LANactive FLEXIBLESwitch to AND the futureSCALABLE FIBRE TO THE OFFICE Higher availability Enhanced security Reduced space Better power delivery Easier expansion IP CONVERGENCE CHALLENGES How can we deliver more data and power to end users and devices over longer distances? Our departments are wide apart, but where do I house even more active equipment? SPACE Struggling with limited space for Challenges with technical rooms or large cable bundles? traditional LAN Our racks and cable pathways are filled to From complexity to flexibility 1G capacity – how to add more The number of applications running on networks keeps increasing each year. cables and active equipment 90 m Server virtualisation, cloud computing, IP telephony, IPTV, security services, in the same space without video conferencing and more require higher bandwidth, signal continuity and network scalability. IP convergence is also boosting the need for lasting causing problems? 10G infrastructures. However, when trying to keep up with today’s network evolution and projected future developments, IT managers face several challenges. 1G 340 m OM3 MAINTENANCE 90 m Manage more ports with less staff? The more access points we add, the greater the potential for chaos seems to 1G TOTAL COST OF FLEXIBILITY become… OWNERSHIP How to add data ports, increase 90 m How to optimise CAPEX and OPEX? bandwidth and power when needed? ENERGY Increasing data traffic is How do we combine Reduce energy consumption as the bringing new requirements the best, most enduring number of devices increases? 1G for LANs… How do we performance with the accommodate growing highest degree of physical How to expand our IT 90 m demands whilst bringing system scalability and network to accommodate network traffic protection flexibility? more devices and to a next level? applications, whilst also sticking to our sustainability goals? 2 3 REDUCED SPACE EASIER EXPANSION SIMPLIFIED Cabling volume decreases significantly and FTTO grows with the user’s needs and may there’s less active equipment. No additional easily be adjusted to new technologies and technical rooms are required, which means applications. An optical fibre network has a very more useable area, additional savings and long operational life expectancy. It helps protect less environmental impact. your investment, while accommodating future demands. FEWER COMPONENTS Fibre is laid vertically from a central building distributor to the office floor. From there, the cable runs horizontally to an active switch installed at the workplace or service consolidation point, close to Wireless Fibre To The Office Access Points, cameras or other devices. Simplify your network FTTO does away with the need for floor distributors, separate fibre backbone, Nexans LANactive is an alternative LAN technology for use in office environments. Passive fibre cabling and active switches are combined to active equipment, patch panels and racks provide Gigabit Ethernet services from the central core switch to an FTTO or cabinets on each floor, as well as large switch and from there to end user devices. volumes of horizontal copper cabling. Data throughput is uncompromised. Although the entire network operates at 1Gbps, throughput is as good as - or better than - that of a traditional network BETTER POWER DELIVERY setup featuring floor distributors and an aggregated high-speed backbone. Thanks to implemented Power over Ethernet Performance is further supported by non-blocking switching and switches with (PoE/PoE+) functionalities, VoIP phones, 20 Gbps backplane. WAPs and IP cameras are powered LANactive switches ensure intelligent conversion from fibre to copper and vice directly from the switch. In accordance with versa. Each switch, installed at the workplace in cable ducts or floor boxes, IEEE 802.3at and IEEE 802.3af, FTTO is equipped with four copper RJ45 user ports to feed terminal devices with can easily accommodate increasing PoE data and power. Fibre speed, reliability and long distance coverage are coupled with the Ethernet benefits of copper. This solution meets current and wattages. foreseeable network requirements in terms of flexibility, cost efficiency and network interoperability. ENHANCED SECURITY Regardless of their size and complexity, networks can be easily and cost- Nexans switches support all relevant security efficiently managed from a single location with the NEXMAN configuration and encryption mechanisms such as IEEE and management tool from Nexans. Precise mapping of current infrastructure status makes it possible to track and repair faults or configuration errors fast, 802.1x, SNMPv3, HTTPs, SSH and SCP. saving considerable time. Hardened firmware of switches provides high-level protection against cyber attacks. • Easy to install, adjust and repair • Minimal cable volume and equipment footprint • Up to 60% faster installation, 70% lower energy consumption, 30% lower HIGHER AVAILABILITY TCO In the event of network downtime, any • Support for several generations of active equipment consequences will remain local. In practice, • Highly scalable and flexible that means only a specific workstation or small section of the network will go down. • Increased protection of investments Cable diagnostics will pinpoint the exact localisation of errors on fibre and copper cable links. LANactive Switch to the future 4 5 Easy to install, intelligent Fibre To The Office: and robust switches breaking the 90-metre limit EASY TO INSTALL LESS SPACE FLAME RETARDANT AND FIRE Compact, discreet switches are installed in cable LANactive doesn’t require the bulky horizontal RETARDANT ducts or floor boxes. Despite their small form factor, copper cable bundles generally used in traditional Cabling used in an FTTO installation has outstanding the switches offer up to four copper RJ45 user ports installations. This improves accessibility whilst flame retardant (IEC 60332-1) and fire retardant for delivering data and power to terminal devices. reducing cabling volume by up to three-quarters. (IEC 60332-3) properties. Fibre cables comply A considerable amount of room is saved in racks with different fire performance classes and three and cable pathways, adding up to considerable additional criteria (smoke production, flaming INTELLIGENT CONFIGURATION space savings on every floor. As fibre cabling droplets and acidity). These have been defined Optional memory cards with MAC addresses requires no electrical grounding or shielding and is as part of the EU Construction Products Regulation always store the latest full switch configuration slimmer than copper diodes, it has a smaller overall (CPR) that now governs cable usage in buildings. automatically. If a switch needs to be replaced, cable diameter. A single fibre link provides data In addition, the reduced cable volume and use even temporarily, all you need to do is remove the connections for up to five user ports. of smaller bundles significantly reduces fire load, memory card and insert it into the new switch. No enhancing safety and making compliance with special knowledge or training is required. LONGER DISTANCES relevant regulations easier. Fibre breaks through copper’s 90-metre distance DATA PLUS POWER limit. Large distances, spanning hundreds of NO INTERFERENCE The switch draws current from an external power metres, between buildings, campuses and Fibre needs no grounding or earthing. Unlike supply, which can power all connected devices. industrial sites can be easily bridged by copper, fibre is immune to electromagnetic As this is delivered over a relatively short distance multimode or singlemode fibre with minimal signal interference and may run along power lines. – the last few metres of the network – there is less attenuation. signal loss and less energy is required. SCALABLE This solution offers high bandwidth reserves and, ENHANCED ENERGY EFFICIENCY SECURE if required, significant redundancy can be built in LANactive access switches are located close to Nexans switches provide the ideal basis for right up to the outlet. As a result, you can develop the end user. These replace switches that would secure Gigabit Ethernet networks. Intelligent the entire network step-by-step in accordance with normally be located in a floor distribution room, Management features help further increase the current or expected requirements. which would require HVAC systems, lighting and security of the network and minimise service costs. so on. The FTTO access switch itself consumes extremely little power for data transmission. FACTORY PRE-TERMINATED Switches also support Energy Efficient Ethernet ASSEMBLIES (IEEE 802.3az), so that energy is only consumed PROVEN DURABILITY Nexans Pre-Term solutions combine ease of when data is transferred. Nexans EcoMode LANactive solutions are based on selected installation and outstanding performance. Pre- optimises data transfer modes, based on current industrial components, which are robust, durable Term assemblies are manufactured in a controlled user needs and preferences, for even lower and high-performing. Nexans carries out ongoing environment and pretested for guaranteed power draw. Data transfer rates are manually or quality controls following the latest standards (ISO performance. Reducing risk and complexity in the automatically reduced from 1,000 Mbps to 100 9001). The result: an MTBF (Mean Time Before field means time required on-site can be reduced Mbps according to a preset time schedule. Failure) of over 400 years. by as much as 60%. 6 7 Management and monitoring Centralised, end-to-end