Panduit FWUYL7575LAM014 QuickNet OM5 24-Fiber Trunk Cable Assembly
The Panduit FWUYL7575LAM014 is a 14-meter OM5 wideband multimode fiber trunk cable assembly engineered for high-density data center infrastructures requiring rapid deployment and extended 100GBASE-SR4 reach. This 24-fiber trunk terminates in PanMPO female connectors at both ends, delivering Method B polarity with Ultra Insertion Loss performance grades. The lime-jacketed LSZH construction meets International Building Code plenum-equivalent safety standards while the HD Flex transition design enables 30 to 40 percent space savings in congested pathways and zero-U cable managers. A factory-installed pulling eye simplifies installation through vertical risers and horizontal cable trays without risking connector damage. Commercial integrators deploying 40G/100G spine-leaf networks, hyperconverged infrastructure clusters, or SAN fabrics will find this pre-terminated trunk eliminates field termination labor and delivers day-one insertion loss test reports.
Key Features
- OM5 wideband multimode fiber supports shortwave wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM) for 40G/100G over extended distances up to 150 meters at 100GBASE-SR4
- 24-fiber count in ultra-compact HD Flex cable design reduces pathway fill by 30-40% compared to standard 2.0mm distribution cables
- PanMPO female-to-female connectors (MTP-compatible) with Method B polarity keying for plug-and-play duplex transceiver connectivity
- Ultra Insertion Loss grade ensures ≤0.35dB per connector, critical for 100G optics operating near power budget limits
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) jacket rated for international data center installations requiring IEC 61034 and IEC 60754 compliance
- Lime-colored jacketing matches TIA-568 OM5 identification standards for instant visual fiber-type recognition during MACs
- Integrated pulling eye on one end allows up to 220N tensile load during vertical riser pulls without stressing MPO ferrules
- Factory pre-terminated and tested to TIA-568-C.3 with included insertion loss test data eliminates field fusion splicing
OM5 wideband multimode fiber represents the current generation of laser-optimized 50-micron fiber, specifically engineered for shortwave wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM) transmission schemes that enable 40GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-SR4 over distances up to 150 meters—double the reach of OM4 at these data rates. The FWUYL7575LAM014 uses Panduit's SigCore fiber technology, which tightly controls the modal bandwidth across the 840nm to 953nm spectrum, ensuring consistent performance when 100G SWDM4 optics transmit four 25G lanes across four distinct wavelengths on a single fiber pair. This wideband capability future-proofs installations for 200G and 400G migration paths using 50G-per-lane PAM4 encoding. The 24-fiber count delivers 12 duplex channels through each PanMPO connector, supporting twelve 100G links or a mix of 10G/25G/40G/100G speeds within a single trunk. The Ultra Insertion Loss grade guarantees each of the 24 fibers measures ≤0.35dB at the factory, with typical values near 0.15dB—critical when 100G SR4 optics operate with a 2.6dB channel budget and every tenth of a dB matters. Panduit's MPO connector design uses a stainless-steel guide pin retention clip and a multi-fiber ferrule with sub-micron hole concentricity, ensuring ferrule endface geometry holds <0.5° angular offset and <50nm apex offset across all twelve fibers per row. Method B polarity keying means the connector bodies are physically keyed so that transmit fibers on one end align to receive fibers on the far end when mated through standard duplex breakout modules or MPO-to-MPO adapter panels—eliminating the AB-cable polarity confusion that plagues TIA-568 Method A deployments.
The QuickNet HD Flex cable design uses a 4.8mm outer diameter round jacket that bundles all 24 tight-buffered 900-micron fibers in a flexible central core, allowing minimum bend radii down to 10x cable diameter (48mm) under no-load conditions and 20x diameter (96mm) under tensile load. This flexibility is essential when routing trunks through the tight 90-degree turns inside structured cable management arms on two-post relay racks or when coiling slack loops inside zero-U vertical managers on four-post server cabinets. The sub-5mm profile means 24 fibers consume the same pathway space as a traditional 12-fiber 2.0mm distribution cable, directly translating to 30 to 40 percent conduit fill savings when scaling to 288-fiber or 576-fiber backbones across multi-row data halls. The lime LSZH jacketing meets IEC 61034 smoke density (>60% light transmittance) and IEC 60754 halogen acid gas emission limits (<0.5% HCl), making it the required cable type for subfloor and overhead plenum spaces in European Union, Middle Eastern, and APAC facilities governed by EN 50575 CPR classifications. North American integrators should note that LSZH compounds are not UL-listed for NEC plenum (OFNP) use—verify local AHJ acceptance or specify Panduit's OFNP-rated equivalent when building code requires NEC Article 770 compliance. The factory-installed pulling eye consists of a reinforced Kevlar strength member terminating in a 12mm galvanized steel ring, rated for 220 newtons (50 lbf) pulling tension—sufficient for vertical riser pulls up to 30 meters or horizontal cable tray runs with multiple direction changes, while keeping tensile stress isolated from the MPO connector boots and fiber breakout zone.
This trunk ships with full TIA-568-C.3 Tier 1 insertion loss and return loss test data for all 24 fibers at 850nm and 1300nm, meeting Tier 1 Basic Connector Inspection and Test requirements without requiring a Tier 2 fiber scope inspection. Installation integrators can import these factory test values directly into certification tools (Fluke OptiFiber Pro, VIAVI MPOLx, Kingfisher KI-MPO) for as-built documentation and change-order baseline records. The assembly is RoHS 2011/65/EU compliant and meets TIA-604-5 (FOCIS-5) endface geometry limits, ISO/IEC 11801 Class OM5 channel specifications, and TIA-492-AAAD fiber cabling component performance. Panduit's QuickNet trunk platform eliminates the 4-to-6-hour labor cycle of field-terminating 24 LC connectors or fusion-splicing 24 pigtails, replacing it with a 15-minute trunk pull and two MPO mating operations—ideal for rapid fit-outs in colocation facilities under aggressive commissioning timelines or for swapping failed legacy OM3 trunks during maintenance windows without disrupting adjacent production circuits.
