Panduit FWTYL7575KNM023 QuickNet OM5 12-Fiber Trunk Cable Assembly
The Panduit FWTYL7575KNM023 is a 23-meter pre-terminated OM5 trunk cable assembly engineered for high-density data center deployments where rack space, fire safety, and extended multimode reach converge. This 12-fiber trunk uses wideband multimode OM5 fiber with PanMPO connectors on both ends, Low Smoke Zero Halogen jacketing, and Panduit's HD Flex small-diameter construction to deliver 30–40% space savings over standard trunk assemblies while meeting Ultra insertion loss grades for next-generation 40G/100G/400G shortwave WDM applications.
Key Features
- OM5 Wideband Multimode Fiber: Supports SWDM (Short Wavelength Division Multiplexing) for 40GBASE-SR4, 100GBASE-SR4, and emerging 400G applications over extended reach compared to OM3/OM4
- 12-Fiber PanMPO Connectivity: Female PanMPO (MPO) connectors both ends, Method A polarity, factory-terminated and tested to Ultra IL specifications
- HD Flex Small-Diameter Design: 30–40% smaller outside diameter than conventional trunk cables, critical for congested overhead cable trays and zero-U vertical managers in 42U+ racks
- LSZH Jacket Construction: Low Smoke Zero Halogen outer jacket complies with IBC plenum fire codes and European EN 50399 CPR standards without releasing toxic halogen gases
- 23-Meter Engineered Length: 75.45-foot assembly matches common data center row-to-aggregation distances, minimizes slack loop waste in pathways
- Lime Color Coding: OM5 industry-standard lime green jacket provides instant visual identification during install, MAC, and troubleshooting
- QuickNet Pre-Terminated Platform: Factory fusion-spliced and tested, eliminates field termination labor, polish defects, and insertion loss variability
OM5 fiber represents the latest evolution in 50-micron multimode technology, optimized for shortwave wavelength division multiplexing across four or more wavelengths in the 850–950 nm window. Unlike OM3 and OM4, which are characterized at 850 nm only, OM5 specifies bandwidth performance at 850 nm *and* 953 nm, enabling SWDM transceivers to multiplex four 25G or 50G lanes over a single duplex fiber pair instead of requiring eight fibers for parallel optics. For integrators deploying 100GBASE-SR4 or planning 400G migrations, this trunk provides the modal bandwidth headroom—4700 MHz·km at 953 nm minimum—to support these architectures at reaches up to 150 meters, double the OM3 distance. The Ultra insertion loss grade ensures each of the 12 fibers meets ≤0.35 dB maximum IL across all connectors, preserving link budget margin when multiple trunks are patched in series between spine and leaf switches. Panduit's PanMPO connector uses a metal guide-pin housing and non-protruding ferrule design that withstands 500+ mate cycles without endface degradation, a key durability factor in dynamic data center environments where circuit reconfigurations happen weekly.
The HD Flex cable construction reduces outside diameter by using a ultra-thin LSZH jacket over tight-buffered 900-micron fibers in a round composite bundle, compared to legacy designs that use thick PVC outer jackets and individual subunit tubes. The result: cable OD drops from ~8 mm to ~5 mm, which translates to 60% more cables fitting in a 4-inch ladder rack fill or a 2 RU horizontal manager. In hyperscale builds where a single end-of-row aggregation switch fans out to 40+ racks, this diameter reduction is the difference between a compliant 40% fill ratio and a code-violating spaghetti bundle. The LSZH jacket is a non-negotiable for installations subject to IBC Chapter 8 plenum requirements or EU CPR Class B2ca ratings—during a fire event, LSZH compounds release water vapor and carbon dioxide instead of hydrochloric acid and dioxins, protecting both evacuation pathways and sensitive electronics. The 23-meter length is purpose-cut for typical data center row depths: a 12-meter row plus vertical rise to overhead tray plus horizontal run to aggregation switch, with minimal slack. Unlike bulk spools that force installers to cut and re-terminate or coil excess slack (creating insertion loss from microbends), this assembly arrives at the exact length your as-built drawings specify.
This trunk ships with full TIA-568-C.3 and ISO/IEC 11801 compliance, IEC 60793-2-10 A1a.3 fiber performance, TIA-604-5 (FOCIS-5) MPO connector geometry, and RoHS material compliance for EU installations. Each assembly is individually serialized and ships with insertion loss and return loss test data traceable to NIST-calibrated reference-grade test equipment, meeting the Tier III/IV data center documentation requirements that auditors and insurance underwriters expect during commissioning. For 40G/100G spine-leaf fabrics, storage area networks running 32G Fibre Channel, or 400G QSFP-DD edge aggregation, the FWTYL7575KNM023 provides the bandwidth density, fire safety, and test-certified performance that keeps your install on-schedule and your optical links error-free at day-one turn-up.
