Re: Patch panel solutions for 4x10GE breakout

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>]

There is a nice Corning panel our facilities team is using now. I can find the link and send it to the list when not at 
my phone. 

Jared Mauch

> On May 5, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Phil Bedard <bedard.phil () gmail com> wrote:
>
> So the newer equipment we are looking at uses QSFP+/MTP with 4x10GE breakouts to deliver 10G.  We are not wiring 
> these up to things in the same rack, they will be going to patch panels and then elsewhere in a facility.  It could 
> potentially get messy with the panels we have today so we are looking at other solutions.  These are all SM LR 
> connections using LC.  There are a lot of SM MTP to LC options since that’s the way most panels are wired, but they 
> typically have 6 duplex LC connectors per MTP and not 4 which isn’t very efficient in this use case.  I’ve seen 
> others just use an intermediate LC to LC panel and just wire the breakouts to those and then jumper the other side 
> elsewhere.  
>
> Anything else others have used?  The point of the solution is to keep the wiring mess in front of or near the device 
> to a minimum.  
>
> Thanks, 
>
> Phil