Fiber Optic Cable Guides and Reviews

The Benefits and Application of 16 Gbps Fibre Channel
Discusses 16 Gigabits per second (Gbps) Fibre Channel (FC) and how it improves throughput in Storage Area Networks to reduce Inter-Switch Link counts, improve application performance, ease management, and reduce power consumption per bit.

Handbook of Polyethylene Pipe (Corrugated & Smoothwall Innerduct Conduit)
PE piping, has been successfully utilized for a variety of piping applications for over 50 years. Despite this relatively short history, the engineering community has embraced the overall toughness and durability of PE pipe and the latitude afforded by the variety of installation methods that can be employed using PE pipe to expand its use at a quickening rate.

Fiber Selection Guide
The perfect reference guide for determining connector type, fiber color coding, singlemode and multimode descriptions and characteristics.

GBIC Basics
Short for Gigabit Interface Converter, a transceiver that converts serial electric signals to serial optical signals and vice versa.

Fiber Optic Installation Guide
Installation guidelines for NextGen fiber optic cables to assure proper optical and mechanical performance and long cable life.

Fiber Optic Aerial Connection Guide
Detail of methods of aerial runs of fiber optic cable; lashing, slack bracket, messenger cable etc.

Plenum Vs Non-Plenum Cable
What is the diference between Plenum and Non-Plenum, Riser, Cable.

OM3 and OM4 Fiber Optic Guide
With each passing year demand for higher data rates in data center environments grow. More and more sophisticated equipment is introduced into the marketplace and more users need access to data center services. Today, we are able to transmit data within the data center at 10 Gig / second using multimode fiber.

National Electric Code (NEC) Cable Fire Ratings Guide
This helpful guide lists out the most common NEC fire ratings in the telecom, datacom, and CATV/antenna industries.

Fiber Optic Cable and Connector Guide
A helpful guide to fiber optics including information about glass types, fiber optic connectors and cabling.

Optical Connectivity - Planning and Design Guide (PDF, 600K)
SAN & NAS Networks.

Optical Connectivity Systems Guide (PDF, 3.3MB)
Cable management guide.

Easy Fiber Optic Installation
Fiber Installation Made Easy with the MTP Solution. MTP is a plug-and-play solution that can save your company time, space, and energy.

Fiber Optic Assembly Guide
A quick overview of fiber channel assemblies.

Learning About Options In Fiber
A brief history, advantages/disadvantages to fiber, etc.
Courtesy of Fiber Options, Inc.

Fiber Optics Application Notes
Learn about installation procedures with our on line optical fibre training notes for engineers and technicians.
Courtesy of Kingfisher International Pty Ltd

Thread Identification
To identify an unknown thread, certain tools and data are necessary. Included in these Charts are a helpful compilation of the data needed for the identification of most external (Male) threads from the three most popular thread systems in the world, metric standards, U.S.A.(Inch) standards, and the British (Inch) standards.