Panduit FZ2ERLNLNSNM004 Opti-Core OM4 LC Duplex Fiber Patch Cord
The Panduit FZ2ERLNLNSNM004 is a 4-meter OM4 multimode fiber patch cord engineered for 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet backbones in datacenters, telecommunications rooms, and horizontal fiber deployments. Built on 50/125µm laser-optimized fiber with aqua jacketing per TIA-568 color standards, this LC-to-LC duplex jumper delivers the low modal dispersion required for 40GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-SR10 links up to 150 meters. The 1.6mm riser-rated (OFNR) cable jacket meets NEC Article 770 for vertical pathways and plenum-adjacent installations where full plenum rating is not required. Panduit's Opti-Core manufacturing process ensures insertion loss ≤0.3 dB and return loss ≥-20 dB across the C-band, maintaining link budget margin on multi-hop campus backbones and storage-area-network fabrics.
Key Features
- OM4 50/125µm multimode fiber supports 10G to 400m, 40G/100G to 150m per IEEE 802.3
- LC duplex connectors with ceramic ferrules, pre-polished and factory-tested to FOCIS-10 geometry
- OFNR riser-rated jacket for vertical cable trays and inter-floor pathways per NEC 770.154(A)
- Aqua jacket color coding per TIA-568-C.0 Annex F for instant OM4 identification in crowded patch fields
- Standard insertion loss grade (≤0.3 dB) suitable for 99% of structured cabling links without margin concern
- Meets ISO/IEC 11801 Ed.2.2 OF-300/OF-500 and TIA-568-C.3 performance categories for standards-compliant channels
The 4-meter length bridges typical rack-to-rack spacing in adjacent rows or connects edge-of-row aggregation switches to middle-of-row compute racks without excess service loop. LC duplex is the dominant form factor in enterprise SFP+/QSFP+ optics; this cord terminates pre-connectorized Opti-Core cassettes (LC quadplex or MPO-to-LC fanouts) to active equipment without field termination. The 1.6mm jacket diameter allows 4× the density of legacy 3mm cordage in vertical managers and horizontal patch-panel troughs, critical when you're filling a 1RU panel with 96 LC ports. Riser rating satisfies the 90% of installations that run between IDF closets on different floors but do not penetrate air-handling plenums—choose OFNP (plenum) only when the AHJ specifically calls for it, otherwise you're paying a 40% premium for unused fire performance.
Panduit's Opti-Core line uses automated polishing and interferometric inspection at the factory, shipping every cord with a test report showing actual IL/RL per connector end. This eliminates the 10-15% field-failure rate seen with economy patch cords that skip end-face geometry validation. On a 500-port datacenter fabric migration, that difference is 50 fewer truck rolls for swapouts. The aqua OM4 jacket is UV-stable and abraision-resistant; it won't fade to white under years of fluorescent light in open-access telecom rooms, so your fiber-type identification remains reliable during adds/moves/changes five years post-installation.
This cord is TIA-568-C.3 and ISO/IEC 11801 Edition 2.2 compliant for permanent-link and channel testing, ensuring any Fluke DTX or VIAVI certifier will pass it when the rest of your infrastructure is in spec. It ships individually bagged with sequential serialization for asset tracking and integrates into Panduit's Physical Infrastructure Manager (PIM) software for automated MAC documentation. For 40G/100G SR optics, verify your total channel IL budget (cassette + two patch cords + horizontal cable + second cassette + two patch cords) stays under 1.5 dB; at 0.3 dB per cord × 4 cords, you've consumed 1.2 dB before the horizontal run, leaving minimal margin—consider Panduit's elite-grade (≤0.15 dB) cords if your backbone exceeds 80 meters or uses more than two cassette interconnects.
