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Home » Products » ASCEND Products » ASCEND® MPO Fanout Cassettes

ASCEND® MPO Fanout Cassettes

Ascend-12 Fanout Cassette, Base-12,Pinned MPO - LC / PC, OM4
Ascend-12 Fanout Cassette, Base-12,Pinned MPO - LC / PC, OM4
Ascend-12 Fanout Cassette, Base-12,Pinned MPO - LC / PC, OM4
Ascend-8 Fanout Cassette, Base-8,Pinned MPO - LC / UPC, SM
Ascend-8 Fanout Cassette, Base-8,Pinned MPO - LC / UPC, SM
A8-FC-M1-L4 - ASCEND Cassette
A8-FC-M1-L4 - ASCEND Cassette
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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.

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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)

Technical Drawings

ASCEND® MPO Fanout Cassettes Drawing

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
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
AFL ASCEND® Fanout Cassette, 12 Fiber, OM4, MPO (Male) Base-12 to LC (Aqua), Polarity F A12-FC-M1-L4

Regional Availability

US

+1-866-814-8615
[email protected]

EMEA

+44 1908 441 144 [email protected]

INDIA

+91 80 46874687 [email protected]

APAC
(Excluding India)

+86 755 2561 3694 [email protected]

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