Trunk Cable System suit data center environment.

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OptiMo® Pre-Terminated Fiber Optic Trunk Cable System supports 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel and 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Pre-terminated connectors eliminate field-termination time, while optional pre-installed pulling grips simplify cable pulling process. Deployment packaging offers access to all terminations and facilitates confirmation testing prior to installation. Cable breakout design aids cable routing and dressing in and between rack and fiber enclosures.



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Ortronics Introduces OptiMo® Pre-Terminated Fiber Optic Trunk Cable System


New London, CT - Ortronics is pleased to announce the introduction of the OptiMo® Pre-Terminated Fiber Optic Trunk Cable System. These pre-terminated trunk cables provide a simplified, reliable and cost-effective alternative to field connector installation and are ideally suited to the data center environment. Designed to support advanced applications such as 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel (10GFC) and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-SR), OptiMo trunk cables offer an ideal backbone solution for data centers, storage area networks (SAN) and local area networks (LAN) installations.

OptiMo trunk cables combine advanced cable design utilizing industry leading optical fibers and flawless factory termination processes for unsurpassed optical performance. Pre-terminated connectors eliminate costly field-termination time, while optional pre-installed pulling grips simplify the cable pulling process. Advanced deployment packaging offers access to all terminations and facilitates confirmation testing prior to installation to result in a faster, simpler installation with minimized chance for error. The advanced cable breakout design facilitates cable routing and dressing in and between the rack and fiber enclosures.

To support the need for quick, detailed product information, Ortronics has developed and implemented a rapid specification/quoting system. Recognizing that our customers face ever more challenging facility design and installation challenges, we've also implemented manufacturing processes to support rapid delivery of common designs.

As part of the NetClear® end-to-end channel solutions that combine Ortronics high performance connectivity with advanced cable from Berk-Tek, a Nexans company, the Ortronics OptiMo trunk cable system provides guaranteed maximized dynamic performance and the added assurance of a 25-year warranty.

For more information contact:
Ortronics Inc., 125 Eugene O'Neill Drive, New London, CT 06320 Sales: 860-445-3900 or 800-934-5432, Fax: 888-282-0043 or 860-405-2992 E-mail: connect@ortronics.com, Internet: www.ortronics.com

Ortronics Inc., The Performance and Flexibility People, headquartered in New London, Connecticut USA, is a global leader in commercial Category 5e, Category 6, fiber optic and residential high performance, high capacity structured cabling systems that support today's and tomorrow's multimedia environments. From end-to-end, Ortronics offers the world's most extensive range of connectivity products including patch panels, patch cords, workstation outlets, cable management systems, 110 cross-connect systems and more. Ortronics offers engineering and technical support, systems planning, training programs and a 25-year extended products warranty and applications assurance warranty program.

Ortronics has sales offices in the USA, Canada, Central/South America, Europe and Asia, and production facilities in the USA, Mexico and Asia.

Ortronics is ISO9001 Registered and an active member of BICSI, TIA/EIA, ISO and other industry standard groups.

Ortronics parent company Legrand, headquartered in France, is the world's leading specialist in residential housing and commercial building products and systems for electrical installations and information networks. With net sales close to $3.5 billion in 2003, the Legrand group employs 27,000 people globally, has operations in 60 locations worldwide and sells in more than 160 countries.

Ortronics is the Global Technology Center for copper and fiber optic connectivity and systems for Legrand. Utilizing state of the art, active and passive component laboratories, Ortronics provides advanced R&D and technical support for network products, end-to-end performance solutions, vendor and internal qualification testing, as well as standards compliance.

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