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Nexans Welcomes The Selection Of GG45 In New ISO Data Centre Standard
Published Jul 14, 2010
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Nexans, global expert in cables and cabling solutions, has welcomed the latest data centre standard from the international standards organisation ISO. The standard, ISO/IEC 24764, was published in April and requires copper cabling to support a minimum frequency of at least 500MHz. This effectively limits data centre copper cabling to Class EA (500MHz), Class F (600MHz) or Class FA 1000MHz) cabling and an RJ45 compatible connector interface.
“Nexans is delighted that our GG45 connector was re-elected as the interface for Class F and Class FA. The new standard is important as it harmonises the requirements for copper cable and connectors used for data centres with the same products defined for use in office buildings. This new data centre standard will help our customers in the Middle East to ensure that their data centres are ready to handle bandwidths of 40G and more, not only with fibre, but also with copper cabling solutions” says Tarek Helmy, Regional Director Gulf and Middle East of Nexans Cabling Solutions
The new data centre standard specifies the use of IEC 60603-7 RJ45 compatible connectors for copper cabling and specifically the IEC 60603-7-71 GG45 connector for Cat 7 and Cat 7A cabling. Only in installations where cable sharing is used inside of data centres are other interfaces allowed.
Martin Rossbach, Director Product Marketing for Nexans said: “Once again ISO has recognised the importance of backwards compatibility for data centre design, and specified a connector which provides this. The specified IEC 60603-7-71 connector is the Nexans’ GG45™ connector, which is compatible with all RJ45 legacy equipment and also allows organisations to future-proof their data centres by supporting bandwidths of 40G and higher.”
For more information :
visit www.nexans.co.uk/LANsystems
Posted by
VMD - [Virtual Marketing Department]
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