BACKBONE SOLUTIONSConnect. Control. Converge.

Your building backbone needs to support a 10X transition from 1Gbps wall outlets to 10Gbps ceiling drops.

BACKBONE SOLUTIONSA NETWORK IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK.

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Advancements in wireless and A/V technologies are driving up the demand for bandwidth, and as buildings become more connected and more intelligent, the amount of data flowing through your network will continue to increase. Installing Cat 6A solves the bandwidth challenge in the horizontal. But what about the fiber backbone that needs to support all of those additional 10Gbps drops?

A logical next step is to move to a 40Gbps backbone. But most existing backbones were installed with OM3 fiber. When you run 40Gbps over OM3, your reach decreases to only 100m, per the TIA standard. For nearly 80% of backbone applications connecting buildings in a campus environment, this just isn’t far enough.

Your network can’t perform optimally if your fiber backbone is weak. How can you maintain the reach you need and support an ever-increasing amount of bandwidth?

Berk-Tek can help. We’ve developed a unique multimode solution that can reach 300m at 40Gbps!

GIGAliteTM-10XB OM4+ optical fiber

Multimode/Single-mode hybrid cable

• Supports the transition from 1Gbps to 10Gbps drops out into the enterprise.

• Allows enough power budget to go 300m at 40G. That’s double the distance over the standard.

• Enables you to better plan for future backbone capacity while minimizing costs.

• Available in all Berk-Tek fiber cable constructions.

• Multimode and single-mode fibers in a single cable.

• Enables customers to light up multimode fiber now and leave SM dark until needed.

• Takes advantage of lower-cost multimode transceivers, while providing an already-installed single-mode option for later.

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MULTIMODE VS. SINGLE-MODE. OR BOTH?Berk-Tek has a multimode fiber solution that can reach 300m at 40Gbps! The secret is in the glass. The engineers at Berk-Tek developed a unique glass specification that allows for double the distance over the standard. You don’t have to move to a much more costly single-mode solution to get the extended reach and bandwidth you need in the fiber backbone. Single-mode cable is less expensive than multimode, but single-mode transceivers are about 2X the cost.

However, if moving to a single-mode solution is on the infrastructure roadmap, we can fully support that as well. Berk-Tek offers a hybrid cable solution that has both multimode and single-mode fiber, so you can take advantage of a lower cost multimode solution now, and then move to a single-mode solution 10 years from now. You can light up the multimode fiber now and leave the single-mode fiber dark until you’re ready for it.

132 White Oak Road, New Holland, PA 17557, USA • 800-237-5835 • www.berktek.com

ABOUT BERK-TEK

Berk-Tek is the premier source for network infrastructure solutions. For more than 50 years, we have led the industry in the development of high-performance fiber optic and copper cables designed to transport high-speed data, voice and power transmissions. Our world-class research and development teams are dedicated to developing innovative structured cabling solutions that are critically important to managing the demands of today’s emerging technologies. Our mission is to provide our customers with the solutions that meet both the current and future network needs, while continuously striving to maximize their return on investment.