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Touching on Failure: Sources of Fiber-Optic Network Issues in the Data Center

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Touching on Failure: Sources of Fiber-Optic Network Issues in the Data Center

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  • Author: Nicholas Gagnon
Problems with dirty or broken connectors start during network installation, when proper fiber inspection, cleaning and testing are not specifically required to prove a job is finished first-time right. When the job is done first-time right, the operation of the network will start smoothly. But poorly handling connectors in a transceiver line rate upgrade on another section of the network can introduce contaminants or result in damaged splicing on the connector endface, if these manipulations are not performed diligently. Most of the time when this type of situations occurs, it can be explained by a lack of technician training or limited experience with fiber optics.

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