24-Fiber LGX Adapter Panel, 6 Quad LC Multimode OM3/OM4 10G (FAP-MM-LCG-6Q)

This is a 24-fiber LGX adapter panel loaded with six quad LC multimode adapters for 10 Gigabit OM3 and OM4. It's a cold-rolled steel plate, 130 by 30 mm, which is the single-width LGX footprint, with the six quad couplers mounted horizontally through it on their plastic flanges, so one slot carries 24 LC ports instead of the 12 a duplex plate gives. Each adapter has phosphor bronze alignment sleeves and the aqua housing that marks laser-optimized 50/125 µm multimode, and the LC connectors on the pigtails plug into the back while the patch cords plug into the front, so one plate turns two spliced 12-fiber OM3 or OM4 cables, or one 24-fiber trunk, into 24 LC ports for 10GBASE-SR. It's the plate the RMFP splice-and-patch panels are rated with: 72 LC in the 1U, 144 in the 2U, 288 in the 4U. It drops into any LGX slot: the RMFP rack-mount splice-and-patch panels, the RMFP-001 patch-only panel, and any other LGX enclosure. It's sold individually. For 12 fibers in a slot, the duplex FAP-MM-LCG-6DF; for the single-mode quad, the FAP-SM-LCU-6Q; for the 12-fiber LC pigtails that plug into the back, the PGULC12-OM3, PGULC12-OM4, PGTLC12-OM3, and PGTLC12-OM4; for the cords on the front, the LCLCOM3 and LCLCOM4; for the enclosures, the RMFP-015, RMFP-016, RMFP-018, and RMFP-001.

Features

• Six quad LC adapters, 24 fibers. Multimode OM3 and OM4, 50/125 µm, aqua housings, phosphor bronze alignment sleeves, PC polish.
• 10 Gigabit. For 10GBASE-SR and other laser-optimized multimode links.
• Twice the density of a duplex plate. 24 LC ports in one single-width LGX slot.
• LGX footprint. 130 × 30 mm single-width plate; fits standard LGX panels and enclosures.
• Cold-rolled steel.
• Horizontal couplers on flanges. Each adapter clips through the plate on its own plastic flanges.
• Sold individually.

Where It Fits

It suits a data center or a data hall where rack units are scarce and an OM3 or OM4 backbone has to come out at the highest LC count per slot, so a 1U panel carries 72 fibers and a 4U carries 288. It suits a splice-and-patch panel where a 24-fiber multimode trunk is spliced to two 12-fiber LC pigtails in the tray behind and comes out on one plate. Installers filling an RMFP panel to its rated capacity on a 10 Gigabit multimode plant use it, and so do techs swapping a duplex plate for a quad to double a slot without touching the rest of the panel. A row-to-row 10 Gigabit distribution panel in a hot aisle is a candidate. It goes with the OM3 and OM4 bulk fiber, the multimode LC pigtails, the splice trays, and the OM3 and OM4 LC patch cords from the fiber collections, and with the LGX enclosures from the fiber panel collection. For a 1U splice-and-patch panel, the RMFP-015, with three of these for 72 LC. For 2U, the RMFP-016, with six for 144, and for 4U, the RMFP-018, with twelve for 288. For a patch-only 1U, the RMFP-001. For 12 fibers in a slot, the FAP-MM-LCG-6DF. For single-mode, the quad FAP-SM-LCU-6Q. For the pigtails, the PGULC12-OM3, PGULC12-OM4, PGTLC12-OM3, and PGTLC12-OM4. For the cords, the LCLCOM3 and LCLCOM4.

Good to Know

Match the fiber on both sides: this is an aqua 50/125 µm panel, and the adapters will happily mate an orange 62.5 µm OM1 cord to an OM3 pigtail, with the core mismatch loss landing at the panel; keep the pigtails, the panel, and the cords all OM3 or OM4, and the aqua color is the cue. The sleeves are phosphor bronze, which is the usual multimode sleeve; for single-mode the FAP-SM-LCU-6Q with its ceramic sleeves is the right quad plate. The panel doesn't set the reach, the fiber does: OM3 carries 10GBASE-SR to 300 meters and OM4 to 400 meters, and the panel adds a mated pair to the link, which the loss budget has to carry. A quad plate is dense: 24 LC connectors in 130 mm leaves little room for fingers, so plan the cord dressing before you load it, use cords with a pull tab or a flexible boot, and expect to unplug a neighbor to reach a port in the middle. Plug all 24 pigtails into the back before you mount the plate, since there's no room to do it in the slot, and keep every adapter's dust caps in until a cord goes in. Keep the A and B fibers of each duplex pair in the right positions on the back so the front polarity comes out as the as-built says; with 24 ports, a port map taped inside the door is worth the minute it takes. Check the LGX slot before you order: 130 by 30 mm is the standard single-width cutout, so the plate fits enclosures built to that pattern, and any slot left empty takes the FAP-BLANK blanking plate. The adapters are horizontal, so the duplex cords lie side by side across the slot and the panel's cable management has to clear them to the left and right. Clean and inspect every connector before it goes into an adapter, and label the plate's ports by fiber number so the tray and the panel agree.

Specifications

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