Prove the Capacity of your Fibre Infrastructure Prove the Capacity of your Fibre Infrastructure. Fluke Networks @ CMS plc November 2012 A company

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Today’s Agenda Current market for Copper data cabling. Trends in Enterprise Fibre Testing fibre infrastructure for Performance Testing a link while-you-watch… Q&A

Copper Data Cable Review Twisted Pair Market: Cat5E still dominates new installation Cat6 is being installed, but why? Cat6A is the ultimate copper solution today Cat7: performance without a reason? and Cat7A…….

Enterprise Fiber: Growing Exponentially 1.5 Billion new internet-connected devices by 2015 (Intel) 57% annual growth in Enterprise fiber ports: 2011 - 2015 (Dell’Oro, 2011) In 2015, the equivalent of every movie ever made will transit IP networks, every 5 minutes (Cisco Systems)

Enterprise Fiber: Growing Exponentially 24% annual growth in storage spending for cloud computing (IDC) 54% growth in 10Gbps+ fiber LAN transceivers (Finisar) One-hop fabrics replacing traditional switch architecture in datacentres

Testing Fiber: Never More Critical Solving problems Increasing network reliability Maintaining data access Certifying workmanship

Four Steps to Determining Fibre link Performance Inspect it - Clean it - Inspect it again Polarity check Performance Test Extra Data and Troubleshooting

Inspect it – Clean it – Inspect it again. ALL end-faces have to be clean and undamaged! Inspecting the fibre end-faces is part of the BASIC test regime according to IEC 14763-3 Cleaning the end-faces each and every time is not an option….it’s mandatory! “Any connecting hardware adapters used together with all connector end-faces on the test cords comprising the cabling interface adapter, and the cabling under test shall be cleaned according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer of the connectors. Cleaning shall be repeated every time a test cord is connected to the cabling or component under test.”

Check Polarity Visual Fault Locator (Laser light-pen) Uses high intensity visible light source Quick and Easy to use Relatively low cost Provides a go/no-go indication Can help find sources of loss.

Fibre Performance Certification Standards-based Two-Tier Testing (TIA TSB-140) Tier 1: OLTS (Optical Loss Test Set) Power Meter and Light Source with built-in length measure. Losses and lengths conform to industry standards Most closely simulates active system Verify polarity using OLTS Tier 2: Tier 1 plus OTDR trace Evidence that cable is installed without degrading events (e.g. bends, connectors, splices)

Loss/length Certification (with DTX) Test two fibers (a transmit/receive pair) Each fiber at two wavelengths Measure optical length Compute power budget and display Pass or Fail Standards-based Tier 1 certification 2 power measurements in each direction, plus length Comprehensive Go/No-go result

Tier 2: Where fibre diagnostics reside. Tier 2: Tier 1 plus OTDR trace Evidence that cable is installed without degrading events (e.g. bends, connectors, splices)

OptiFiber Pro: Changing the Game… Event Map: Alternative trace presentation of link topology Reduces need for OTDR expertise Icons designate the type of fiber event One-tap gives access to all event details

Finding the Faults…. Reflectance: The silent bandwidth thief FaultMap is the fastest way to find reflectance and eliminate insidious reliability problems Icons designate large and small reflectance One-tap access to event details

OTDR Testing Made Easy Optifiber Pro Live……

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