Panduit FZ2RLU1ZNONM041 OM4 2F LC 41m Uniboot Assembly

Panduit FZ2RLU1ZNONM041 OM4 2-Fiber LC Uniboot Pre-Terminated Assembly

The Panduit FZ2RLU1ZNONM041 QuickNet™ pre-terminated fiber assembly delivers 41 meters of OM4 multimode fiber in a 2mm LSZH-jacketed cable terminated with LC duplex uniboot connectors. Designed for rapid deployment in data centers, telecommunications rooms, and enterprise network environments, this factory-terminated assembly eliminates field splicing and polishing while meeting TIA-568.3-D and ISO/IEC 11801 standards. The uniboot LC connector design reduces pathway congestion by 50% compared to traditional duplex LC boots, critical when rack density and cable management are deployment constraints. OM4 50/125µm fiber supports 40GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-SR4 applications up to 150 meters, making this 41-meter length ideal for cross-connect, horizontal, and intra-building backbone runs where laser-optimized multimode performance is required.

Key Features

• OM4 Laser-Optimized Multimode Fiber: 50/125µm core/cladding diameter supports 10G at 550m, 40G/100G at 150m via 850nm VCSEL transceivers
• Uniboot LC Connector Design: Single-body duplex termination reduces cable pathway fill by 50%, simplifies polarity management with integrated push-pull latch release
• Factory Pre-Terminated: Eliminates field splicing, polishing, and testing — plug-and-play deployment cuts installation time by 70% vs. field termination
• LSZH Jacket Construction: Low Smoke Zero Halogen rating meets IEC 60332-1 and 60754 for enclosed spaces, critical for HVAC plenums and European installations
• 2mm Cable Diameter: Reduced-diameter construction improves bend-radius performance (10mm minimum bend under load) and increases pathway capacity in congested cable trays
• Physical Contact (PC) Polish: Factory-applied PC endface geometry delivers <0.3dB insertion loss, <-40dB return loss per connector pair
• 41-Meter Length (134.5 ft): Pre-measured for typical datacenter row-to-row, floor-to-MDA, or equipment-to-patch-panel runs without excess slack
• TIA-568.3-D & ISO/IEC 11801 Compliant: Meets Category OM4 channel performance requirements for commercial building cabling
• QuickNet™ Quality Assurance: 100% factory-tested for insertion loss, return loss, and polarity — includes serialized test report

Pre-terminated fiber assemblies solve the three biggest field-installation pain points: endface quality control, polarity errors, and labor cost. The FZ2RLU1ZNONM041's factory-applied Physical Contact polish is produced in a cleanroom environment with automated inspection, eliminating the variable quality of field polishing where a single contaminated endface can cause intermittent link flapping or BER threshold violations. The uniboot LC connector further reduces deployment risk by consolidating transmit and receive fibers into a single latching body — you cannot mis-route polarity when the physical connector enforces A-to-B pairing. For integrators working under strict downtime windows or deploying in occupied spaces, this translates to deterministic installation times: a 48-port fiber panel back-feed that would require 6-8 hours of fusion splicing and testing completes in under 90 minutes with pre-terminated trunk assemblies. The 2mm reduced-diameter cable is purpose-built for high-density environments where J-hooks, overhead cable tray, or vertical riser pathways are approaching fill-ratio limits — you gain 30-40% more usable pathway capacity vs. traditional 3mm zip-cord assemblies, critical when adding 40G/100G uplinks to an existing 10G infrastructure without re-pulling cable trays.

OM4 fiber is the multimode standard for 40GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-SR4 Ethernet, supporting four-lane parallel optics (MPO/MTP breakout) or duplex BiDi transceivers at distances up to 150 meters — well beyond the 41-meter length of this assembly. In datacenter top-of-rack to end-of-row aggregation switches, 41 meters covers typical hot-aisle to cold-aisle spans plus vertical rise to overhead ladder rack with margin for service loops. In telecommunications entrance facilities, this length handles demarc-to-MDF runs in commercial office buildings where the telco handoff and main distribution frame are on separate floors. The OM4 50/125µm core is optimized for 850nm VCSEL laser sources, delivering 4700 MHz·km effective modal bandwidth — 2.5× higher than OM3 — which reduces differential mode delay (DMD) and supports higher modulation rates without equalization penalties. When migrating from 10GBASE-SR to 40G/100G, existing OM4 infrastructure future-proofs the physical layer; the FZ2RLU1ZNONM041 will support next-generation 200G/400G SR4.2 and SR8 optics within the same 150-meter OM4 channel budget, deferring costly re-cabling for 10-15 year building lifecycles.

The LSZH jacket is an absolute requirement in three scenarios: installations above suspended ceilings used as HVAC air-return plenums (where PVC combustion byproducts would recirculate), European and Asian markets where IEC 60332 and 60754 halogen limits are codified in building codes, and any mission-critical facility (hospitals, financial trading floors, aircraft hangars) where smoke opacity and hydrogen chloride emission during a fire event would impede evacuation or damage sensitive electronics. Unlike plenum-rated (OFNP) cables that meet US flammability spread but still emit acidic gases, LSZH jackets produce <0.5% hydrogen chloride by mass and <50% light transmission loss in the IEC 61034 smoke-density chamber — effectively zero toxic gas and minimal visibility obstruction. For integrators working in multi-tenant datacenters, colocation facilities, or retrofitting older buildings, LSZH removes the ambiguity of local AHJ interpretation: it satisfies both NEC Article 770 plenum requirements and the stricter IEC emission limits, ensuring the installation passes inspection whether the authority having jurisdiction references NFPA 70, IEC 60364, or EN 50173. The QuickNet factory test report includes insertion loss measured at 850nm and 1300nm wavelengths, polarity verification (Fiber 1 to Fiber 1, Fiber 2 to Fiber 2), and return loss >40dB, providing turnover documentation that meets TIA-568.3-D Annex B acceptance testing without requiring on-site OLTS certification — critical when the installer's test equipment is tied up on another job or the customer lacks a calibrated Tier 1 reference.