8F MTP® PRO to 8F MTP® PRO OM4 Corning ClearCurve® OFNP MTP pull tab Polarity Type B Bend Insensitive Aqua

🔌 Overview

• Connector A: MTP® PRO Female (no pins, with pull tab)

• Connector B: MTP® PRO Female (no pins, with pull tab)

• Fiber Count: 8 fibers (fully utilized)

• Fiber Type: OM4 Bend-Insensitive (BI)

• Glass Manufacturer: Corning® ClearCurve®

• Jacket Color: Aqua (OM3/OM4 standard)

• Jacket Rating: OFNP (plenum-rated for indoor fire-code compliance)

• Polarity: Type B (Key-up to key-up, straight-through)

🧪 Optical Performance

• Core/Cladding Diameter: 50/125 µm

• Max Data Rate:

• Up to 40G/100G over 100m using 4+4 fiber parallel optics (e.g., QSFP-SR4)

• Up to 400m at 10GBASE-SR

• Insertion Loss: ≤ 0.35 dB (typical)

• Return Loss: ≥ 60 dB (APC polish)

• Bandwidth: ≥ 4700 MHz·km @ 850 nm

• Bend Radius: Tight bend performance per TIA/EIA-455-62-A, ideal for dense routing

🔄 Polarity – Type B (Straight Through)

• Mapping:

• 1 → 8

• 2 → 7

• 3 → 6

• 4 → 5

• Supports plug-and-play Tx/Rx alignment between QSFP+ or QSFP28 ports

🔧 MTP® PRO Connector Features

• Pull tab: Tool-free handling in dense patch panels

• Field-changeable polarity and gender (via MTP® PRO tool)

• Designed for fast deployment and modular cabling systems

✅ Use Cases

• 40G / 100G Ethernet direct interconnects

• Parallel optics in spine-leaf data center networks

• High-performance switch-to-switch and server-to-switch links

• Compact, high-density routing in structured fiber systems