High density fiber management system
A fiber management system includes a tray and a plurality of cassettes. The tray includes a set of rails and a tray body that is slidable along the set of rails. The tray body has a longitudinal portion extending in parallel with the set of rails and a lateral portion extending with an opening that provides access to the tray. Each of the cassettes has a plurality of ports at a first side of the cassette to support fiber optic connectors, and the plurality of cassettes are arranged on the tray with the first sides facing at least a portion of the longitudinal portion.
1 . A fiber management system comprising:
a tray comprising:
a set of rails;
a tray body configured to slide along the set of rails, the tray body having a tray depth defined along a longitudinal portion extending in parallel with the set of rails and the tray body having a tray width defined along a lateral portion extending from a first side to a second side of the tray body; and
a tray floor including a cable routing feature; and
a plurality of cassettes installed onto the tray floor, the plurality of cassettes including a first array of cassettes and a second array of cassettes, each of the cassettes having a plurality of ports at a first side of the cassette to support fiber optic adapters, wherein the first side of the first array of cassettes faces inward to face the cable routing feature and the first side of the second array of cassettes faces inward to face the cable routing feature such that the first array of cassettes are installed across from the second array of cassettes on the tray floor and the cable routing feature is positioned within a gap portion on the tray floor between the first array of cassettes and the second array of cassettes.
2 . The fiber management system of claim 1 , wherein the cable routing feature is a barrier plate.
3 . The fiber management system of claim 1 , wherein the first array of cassettes are arranged to be directly next to the first side of the tray body and the second array of cassettes are arranged to be directly next to the second side of the tray body.
4 . The fiber management system of claim 1 , wherein:
each cassette has a second side opposite of the first side, wherein a number of ports on the second side is less than a number of ports on the first side.
5 . The fiber management system of claim 1 , wherein the tray body comprises:
a first tray body, and
a second tray body arranged adjacent to and separate from the first tray body, wherein the first tray body and the second tray body are configured to independently slide from one another.
6 . The fiber management system of claim 5 , wherein the first array of cassettes are arranged on the first tray body, and the second array of cassettes are arranged on the second tray body.
7 . The fiber management system of claim 1 , wherein the first array of cassettes are arranged at an angle to have the first sides at a slant with the longitudinal portion of the tray body.
8 . The fiber management system of claim 1 , wherein the first array of cassettes are arranged in a single layer along the tray body.
9 . The fiber management system of claim 1 , further including a supplemental cassette stacked on top of a cassette included in the first array of cassettes to form a cassette stack.
10 . The fiber management system of claim 9 further comprising a bracket connecting the supplemental cassette and the cassette included in the first array of cassettes that form the cassette stack.
11 . The fiber management system of claim 9 , further comprising:
a snap-in bracket connecting a cassette included in the first array of cassettes to the tray body.
12 . The fiber management system of claim 1 further comprising:
a snap-in connector including a snap-in tab extending from a bottom end of the connector, wherein the tray body defines a snap-in aperture configured to receive and connect to the snap-in tab.
13 . The fiber management system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second tray positioned above the tray, the second tray comprising:
a second set of rails; and
a second tray body configured to independently slide from the tray within the second set of rails.
14 . The fiber management system of claim 1 , further comprising a cabinet defining a cabinet opening, wherein the tray is disposed in the cabinet and is configured to slide to extend past the cabinet opening.
15 . A fiber management system comprising:
a cabinet defining an opening;
a tray comprising:
a set of rails;
a tray body configured to slide along the set of rails so that at least a portion of the tray body extends beyond the opening; and
a tray floor including a cable routing feature; and
a plurality of cassettes installed onto the tray floor, the plurality of cassettes including a first array of cassettes and a second array of cassettes, each of the cassettes having a plurality of ports at a first side of the cassette to support fiber optic adapters, wherein the first side of the first array of cassettes faces inward to face the cable routing feature and the first side of the second array of cassettes faces inward to face the cable routing feature such that the first array of cassettes are installed across from the second array of cassettes on the tray floor and the cable routing feature is positioned within a gap portion on the tray floor between the first array of cassettes and the second array of cassettes.
16 . The fiber management system of claim 15 , wherein the tray body comprises:
a first tray body, and
a second tray body arranged adjacent to and separate from the first tray body, wherein the first tray body and the second tray body are configured to independently slide from one another.
17 . The fiber management system of claim 16 , wherein the first array of cassettes are arranged on the first tray body, and the second array of cassettes are arranged on the second tray body.
18 . The fiber management system of claim 15 , further including a supplemental cassette stacked on top of a cassette included in the first array of cassettes to form a cassette stack.