Siemon TERA Category 8.2 copper cabling system

The Siemon TERA Category 8.2 copper cabling system delivers transmission performance up to 2 GHz. It supports emerging high-speed 25 and 40 Gb (25/40GBASE-T) applications in data centre switch-to-server applications.

The system includes cable, patch cords, connectors and pre-terminated cable assemblies. Combining the TERA connector with category 8.2 S/FTP 2000 MHz cable and patch cords delivers a complete end-to-end system that meets ISO/IEC category 8.2/Class II specifications for 2-connector, 30-metre Class II channels in the data centre.

It provides enhanced insertion loss and crosstalk performance over RJ45-based Category 8 systems while offering the reach to support a broad range of switch-to-server architectures.

TERA-to-RJ45 patch cords are suitable for 2-connector switch-to-server connections in middle-of-row (MoR) and end-of-row (EoR) configurations, while available Category 8-compatible RJ45-to-RJ45 patch cords enable direct attach switch-to-server connections in top-of-rack (ToR) configurations. The TERA outlet and plug are backwards compatible with Category 7A/Class FA cabling systems, which allows for both flexibility and futureproof performance.