12F MTP® PRO/APC Female to 12F MTP® PRO/APC Female OM4 fiber 8core cable Magenta OFNP MTP pull tab Polarity Type B

🔌 Overview

• Cable Type: MTP® PRO to MTP® PRO OM4 Fiber Optic Patch Cable

• Fiber Count: 12 fibers (8 used for data transmission)

• Connector A: MTP® PRO/APC Female (No pins)

• Connector B: MTP® PRO/APC Female (No pins)

• Fiber Mode: Multimode

• Fiber Grade: OM4 (Laser-optimized)

• Jacket Color: Magenta (OM4 standard)

• Jacket Rating: OFNP (Plenum-rated for indoor use)

• Pull Tabs: Yes – for easy access in dense panels

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

📐 Fiber Performance Specs

• Fiber Type: OM4 multimode, 50/125 µm

• Transmission Distance:

• Up to 100m @ 40GBASE-SR4

• Up to 150m @ 10GBASE-SR

• Insertion Loss (Typical): ≤ 0.35 dB

• Return Loss (APC): ≥ 60 dB

• Bandwidth: >4700 MHz·km

• MTP® PRO Features:

• Field-reversible polarity

• Removable pins (with tool)

• Polarity and gender easily managed with tool-free design

⚙️ Configuration Details

• Fiber Usage:

• 8 cores active: 4 transmit, 4 receive (used in 40G/100G parallel optics)

• Remaining 4 fibers typically unused or reserved for future use

• Polarity Type B:

• Straight-through mapping (fiber 1 to fiber 12, 2 to 11, etc.)

• Suitable for standard QSFP+ / QSFP28 SR4 transceiver interconnects

🧠 Use Cases

• Data Center Interconnects

• High-Density Patch Panels

• 40G / 100G Ethernet over multimode

• Leaf-spine topologies using MTP trunk cables

• Migration to parallel optics with MTP® PRO ecosystem