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Siemon’s LightStack® 8
Siemon launches ultra-high-
density plug and play fibre system
S
iemon, a leading global network
infrastructure specialist, has
expanded its line of LightHouse™
advanced fibre cabling solutions in
Africa with LightStack® 8. This new
ultra-high-density plug and play
system offers efficient and cost-
effective support of current and future
8-fibre applications.
LightStack® 8 provides an easy and
efficient migration path to 40 and 100
Gb/s speeds in data centre switch-to-
switch backbone links to enable faster
data transmission, processing and
storage of larger, more complex sets
of data generated by the Internet of
Things (IoT) as well as storage intensive
and cloud-based applications.
With current 40 and 100 gigabit
multimode fibre applications, as well
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as future 200 and 400 gigabit fibre
applications based on 8 optical
fibres, LightStack® 8 offers a
complete end-to-end Base 8 fibre
system and enables 100% fibre
utilisation for the most efficient
support of these 8-fibre applications.
The new system consists of 1U and 4U
fibre enclosures, modules, adapters,
assemblies and jumpers. With a
capacity to hold 144 LC fibres, or 864
MTP fibres in 1U or 576 LC fibres and
3456 MTP fibres in 4U, it enables ultra
high-density for deployment in tight
fitting data centre spaces.
Sliding bottom rear divider and swing-
open cable management clips allow for
easy port access and cable management
in densely packed areas. Integrated strain
relief and an easy-open magnetic door
protect the fibres and eliminate potential
cable pinch points.
“LightStack® has long been our
premium ultra-high-density plug and
play fibre system,” says Lee Funnell,
Technical Manager at Siemon. “With
current and future fibre applications
all dominated by fibre counts that are
divisible by 2 or 8 fibres, LightStack®
8 offers the simplest, most efficient
migration to 40 or 100 Gb/s and
beyond. At the same time the new
system maximises fibre utilisation
and maintains all of the LightStack®
features and benefits our customers
have come to appreciate.”
The system includes low-loss
LightStack® 8 modules that transition 1
Base 8 MTP to 4 duplex LC connectors,
as well as LightStack® 8 MTP pass-
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