This one is for the ages! New OTDR redefines enterprise fiber testing

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This one is for the ages! New OTDR redefines
enterprise fiber testing-Mark Mullins
www.flukenetworks.com 2006-2017 Fluke
Corporation
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This one is for the ages! New OTDR redefines
enterprise fiber testing
By now you will have heard about the
new OptiFiber Pro OTDR  and thats a relief for
me because Ive been biting my tongue for a
while!  Now that its been announced, let me share
my impressions and an overview of what makes the
product unique.  I will also include some links
to more detailed information.  Take this from a
guy that has spent five of the last seven years
playing with OTDRs Ive used them all.  And this
one is going to change everything! This is not
an incremental improvement like weve seen in the
industry recently.  It really is going to
redefine fiber testing.  During the last few
years, experts and new OTDR users have tended to
choose between the powerful but complex and the
limited but easy to operate.  The OptiFiber
Pro is going to make everybody fall in love with
it!  It happened in an engineering lab for me
eleven months ago.  I saw wires and printed
circuit boards connected to a gesture capable
touchscreen displaying an OTDR trace I had a
desire to reach out and pinch the screen to zoom
like I would on my iphone.  But as smitten as I
was by the display, and enthused by watching the
user interface develop, I was even more impressed
by the test capabilities of the OTDR.  This one
is going to change how datacenter and enterprise
fiber cabling is tested.  And that will help
contractors, network owners, and even
designers take advantage of the growing fiber
optic business  opportunity!
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This one is for the ages! New OTDR redefines
enterprise fiber testing

• When the tech bubble burst a little over ten
  years ago, folks were asking me what I thought
  would become of the so called fiber bandwidth
  glut.  To their surprise, I predicted the idea
  was hogwash and the bandwidth demands
  would consume the excess within a few years!  I
  was more correct than I expected.  After
  returning to a growth trajectory, fiber
  technology has continued to be deployed in all
  parts of the network.  In todays enterprise
  cabling industry, its become impossible to
  ignore the exponential and industry-changing
  growth of enterprise fiber. Tech companies and
  analysts have made a number of eye-opening
  predictions on the future of fiber that include
• 57 percent annual growth in enterprise fiber
  ports (DellOro).
• 1.5 billion new Internet-connected devices by
  2015 (Intel).
• The equivalent of every movie ever made will
  transit IP networks every 5 minutes by 2015
  (Cisco Systems).

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This one is for the ages! New OTDR redefines
enterprise fiber testing
These predictions, combined with the increased
storage spend for cloud computing, the growth in
10Gbps fiber LAN transceivers, and one-hop
fabrics replacing traditional switch
architectures in the datacenter, means there is
huge opportunity in the industry around fiber. Of
course, part of this tremendous industry growth
includes increased need for testing. Testing
fiber has never been more critical for solving
problems, improving network reliability,
maintaining data access, certifying workmanship
and enhancing productivity. To address those
challenges, the new OptiFiber Pro OTDR (optical
time-domain reflectometer), was built from the
ground up for cabling and networking
professionals responsible for enterprise fiber
testing.
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This one is for the ages! New OTDR redefines
enterprise fiber testing

• The new device features the industrys fastest
  trace times, the only smartphone interface and
• an auto datacenter configuration mode. Here are
  the complete feature details
• The first OTDR with a smartphone
  user-interface Minimizes the learning curve
  typically associated with older OTDRs by greatly
  reducing complexity helping any technician
  quickly become a fiber expert.
• A simplified Datacenter Mode Automates the
  process of setting test parameters, like
  wavelength or end-detection algorithms,
  significantly reducing set-up time and the
  complexity of learning how to troubleshoot
  datacenter problems.
• The industrys shortest event and attenuation
  dead zones Tests connectors and patch cords as
  short as 0.5 meters.  This is critical in
  virtualized server environments, where
  connections are often less than one meter and
  hidden performance issues can severely decrease
  the reliability of datacenters and storage area
  networks (SANs).
• Visual presentation of faults Shows all fiber
  events graphically allowing any user to quickly
  and easily interpret OTDR trace results.
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This one is for the ages! New OTDR redefines
enterprise fiber testing

• The new device features the industrys fastest
  trace times, the only smartphone interface and
• an auto datacenter configuration mode. Here are
  the complete feature details
• Built-in project management tools Facilitates
  the assignment and tracking of all fiber testing
  projects for multiple users, increasing
  efficiency, enhancing project tracking visibility
  and enabling cost-effective device sharing.
• Upgraded LinkWare management software Eases the
  burden of workflow management, integrates test
  results, and keeps the OTDR up-to-date with the
  latest software.          

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This one is for the ages! New OTDR redefines
enterprise fiber testing
Here is a link to download a  new white paper or
check out our latest video.  And for more
specific product details click here Also, there
are hundreds of people reading these blogs each
week, but very few comments.  Speak up!  For
example, please provide your comments about this
product and the growth of enterprise fiber. Has
this brought on any specific, day-to-day new
challenges? What are you looking for in a tester
that can help you meet the challenge?
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