✔ Connector Polish: Ensure the part number explicitly states SC/APC (green), not SC/UPC (blue). APC is standard for single-mode PON networks and RF video to minimize back reflections.
✔ Jacket Rating: Choose the rating that meets your local fire code. OFNP is required in plenum air-handling spaces in the US, while LSZH is often preferred for general indoor use in Europe and data centers.
✔ Breakout/Tail Length: These cables are usually supplied with staggered or equal-length fan-out tails (pigtails). You will need to specify the tail length (e.g., 1m or 2m) based on your rack layout.
✔ Polarity & Labeling: For discrete SC connectors, the standard is usually A-to-B (straight-through). Confirm that both ends are serialized and labeled for easy identification.

Application

✔ This specific cable is typically used as a backbone connecting a Main Distribution Area (MDA) to a Horizontal Distribution Area (HDA) or equipment racks. Because it uses discrete SC connectors, it is often chosen for PON (Passive Optical Network) architectures, where direct patching to splitters or OLT/ONT ports is required without the use of MPO cassettes.
✔ Interbuilding and Intrabuilding backbones for LAN Premise and Campus applications.
✔ Data center main, horizontal, zone and equipment distribution area trunk cables for
Storage Area Network (SAN) applications.
✔ Extended Multimode distance guarantees for:
• 100 Gb/s Ethernet, parallel assemblies
• 40 Gb/s Ethernet, parallel assemblies
• 10GBase-SR Ethernet LAN applications
• 1000Base-LX Ethernet LAN applications
• 1000Base-SX Ethernet LAN applications
• 10 Gb/s Fibre Channel SAN applications
• 4.25 Gb/s Fibre Channel SAN applications
• 2.12 Gb/s Fibre Channel SAN applications
• 1.06 Gb/s Fibre Channel SAN applications