Panduit FWUYL7575KAM100 OM5 24-Fiber Trunk Cable Assembly
The Panduit FWUYL7575KAM100 is a 100-meter OM5 wideband multimode trunk cable assembly engineered for high-density data center environments requiring rapid deployment, extended reach, and future-proof bandwidth scalability. Part of Panduit's QuickNet™ system, this 24-fiber trunk features PanMPO female connectors on both ends with Method A polarity mapping, ultra insertion loss performance, and Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) jacketing for code-compliant installations in plenum-equivalent spaces. The small-diameter HD Flex design reduces pathway fill by 30 to 40 percent compared to traditional loose-tube trunks, enabling higher fiber counts in congested cable trays and vertical risers. A factory-installed pulling eye on one end simplifies long pulls through conduit or cable management infrastructure. At 328 feet, this assembly provides backbone connectivity for spine-leaf architectures, storage area networks, and parallel optics migration strategies where OM5's 953 nm laser optimization supports short-wave division multiplexing (SWDM) for 4× capacity over legacy OM3/OM4 infrastructure.
Key Features
- OM5 wideband multimode fiber supporting 40/100/200/400 Gb/s Ethernet and SWDM applications up to 440 meters at 100GBASE-SR4
- 24-fiber count with PanMPO female to PanMPO female connectors, Method A polarity for IEEE 802.3 compliance
- Ultra insertion loss grade ensures <0.35 dB typical per connection, critical for multi-tier leaf-spine fabrics
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) outer jacket meets IEC 60332-3-24 and EN 50267-2-3 for European and transportation installations
- HD Flex small-diameter construction reduces cable bundle cross-section by 30–40%, increasing usable conduit capacity
- Factory-terminated and 100% tested to TIA-568-C.3 and ISO/IEC 11801 insertion loss and return loss limits
- Integrated pulling eye on one end rated for 100 lbf tension during installation in long conduit runs or vertical pathways
- Lime cable jacket provides instant visual identification of OM5 fiber per TIA-598-D color code standard
- QuickNet™ platform compatibility with Panduit cassettes, panels, and enclosures for consistent performance across the channel
- RoHS compliant construction with halogen-free materials for green building certifications
OM5 fiber represents the latest evolution in multimode technology, purpose-built for shortwave wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM) transceivers that transmit four parallel 25 Gb/s or 50 Gb/s channels over a single duplex fiber pair. Unlike OM3 and OM4, which are optimized exclusively for 850 nm VCSEL transmission, OM5 extends modal bandwidth across the 850–953 nm spectrum, enabling SWDM optics to reach 400 meters at 100 Gb/s or 150 meters at 400 Gb/s on a single fiber pair instead of requiring eight-fiber or 16-fiber parallel ribbons. This trunk's 24-fiber configuration supports twelve duplex channels in a single pull, ideal for top-of-rack to end-of-row aggregation switches, or two 12-fiber MTP backbone links in a spine-leaf data center fabric. The Method A polarity scheme—where fiber position 1 at connector A maps to position 12 at connector B—matches the TIA-568 standard for duplex polarity reversal through MTP-to-LC breakout cassettes, ensuring plug-and-play compatibility with most switch and server platforms. The PanMPO connector is Panduit's enhanced MTP-compatible design with a metal guide pin retainer and improved ferrule geometry, delivering insertion loss values averaging 0.15–0.25 dB, well below the 0.75 dB channel budget allocation for a trunk assembly in TIA-568-C.3 Annex F permanent link models.
High-density data center builds face two persistent infrastructure challenges: pathway congestion and fire safety compliance. Traditional 24-fiber loose-tube or distribution-style cables range from 12 mm to 18 mm in outer diameter; the FWUYL7575KAM100's HD Flex construction measures approximately 8 mm, reducing cross-sectional area by 60 percent and enabling installers to fit 2.5× more fiber count in the same cable tray or overhead J-hook pathway. This space savings is critical in hyperscale white-space environments where horizontal cable managers, ladder racks, and vertical riser conduits are shared by power, copper Ethernet, and fiber infrastructure. The LSZH jacket formulation meets IEC 60332-3-24 Category C flame propagation limits and generates less than 0.5% HCl gas evolution per IEC 60754-1, satisfying NFPA 90A plenum-equivalent requirements in many international jurisdictions and mandatory in EU data centers per EN 50174-2. The lime jacket color provides instant visual differentiation from aqua OM3, erika violet OM4, or yellow single-mode trunks during adds/moves/changes, reducing the risk of accidental cross-patching that could force a 100G-SR4 link to fall back to 10G speeds or fail to establish link entirely. The factory-installed pulling eye—a braided Kevlar loop anchored to the cable strength member—allows installers to attach pulling tape or rope without field-terminating a pull grip, cutting 15–20 minutes per trunk on large deployments and ensuring the tensile load is distributed across the aramid yarn rather than the glass fibers themselves. At 328 feet, this assembly is well-suited for intra-building horizontal or riser runs; most OM5 switch optics support 100 meters for 100GBASE-SR4, 150 meters for 200GBASE-SR4, and up to 100 meters for 400GBASE-SR8, meaning this trunk fits single-floor or two-floor vertical distribution scenarios without requiring mode-conditioning patch cords or media converters.
The QuickNet trunk platform integrates with Panduit's FHD and FHX high-density fiber enclosures, which mount MTP-to-LC or MTP-to-duplex-SC cassettes in 1U or 2U rack spaces, providing 144 to 288 LC duplex ports per rack unit when fully populated with 24-fiber trunks. This architecture is the de facto standard for leaf-spine fabrics in Cisco ACI, Arista leaf-spine, or Juniper QFX deployments where each top-of-rack switch uplinks via 40G or 100G QSFP transceivers to a pair of spine switches for redundancy. A typical configuration uses two 24-fiber trunks per rack row—one to Spine A, one to Spine B—terminated in MTP cassettes at the end-of-row distribution frame, then broken out to individual LC duplex patch cords at each ToR switch. Because the trunk is factory-terminated and insertion-loss tested to <0.35 dB per connector, the installed channel easily meets the 1.5 dB IEEE 802.3bm loss budget for 100GBASE-SR4, leaving 1.15 dB of margin for cassette insertion, patch cord loss, and connector mating variation. Panduit's ultra insertion loss grade is verified via automated interferometric test at 850 nm and 1300 nm across all 24 fibers, with results serialized and traceable via the cable jacket print legend, satisfying ISO 9001 quality documentation requirements for mission-critical finance, healthcare, or government data centers. This assembly is RoHS compliant under EU Directive 2011/65/EU (lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium restrictions) and meets TIA-492-AAAD physical and optical specifications for 50/125 µm wideband multimode fiber, ensuring interoperability with transceivers from Finisar, Mellanox, Intel, Broadcom, and Cisco across 10G/25G/40G/100G/200G/400G Ethernet, 16/32 Gb Fibre Channel, and InfiniBand EDR/HDR protocols. For installations requiring pulling into armored innerduct, EMT conduit, or vertical sleeves longer than 100 feet, pair this trunk with Panduit's cable-pulling lubricant (duct gel or dry powder) rated for LSZH jackets, and observe the 100 lbf short-term / 50 lbf long-term tensile limits printed on the product datasheet to prevent fiber micro-bending or strength-member yield that would degrade return loss or increase attenuation beyond the 3.5 dB/km OM5 specification at 850 nm.
