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Matthew Palmer Product Manager Enterprise Actives ADC KRONE EMEA Mathew.Palmer @adckrone.com ADC KRONE makes Physical Layer Management (PLM) an affordable option for every network PLM NO LONGER A “NOW-OR-NEVER” DECISION ADC KRONE has overcome the main problem faced by network managers whenconsidering physical layer management (PLM) or intelligent infrastructure management (IIM) for their new networks – that of the up-front capital cost. Many network managers are convinced of the benefits of physical layer management, but often don’t have the budget to utilise this more expensive option. Currently, it has been a “now-or-never” decision because different (more expensive) patch panels are required in the PLM systems. These patch panels have the ability to detect end-to-end copper and fibre patch cord paths around the communications room or data centre. Now, with ADC KRONE’s new TrueNet ® PLM patch panel range of products, the patch panels are fieldupgradeable. Network managers can pay normal patch panel costs for their day-one network and only spend on the “intelligent” element when and if they upgrade to a physical layer management system in years to come. “This field upgradeable product is a truly elegant engineering solution,” said Matthew Palmer, TrueNet PLM product manager at ADC KRONE. “To change the front of a patch panel takes only 20 seconds because the non-intelligent front panel just clips off and the new “intelligent” one simply clips on in its place after guiding a scanner-connector through the pre-placed channel. It is so simple and cost-effective that no network manager should ever have to face the ‘now-or-never’ decision again because there is no up-front premium and the upgrade can be done with minimal network interruption at any time in the future.” Once the field upgradeable “intelligent” TrueNet PLM patch panel fronts have been fitted, new “intelligent” fibre or copper TrueNet PLM patch cords are simply plugged in maximising network uptime. The PLM electronic scanner units can be installed at leisure because this activity does not interrupt active channel connections. Learn more at http://www-wsp.adckrone.com/en/ productsandservices/enterprise/ Matthew Palmer New 10 ADC KRONE Connecting With Our Customers – Vol.2 No.2 2007
ADC KRONE at Telecoms´07 BACK TO BASICS According to recent research, medium and large enterprises waste from £0.5 million to £2 million a year on avoidable network-related downtime. Andrew Roberts, product manager at ADC KRONE, says “Pitfalls for installers and end-users that frequently mean installed Category 5e or Category 6 networks in practice do not properly support Gigabit data rates.” At Telecoms07, ADC KRONE exhibited complete TrueNet fibre and copper portfolios for the Enterprise and for Data Centres from Category 5e to 10 Gigabits/s Category 6A. The TrueNet portfolio will be features as industry-leading solutions that guarantee end-to-end, any-port to any-port, zero bit-errors and, therefore, 100 percent Gigabit or 10 Gigabit/s transmission throughout the network – including backbone and campus links. ADC KRONE also unveiled its revolutionary “fit-now, decide later” field upgradeable Physical Layer Management (PLM) patch panel. Currently, customers have to decide at the time of network installation whether or not they will deploy PLM or intelligent infrastructure management because once non-PLM patch panels are installed, they cannot be retrofitted on a working network. “Until today, customers have had to either invest in expensive managed patch panels at day one or New High Density Block requires 60 percent less space ADC KRONE’S INDUSTRY-LEADING LSA-PLUS ® CONNECTION BLOCK ENGINEERED FOR NExT GENERATION NETWORKS The industry-leading LSA-PLUS ® connection block has been reduced to less than half its former size. The new LSA-PLUS HD (high density) block packs 100 pairs into only 95mm vertical space in the cross-connection cabinet or distribution frame. “The new LSA-PLUS ® HD block is ideal for high density, next generation network applications such as in outside-plant (OSP) active electronics cabinets like the ADC KRONE Unicab Vario,” said Torsten Koch- Jendrek, product manager at ADC KRONE for Next Generation Networks connectivity. “It frees up limited OSP cabinet space for a variety of devices that allow testing and re-jumpering to be remotely controlled from centralised operations centres without a field technician having to visit the OSP cabinet.” With a 60 percent size reduction from LSA-PLUS ® Series 2, and 50 percent smaller than LSA-PLUS ® NT, the new LSA-PLUS ® HD retains all of the features New The Network Infrastructure Event forgo any opportunity to upgrade to a managed network during its 7 to 20-year lifespan,” says Matthew Palmer, actives product manager at ADC KRONE. “On the other hand, ADC KRONE’s new field-upgradeable PLM patch panel is installed as a regular patch panel initially and, if the customer then wants to go ‘managed’ at some later date, this can be done in seconds by changing the front cover and patch cords – without any alteration to the permanent link. This can then be wired to the intelligent management units without any further disruption to service.” Andrew Roberts engineers around the world have come to expect of the LSA-PLUS ® Series of connection products. It features the world’s most reliable and ubiquitous 45º, silverplated, gas-tight insulation displacement contact. Terminations are performed with the industry standard ADC KRONE Tool found in nearly every telecoms and datacoms engineer’s toolkit. Over-voltage protector magazines simply slot into the rear to protect sensitive electronic equipment like DSLAMs (digital subscriber line access modules). In addition, there is a range of accessories including two and four-wire test leads, patch cords and crossover adaptors. With a near-end crosstalk (NEXT) performance of – 50dB at 30MHz, the new LSA-PLUS ® HD high density block is ideal for high frequency use and is fully VDSL2 compliant for NGN and Triple Play (voice + video + data) speeds up to 55Megabit/s. Torsten Koch-Jendrek Carrier Product Management Copper ADC KRONE Connecting With Our Customers – Vol.2 No.2 2007 11
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