How does that work in a "central office" style setup - i.e. a couple hundred strands coming into a rack which need to be potentially patched to each other, filters, SFP optical ports, etc? Are you talking about using a pre-formed and terminated tail from a patch panel to a splice point somewhere else? I.E. something like a MTP with a tail on the other side?
We've always brought them from outside (or wherever they came from) up the rear of a 2 post rack and then terminated them into a patch panel of some sort. On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM Carl Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > I prefer a tail to a splice case or splice cases. > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm looking for a source/model/etc for fiber patch panels, which are >> similar to those found in a comm room/meet me room/etc. I think these >> might be called "distribution panels". >> >> Specifically, one designed to be mounted in a 2-post rack, with the fixed >> plant cable/splicing all happening in the rear, and the patching all >> happening in the front, and no need to unmount/move the patching in the >> front if some splicing work needs to occur in the rear. That way, the >> outside plant people can do their work in the rear without having to deal >> with patches in the front. >> >> So far, almost everything I've seen tends to be either cassette-based, >> where you do all the terminations and then somehow mount that in a rack, >> but if you have to gain access to the splices again, you have to pull the >> whole cassette out, OR the style where the entire splice tray and >> connectors slide out the front - in which case you have to leave enough >> slack or otherwise pay special attention to the patching for the slide-out >> function to work after you have several patch cables plugged in. >> >> An ebay search for "adc fiber distribution panel" gives me some examples >> of what I'm looking for, but they aren't exactly plentiful and I also want >> to use something consistent. >> >> -- >> - Forrest >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > > Carl Peterson > > *PORT NETWORKS* > > 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 > > Baltimore, MD 21202 > > (410) 637-3707 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- - Forrest
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