LC to LC Uniboot Fiber Patch Cable - Single Mode OS2 9/125μm Duplex

A standard duplex cord is two fibers side by side in a figure-eight jacket. A uniboot cord puts both fibers inside one round 2.0 mm jacket and one boot at each end, so it takes about half the space in a cable manager, blocks less airflow across the front of a switch, and there's only one cable to trace instead of a pair that can split apart. In a 48-port line card or a high-density patch panel, that's the difference between a tidy rack and one you can't see through.

It's OS2 single-mode fiber, 9/125 µm, with LC/UPC connectors on both ends, wired A-to-B for a transmit and receive pair. Each cord is tested and the end-faces are checked by interferometer before it ships.

Features

• Uniboot design. Two fibers in a single 2.0 mm round jacket with one boot per end, for the smallest footprint a duplex LC cord can have.
• OS2 single-mode, 9/125 µm. For 1310 and 1550 nm links, from a patch panel jumper to a campus or metro span.
• LC/UPC on both ends. Blue flat-polished connectors for the UPC ports on switches, SFP and SFP+ transceivers, and patch panels.
• Low insertion loss. 0.15 dB typical and 0.30 dB maximum per connector.
• 1.25 mm ceramic ferrules, checked by 3D interferometry for end-face geometry.
• A-to-B polarity. Transmit on one end lands on receive at the other, the standard duplex arrangement.
• Yellow PVC jacket, 2.0 mm round. Fits any LC patch panel and cable manager, and bundles neatly.
• Five lengths from 1 to 15 m.

Where It Fits

It suits high-density switch line cards and patch panels where a standard zipcord won't fit cleanly, top-of-rack to spine and leaf links, SAN and storage connections, cross-connects in a fiber distribution frame, cold-aisle racks where airflow across the switch face matters, and any single-mode link between two UPC ports where a smaller, single-jacket cord makes the rack easier to manage.

Good to Know

Both ends are UPC, so both of your ports need to be UPC, which is the blue connector on almost all switches, transceivers, and patch panels. If one end of the link is a green APC port, on a PON OLT or a splitter for example, you want an LC/UPC to LC/APC cord instead. Keep dust caps on until the moment you plug in, and clean both the connector and the port with a one-click cleaner before mating; a fingerprint on a single-mode ferrule costs more than the whole cord's loss budget. The round jacket is easy on bend radius, but keep it above about 30 mm under load and don't cinch ties down tight on it. For runs longer than 15 m, or where the cord will be pulled through a tray or conduit, ask about a 3.0 mm jacket or an OFNR-rated cable.

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