LC to LC Duplex Fiber Optic Patch Cable - OM5 Multimode 50/125μm OFNR Lime

OM5 is multimode fiber built for more than one wavelength. OM3 and OM4 are specified at 850 nm only; OM5 is specified across 850 to 953 nm, so a short-wavelength WDM transceiver can put four colors of light down one fiber and carry 40G or 100G over a duplex LC cord instead of an eight-fiber MPO trunk. It's the same 50 µm core as OM4, plugs into the same ports and panels, does everything OM4 does at the same distances, and adds the wideband headroom for SWDM and the 400G BiDi transceivers that use it. This cord has LC connectors on both ends, in a lime-green OFNR jacket that's the TIA standard color for OM5 and riser rated for runs between floors.

It's a duplex zipcord, two bend-insensitive 50/125 µm fibers in a 2.0 × 4.1 mm jacket. Each cord is tested and the end-faces are checked by interferometer before it ships.

Features

• OM5 wideband multimode, 50/125 µm. Specified from 850 to 953 nm for SWDM; 10GBASE-SR to 400 m, 25GBASE-SR to 100 m, 40G SWDM4 to 440 m, 100G SWDM4 and 400G BiDi to 150 m.
• LC on both ends. Snap-in connectors with zirconia ceramic ferrules, for SFP+, SFP28, and duplex QSFP transceivers and LC patch panels.
• Duplex zipcord. Two fibers in one jacket, wired A-to-B, for a matched transmit and receive pair.
• Low insertion loss. 0.30 dB maximum per connector.
• Bend-insensitive fiber. 7.5 mm minimum bend radius, for tight cable managers and dense trays without added loss.
• Lime-green OFNR jacket, 2.0 × 4.1 mm. Riser rated for runs between floors, in the TIA-492AAAE color that tells OM5 from OM4 at a glance.
• Meets TIA-492AAAE and IEC 60793-2-10 A1a.4. UL Listed and RoHS compliant.
• 1, 2, and 3 m.

Where It Fits

It suits 40G and 100G SWDM4 links between leaf and spine on duplex LC, 400G BiDi links inside a data hall, new builds that want duplex-LC multimode to carry more than one generation of transceiver, top-of-rack switch to server and storage links at 10G and 25G, and any multimode link between two LC ports on an OM4 or OM5 plant where the extra wideband headroom is worth having.

Good to Know

OM5's advantage only shows with SWDM or BiDi transceivers; with a standard 850 nm SR module it performs exactly like OM4, at OM4 distances. That's fine, and it means OM5 patch cords are a safe choice on an OM4 plant, but if your transceivers are plain SR and will stay that way, the OM4 cord does the same job for less. OM5 and OM4 mix freely at patch-cord distances; a link is only as good as its weakest fiber, so an OM5 cord on an OM3 backbone gets OM3 distances. OM1 is 62.5 µm and doesn't mix. Use multimode transceivers; a single-mode LR module won't light a multimode link reliably. Keep dust caps on until the moment you plug in, and clean both the connector and the port with a 1.25 mm one-click cleaner before mating. For lengths beyond 3 m, the LC to LC OM4 cord covers 0.5 to 50 m.

Specifications

Usually ships in 1 - 2 business days.