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What preventive maintenance steps should I consider for my fiber optic cable ends and switch optics?

April 26, 2017cable ends fiber maintenance optic optics preventive steps Switch

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What preventive maintenance steps should I consider for my fiber optic cable ends and switch optics?

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As transmission speeds increase over fiber optic cabling, dirt and debris on the connectors become more of an issue. A dirty fiber optic cable that works properly for 100 Megabit transmission might cause bit errors when the same cable is used for Gigabit or 10-Gigabit transmission. The document titled Preventive Maintenance of Fiber Optic Cables and Optics provides a set of recommendations for cleaning both the fiber optic cable ends and the switch optics to which the cables connect.