the front or rear onto a sliding tray system which allows access to individual connections while minimizing disruption to other fiber connections.

Features

High-Density MPO to LC Cassettes

Base-8, Base-12, and Base-24 options available
Up to 6 LC ports (12 fibers) per cassette
Multi-mode and Single mode options available

Shuttered LC Adapters

Greener solution by eliminating adapter dust caps
Provide automatic laser eye safety
Easy fault detection when using a Visual Fault Locator (VFL)
Facilitate faster patching

Low Loss Enabled by Fujikura MT Ferrule

Ensures maximum reliability and mechanical performance

Polarity F

Polarity managed in the cassette
Same cassette orientation can be used at both ends of a link

Easy Moves, Adds, and Changes (MACs)

Trays slide and lock in position for simplified patching
Cassettes can be installed independently from front or rear of housing

Benefits

Maximize Fiber Density

Modular cassettes allow you to scale density as and when needed

Network Speeds from 10G to 400G and beyond

Cassettes can be used throughout multiple active equipment upgrades in order to futureproof your network
Facilitates upgrade path to parallel optic transmission

Removes Polarity Troubleshooting in the Field

MPO Fanout Cassettes with simplified Polarity F wiremap

Fast, One-Person Installation

Factory terminated and pre-tested for immediate plug-and-play deployment

Applications

Data Center
Campus
Central Office
Office Backbone

Specifications

Fiber Types	SM, OM3, OM4
Fiber Counts Available	12 LC ports (24 fiber), 6 LC ports (12 fiber), 4 LC ports (8 fiber)
Polarity Mapping Available	Polarity F (Polarity A is available on request)
Adapter Types	MPO (Male) to LC Shuttered Adapters
Cassette Material	ABS, 304 Steel
Cassette Color	Black
Cassette Dimensions (BASE-12)	Height: 11mm (0.5 inches) Width: 94mm (3.7 inches) Depth: 156mm (6.1 inches)
Package Dimensions	Height: 12mm (0.5 inches) Width: 127mm (5 inches) Depth: 183mm (7.2 inches)
Cassette Weight	0.2kg
Packaged Weight	0.3kg
Materials Compliant	RoHS, Reach/SVHC, UL 94V-0
Regional Availability	Global

Optical Performance

Connector Mating	Insertion Loss Average	Insertion Loss Max	Return Loss
MPO Premium Low Loss (MM)	0.10 dB	0.35 dB	N/A
LC Premium Low Loss (MM)	0.08 dB	0.15 dB	N/A
MPO Premium Low Loss (SM)	0.10 dB	0.35 dB	≤-60 dB
LC Premium Low Loss (SM)	0.12 dB	0.15 dB	≤-55 dB

Fiber Performance

Fiber Type (ISO/IEC 11801)	SM (OS1/OS2)	OM4
Attenuation Coefficient	≤0.38 Max (1300nm) ≤0.25 Max (1550nm) ≤0.34 Typ (1300nm) ≤0.19 Typ (1550nm)	<3.5 Max (850nm) <1.5 Max (1300nm) <2.7 Typ (850nm) <0.9 Typ (1300nm)
Minimum bandwidth: Overfilled launch (Mhz-km)	N/A	≥3500 (850nm) ≥500 (1300nm)
Minimum bandwidth: Laser Effective Modal Bandwidth (Mhz-km)	N/A	≥4700 (850nm)

Fiber Type (ISO/IEC 11801)

SM (OS1/OS2)

OM4

Attenuation Coefficient

≤0.38 Max (1300nm)

≤0.25 Max (1550nm)

≤0.34 Typ (1300nm)

≤0.19 Typ (1550nm)

<3.5 Max (850nm)

<1.5 Max (1300nm)

<2.7 Typ (850nm)

<0.9 Typ (1300nm)

Minimum bandwidth: Overfilled launch (Mhz-km)

N/A

≥3500 (850nm)

≥500 (1300nm)

Minimum bandwidth: Laser Effective Modal Bandwidth (Mhz-km)

N/A

≥4700 (850nm)

Technical Drawings

Ordering Information

Category	Description	Part Number
BASE-8 Fanout Cassettes	AFL ASCEND® Fanout Cassette, 8 Fiber, SM, MPO (Male) Base-8 to LC (Blue), Polarity F	A8-FC-M1-LU
BASE-8 Fanout Cassettes	AFL ASCEND® Fanout Cassette, 8 Fiber, OM4 MPO (Male) Base-8 to LC (Aqua), Polarity F	A8-FC-M1-L4
BASE-12 Fanout Cassettes	AFL ASCEND® Fanout Cassette, 12 Fiber, SM, MPO (Male) Base-12 to LC (Blue), Polarity F	A12-FC-M1-LU
BASE-12 Fanout Cassettes	AFL ASCEND® Fanout Cassette, 12 Fiber, OM4, MPO (Male) Base-12 to LC (Aqua), Polarity F	A12-FC-M1-L4