MDC UPC to MDC UPC Duplex Push-Pull Boot Uniboot OM4 Fiber Patch Cable

Keeping the configuration, branch identification and installation requirement consistent across every participating site pays off at acceptance time. This OM4 fiber patch cable carries a MDC UPC interface on one end and a MDC UPC interface on the other, factory terminated on OM4 glass and optically tested as a complete item. The uniboot design places both fibers of the duplex optical path inside a single round 2.0mm cord with one combined connector housing, halving the fiber cable count in space-efficient panels and simplifying polarity management.

Product Highlights

• Uniboot Allows One Cable to Carry Two Fibers to Reduce Cable Congestion in High Density Patch Fields
• Bend Insensitive Fiber with 7.5mm Min. Bend Radius
• 3x Fiber Cabling Density over Duplex LC, Providing 432 Fibers within 1 RU
• DirectConec™ Push-pull Boot for Effortless Connector Insertion and Extraction
• Simple Polarity Reversal with No Exposed Fibers

This OM4 item serves the short-reach fabric of the data center: 10G and 25G server uplinks, 40G and 100G SR4 spine links and the inter-row runs between them. On OM4 glass, 10G Ethernet holds to 400 meters and 100G SR4 to 100 meters, which covers the overwhelming majority of in-hall routes with margin to spare.

OM4 raises the effective modal bandwidth to 4700 MHz·km at 850nm, and that headroom translates directly into reach for the higher-speed interfaces. The price difference against OM3 has largely disappeared; as a result, new cabling plants standardize on OM4 and keep OM3 only for matching existing installations.

Uniboot connectors expose the polarity through the housing rather than the termination: the latches or clips let the installer swap the fiber positions without opening the cord. A polarity mistake discovered at turn-up becomes a two-minute correction instead of a replacement order. Project teams can carry this requirement into the site documentation used by each contractor.

Standard size options cover the common patching routes: 5m (16ft), 10m (33ft), 30m (98ft), 35m (115ft), with customized length provided beyond the list. Specifying the measured channel length keeps the slack out of the manager and the strain off the mating connectors.

Each completed assembly is terminated with precision zirconia ferrule connectors and optically tested before packing: insertion loss and return loss are verified on each cable, and end-face geometry is inspected for consistent physical contact. The fiber cable ships with dust caps on both connectors and the test result provided on order.

Refer to this design by connector pair, fiber mode and length when submitting a request for a quotation. For configurations outside the listed options, mixed connector families, jackets, labeling or project packaging, send the need with the inquiry and the factory will validate the build before release to production. Customers can include multi-site labeling or documentation requirements when requesting a project quotation.