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Nexans, global expert in cables and cabling solutions, has welcomed the latest data centre standard from the international standards organisation ISO. The standard, ISO/IEC 24764, was published in April and requires copper cabling to support a minimum frequency of at least 500MHz. This effectively limits data centre copper cabling to Class EA (500MHz), Class F (600MHz) or Class FA (1000MHz) cabling and an RJ45 compatible connector interface.
The new standard is important as it harmonises the requirements for copper cable and connectors used for data centres with the products defined for use in office buildings. Nexans is delighted that its GG45 connector was re-elected as the interface for Class F and Class FA. The new data centre standard specifies the use of IEC 60603-7 RJ45 compatible connectors for copper cabling and specifically the IEC 60603-7-71 GG45 connector for Cat 7 and Cat 7A cabling. Only in installations where cable sharing is used inside of data centres are other interfaces allowed.
Martin Rossbach, Director Product Marketing for Nexans said: “Once again ISO has recognised the importance of backwards compatibility for data centre design, and specified a connector which provides this. The specified IEC 60603-7-71 connector is the Nexans’ GG45™ connector, which is compatible with all RJ45 legacy equipment and also allows organisations to future-proof their data centres by supporting bandwidths of 40G and higher.”
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