Data Center Products

Offering a comprehensive line of data center product solutions.

Approved Optics is a critical provider of optical networking products for the data center, including: transceivers, direct attach cables, fiber cabling, cable management, Mux/Demux, Fiber Taps and Media Converters. By partnering with the largest global contract manufacturers, Approved provides customers with high quality, cost-effective solutions in direct contrast to the budget-prohibitive prices commonly associated with OEM networking products.

LONG RANGE OPTICS:

Approved’s long-range optical transceivers provide transmissions from 100Mb to 100Gb with distances from 2km to 160km. Available in standard, BIDI, CWDM and DWDM solutions.

FORM FACTORS: GBIC, SFP, XENPAK, X2, XFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP+, QSFP28. CFP, CFP2, CFP4

SHORT RANGE OPTICS:

Approved’s short-range optical transceivers provide transmissions from 100Mb to 100Gb with distances from 100m to 2km. Available in ethernet, fiber and OTN solutions.

FORM FACTORS: GBIC, SFP, XENPAK, X2, XFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP+, QSFP28. CFP, CFP2, CFP4

DIRECT ATTACH CABLES:

Approved Direct Attach Cables (DACs) fill the need for short, cost-effective connectivity and provide a power-efficient and cost-effective replacement to optical transceivers.

FORM FACTORS: SFP, XFP, SFP+, XFP-SFP+, QSFP+, QSFP+ Breakout, CXP, CXP Breakout

CABLES

With a variety of custom multi-mode and single-mode options, Approved’s cable solutions are designed for best-in-class data center/telecom installations. Available from SM, OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4, OM4+.

SOLUTIONS: RJ45, Jumper, Breakout and Trunk

CABLE MANAGEMENT:

Approved cable management systems are designed to provide efficient, functional organization of fiber optic hardware in data centers, premise installations and telecommunication networks, making it simple and intuitive.

SOLUTIONS: Rack Mount Panels, MTP Cassettes, Adapter Plates, Converters

FIBER TAPS:

Approved’s passive breakout network TAPs provide a simple and safe method to access live network traffic and provide copies to separate monitoring ports.

SOLUTIONS: Available in both single-mode and multi-mode configurations with splits of 50/50 , 60/40, 70/30, 80/20 and 90/10.

MUX/DEMUX:

Approved’s passive CWDM and DWDM Mux/Demux Modules are designed to multiplex multiple CWDM or DWDM channels into one or two fibers. Accepts any data rate on any port from 10 to 100Gbps.

SOLUTIONS: Available in common configurations of 4 to 32 Channels DWDM Mux/Demux, and 2 to 16 channels of CWDM Mux/Demux.

MEDIA CONVERTERS:

Approved Optics Media Converters allow a multitude of network solutions ranging from copper to fiber conversion, fiber to fiber re-amplification/reshaping/re-timing and single-mode to multi-mode conversions.

SOLUTIONS: Standard Standalones, PoE Standalones, Mini Standalones, Card Based Standalones, Chassis Based Rack Units.