Panduit FWUYL7575KAM068 QuickNet 24-Fiber OM5 Trunk Cable Assembly
The Panduit FWUYL7575KAM068 is a 68-meter (223.1 ft) QuickNet pre-terminated trunk cable assembly with 24 strands of OM5 50μm multimode fiber in a small-diameter LSZH jacket. Built for data center backbone installations where pathway congestion, deployment speed, and extended 40/100G reach matter, this trunk uses Panduit's reduced-diameter construction to free 30-40% more conduit space compared to traditional 24-fiber assemblies while maintaining full OM5 bandwidth capacity out to 150 meters for 100GBASE-SR4. The lime jacket provides instant visual identification in mixed-fiber infrastructures, and factory termination with polarity management eliminates field splicing labor and the associated failure risk.
Key Features
- OM5 Fiber Core: 50μm wideband multimode optimized for short-wave wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM), supporting four 25G lanes over a single duplex fiber for 100G Ethernet applications
- 24-Fiber Capacity: Twelve duplex channels in a single trunk assembly, reducing per-link pathway consumption and consolidating inter-rack or EOR-to-spine connections
- 68-Meter Reach: Engineered for extended data center row depths, meeting TIA-568-C.3 attenuation limits for 40GBASE-SR4 (150m) and 100GBASE-SR4 (100m) with margin
- 30-40% Diameter Reduction: Small-diameter cable design cuts bundle cross-section versus legacy OM3/OM4 trunks, opening conduit fill budget for future adds without infrastructure rework
- LSZH Flame Rating: Low Smoke Zero Halogen jacket meets international fire safety codes for enclosed data halls and under-floor plenums where PVC combustion byproducts pose personnel and equipment risk
- Factory Pre-Terminated: QuickNet connectors installed and polarity-tested at Panduit's controlled facility, eliminating the 4-6 hour field fusion-splice cycle and associated OTDR verification per trunk
- Lime Visual Coding: High-visibility jacket color enables instant fiber-type identification during MAC operations, reducing cross-patch errors in mixed OM3/OM4/OM5 plants
- Multi-Standard Compliance: Meets ISO/IEC 11801 Edition 2.2, TIA-568-C.3, TIA-492-AAAD (OM5 fiber spec), and IEC 60793-2-10 type A1a.3, ensuring compatibility across global deployments
OM5 Bandwidth Architecture: This trunk is built on OM5 wideband multimode fiber, specified under TIA-492-AAAD with a 50μm core diameter and an extended modal bandwidth of 4700 MHz·km at 953nm (the SWDM wavelength band). Unlike earlier OM3/OM4 fibers optimized solely for 850nm VCSELs, OM5 adds support for wavelength-division multiplexing across four discrete channels (850nm, 880nm, 910nm, 940nm), enabling 100G transmission over a single duplex fiber pair using SWDM-enabled transceivers. For 40GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-SR4 parallel optics, OM5 maintains the same 150m and 100m reach as OM4 while future-proofing the link for SWDM migration as transceiver costs decline. The 24-fiber count in this assembly translates to twelve duplex pairs, sufficient for a full 12-port 100G spine switch uplink bundle or six 40G links with spare capacity. Panduit's factory insertion loss specification is ≤0.3 dB per connector pair, leaving ample margin under the IEEE 802.3ba 1.9 dB link budget for 100GBASE-SR4, even after accounting for mid-span patch panel insertion loss and fiber aging. Each strand is individually buffered in a 900μm tight buffer, then bundled into a single ruggedized jacket with integrated strength members to survive the 110N pull tension common in under-floor and overhead ladder-rack installations.
Deployment Efficiency in High-Density Environments: Data center pathway congestion—whether in conduit, cable tray, or under-floor grids—is the leading constraint on infrastructure scalability. A traditional 24-fiber OM3 trunk with standard buffering measures approximately 12-14mm in overall diameter; Panduit's small-diameter OM5 construction reduces this to roughly 8-9mm, cutting cross-sectional area by 35-40%. In a 4-inch conduit with a 40% NEC fill limit, this diameter reduction allows an additional two to three 24-fiber trunks in the same pathway, deferring costly conduit additions during capacity expansions. The 68-meter length is specifically sized for deeper row deployments—covering end-of-row switch to core aggregation distances in facilities with 60-65 meter row depths plus vertical rise and service loop allowances. Factory pre-termination eliminates the field fusion-splicing process, which typically requires a clean splicing environment, fusion-splicer setup, per-strand cleave-and-fuse cycles, and OTDR verification; for a 24-fiber trunk, this labor adds 4-6 hours per assembly. QuickNet trunks arrive polarity-verified and ready for rack-to-rack installation, compressing deployment timelines from days to hours during new buildouts or cutovers. The lime jacket color is part of Panduit's fiber-type coding system (aqua for OM3, erika violet for OM4, lime for OM5), allowing installers and MAC technicians to visually distinguish fiber generations without referring to cable labels, reducing the risk of mismatched transceiver-to-fiber pairings that cause link failures or performance degradation.
Standards Compliance and Application Fit: This assembly is third-party verified to meet TIA-568-C.3 (commercial building telecommunications cabling standard for optical fiber), ISO/IEC 11801 Edition 2.2 (international generic cabling standard), and TIA-492-AAAD (the detail specification for OM5 A1a.3 fiber). The LSZH jacket complies with IEC 60332-1 and 60332-3C flame propagation limits and meets the low-smoke, low-toxicity requirements of IEC 61034 and 60754, mandatory in many European and Asian markets and increasingly adopted in North American hyperscale and colocation facilities where personnel safety during fire events is a primary design consideration. RoHS compliance ensures the assembly is free of lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium, meeting EU environmental directives and corporate sustainability procurement policies. The 68-meter length and 24-fiber count make this trunk ideal for three specific deployment scenarios: (1) end-of-row to spine switch uplinks in leaf-spine fabrics where row depth exceeds 50 meters, (2) inter-building links within a campus data center where fiber runs traverse exterior conduit between adjacent structures, and (3) storage-area-network backbones connecting Fibre Channel switches to storage arrays across separate fire zones. For integrators building or expanding multimode plants, this trunk delivers the full OM5 performance envelope—4700 MHz·km at 953nm, 100G reach, SWDM readiness—in a reduced-diameter form factor that maximizes conduit utilization and accelerates deployment timelines without sacrificing compliance or link margin.
