Nexans, a worldwide leader in the cable industry and expert in LAN cabling solutions, has launched two revolutionary concepts in copper cabling technology with its new LANmark-6A and -7A products. This announcement follows closely behind the recent ratification of international standards for new copper classes Cat 6A and Cat 7A: the Cat 6A standard (500MHz) has been developed to support 10 Gigabit applications while the Cat 7A standard (1000MHz) is designed for 40 Gigabit usages.
These developments, with copper cabling now able to support frequency ranges up to 1000MHz, provide further proof that copper solutions can continue to evolve to meet the needs of high bandwidth applications well into the future. Nexans is launching its new LANmark-6A systems and LANmark-7A cabling simultaneously to further reinforce its position as provider of choice for customized infrastructures.
The new LANmark-6A range, supported by a newly developed connector with excellent electrical performance, offers up to three connection points within 10 meters. This makes it an ideal solution for modern datacenters that are already facing severe space problems with cables that are too long and heavy. Previously, this type of approach was not achievable with most 10G compliant copper cabling solutions. Now, this flexibility is available for datacenters in a lower-cost copper solution that also addresses the critical space and storage problems presented by over-length cabling.
There are also various other significant benefits for datacenters, such as 360