Rack Mount Fiber Patch Panel with Adjustable Rear Cable Support - 1U (RMFP-001)

Most fiber in a rack doesn't need splicing at the panel; it needs a tidy place for up to 72 LC connections and a bracket behind it so the trunk doesn't hang off the adapter panels. This 1U blank fiber patch panel is that: a fixed-mount powder-coated steel housing, 1.73 in tall and 18.97 in wide, with three LGX footprint slots across the front for adapter panels or cassettes, sold separately, and a rear-mounted cable management bracket that adjusts from 4.78 to 7.83 in behind the rack rail, so the trunk's strain relief lands where the cable comes in rather than where the panel happens to end. Loaded with three LC quad panels it carries 72 fibers in one rack unit; loaded with MTP cassettes it's a 1U breakout for a trunk. There are no splice trays and no drawer, which is what keeps it shallow, light, and inexpensive. For a 1U that splices as well as patches, the RMFP-015 with three 24-fiber trays included, or the RMFP-020 slide-out with the trays sold separately.

Features

• Three LGX footprint slots. Fits three LGX adapter panels or cassettes, sold separately; up to 72 fibers.
• Adjustable rear cable manager. Rear-mounted bracket adjusts from 4.78 to 7.83 in (121.5 to 198.9 mm) of depth.
• Fixed mounting housing. Bolts to the rack rails; no drawer to clear behind the door.
• Powder-coated steel. Durable black finish in a 1U, 19 in rack-mount housing.
• 1.73 × 18.97 × 7.83 in. Height, width, and depth at full extension.

Where It Fits

It suits data center and telecom room techs landing a pre-terminated trunk on LC quad panels or MTP cassettes in one rack unit, structured cabling installers building a fiber patch field at the top of a rack where the backbone is already terminated, enterprise and campus networks that break out a 72-fiber trunk to the switches without a splice in the closet, lab and AV racks that need a few LC ports in 1U, anyone who wants a shallow panel with the cable support behind it instead of a deep drawer full of empty trays, and a rack that already has the LGX adapter panels or cassettes and the fiber patch cords from the fiber collections to fill it. For a 1U that splices too, the RMFP-015 with trays included or the RMFP-020 slide-out without; for 144 and 288 fibers with splicing, the RMFP-016 and RMFP-018.

Good to Know

The adapter panels are not included, so order the three LGX panels or cassettes for the connector type at the same time; 72 is the fiber count with LC quad panels loaded, and an SC or LC duplex panel loads fewer, while an MTP cassette's count depends on the cassette. There are no splice trays, so a cable that arrives unterminated needs a splice panel, a splice enclosure elsewhere, or field-installable connectors; this panel is for pre-terminated trunks, pigtails spliced somewhere else, and patch fields. Set the rear bracket to the depth that lands the trunk's strain relief where the cable enters, and secure the trunk to the bracket so the adapters never carry its weight. Keep every fiber within its bend radius behind the panel, since a fixed 1U has no drawer to store slack in, and leave the service loop in the vertical manager rather than in the housing. Mount it on the rack rails with the supplied hardware. It's an indoor rack panel. Keep connector caps on unused ports, since an open LC adapter at the top of a rack collects dust from every job done above it.

Specifications

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