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EDGE8® Solutions Make the Future Accessible

EDGE8® Solutions Make the Future Accessible

From the engineering to IT, to the facilities management to the end user experience, EDGE8® is the future of data centers. Enjoy the future-forward Base-8 design, expanded portfolio of specialty modules for enhanced security and networking, all scaled off your current EDGE™ architecture!

EDGE8 has improved technology adoption, due to the 100% fiber utilization without the need for the conversion modules. This leads to cost and loss savings, in addition to risk avoidance – providing a simple path to 400G, 800G, and beyond.

How are EDGE8 solutions right for you? Check out our 5 Questions to Consider When Building Your Data Center Migration Strategy, ensuring a strategic and successful transition.

Always evolving, but the foundation of EDGE solutions remain the same.

Always evolving, but the foundation of EDGE solutions remain the same.

While EDGE solutions continue to evolve, the foundation that they were designed upon – a fundamental understanding of the pain points inherent in managing a data center – has not. Density, network uptime, speed, simplicity, and a clear migration path to meet future requirements – these are all still critical considerations in any data center environment.

The EDGE Solution Guarantee

Commitment to the Platform

 No surprises. Always consistent. EDGE evolves with your data center.

Highest Quality from start to finish

Manufactured, tested, and 100% product quality guarantee. 

Reduces Installation Time

 The newest EDGE innovations can reduce installation time by up to 70%.

Comprehensive and Configurable

Networking monitoring, mesh modules, custom colors, and more.

The EDGE and EDGE8 platforms continually adapt to your growing data center needs.

Value in Many Areas of Structured Cabling

Value in Many Areas of Structured Cabling

EDGE8 platforms optimize your data center with higher density, longer distances, and future-readiness, offering port mapping, reduced attenuation, and efficient migration. 

  • Port Mapping

    Breaking out parallel ports is beneficial for multiple applications, such as building large scale spine-and-leaf networks and enabling today’s high-density 10/25G networks. 

    • Optimized Harness Mapping: allows 24-, 32-, 36-, and 48-port blades on large chassis switches to be cabled with 8-fiber harnesses without unused fiber/connectors.
    • Optimized Port Breakout: 8-fiber port breakout modules map 4-challen parallel protocols (SR4, PSM4, etc.) cleanly to duplex ports.
  • Reduced Attenuation

    All EDGE8 solutions and MTP-LC modules, MTP trunks, and harnesses are manufactured to meet ultra-low-loss values.

    • 50% Reduction in Parallel Links: Eliminating the conversion modules cuts link attenuation in half, resulting in longer parallel link distances.
    • 30% Reduction in Link Attenuation: Improving MTP-LC module insertion loss performance decreases link attenuation and results in longer duplex link distances
  • Migration

    100% Fiber Utilization: parallel optics is the answer to ever-increasing demands on your network. For 4-channel (SR4, PSM4, etc.) and 8-channel (SR8, LR8) applications. Greater density, improved safety, higher signal quality, and cost reductions are the benefits parallel optics have to offer.

    • Now, more than ever, there are greater demands on your network – more density, improved safety, higher signal quality, and cost reductions. If you need to generate CapEx on day one, OpEx on day two, and beyond, consider parallel optics, which offer dramatic benefits over wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) for creating future-ready networks.

EDGE8 Products

EDGE8 Products

Don’t see what you’re looking for in this product list? Check out our additional EDGE and EDGE8 products to support your evolving data center needs.

Tap Module

Tap Module

The EDGE8 tap modules provide the same functionality as the EDGE8 connector modules with the added capability of monitoring of live traffic for various applications via the use of advanced splitter technology. It provides significant data center space (and cost) savings, eliminating the need for additional rack space.

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Port Breakouts

Port Breakouts

EDGE8 MTP® port breakout modules enable conversion from a single 4-channel parallel optic port (such as 40GSR4 (QSFP), to a patch panel representation with four LC duplex ports for use in a main distribution area.

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EDGE8® Single Module Housing

EDGE8 Single Module Housing

Corning EDGE8 single-module housing is a compact option for storage, protection and termination of optical fiber cables in applications with minimal mounting space. The housing accepts preterminated EDGE8-fiber modules and offers protection for the fiber cable and connectors for indoor wall-mount installations.

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Corning® CleanAdvantage™ Technology

CleanAdvantage™ Technology

Corning understands the value of clean connectors to ensure optical performance. We have developed a factory cleaning and sealing process, CleanAdvantage™ technology, to ensure a pristine end face upon first use.

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Resources to Help You Succeed

EDGE8 Catalog
EDGE8 Catalog

Tools & Resources

Core Guide

Core Guide

We’ve got technology for virtually every local area network need. Download our Enterprise Networks Core Products guide for information on our most popular products.

We’ve got technology for virtually every local area network need. Download our Enterprise Networks Core Products guide for information on our most popular products.

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Bill-of-Materials Tool

Bill-of-Materials Tool

Forget the guesswork. We can help you select the fiber optic products you need for your enterprise network with our configurable LANscape® solutions bill-of-materials tool.

Forget the guesswork. We can help you select the fiber optic products you need for your enterprise network with our configurable LANscape® solutions bill-of-materials tool.

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Product Drawing Resource Center

Product Drawing Resource Center

Product Drawing Resource Center

We offer product drawings for all of our major hardware and preterminated systems for use in designs and proposals. They are available in a variety of formats.

We offer product drawings for all of our major hardware and preterminated systems for use in designs and proposals. They are available in a variety of formats.

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System Design Calculators

System Design Calculators

We offer a variety of system design calculators to assist in the design and analysis of your networks, including a link-loss budget calculator and a fill ratio calculator.

We offer a variety of system design calculators to assist in the design and analysis of your networks, including a link-loss budget calculator and a fill ratio calculator.

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Retrieve Your Online Test Results

Retrieve Your Online Test Results

Our products are thoroughly tested. View test reports of Plug & Play™ universal systems and EDGE™ solutions modules, trunks, harnesses, and uniboot jumpers.

Our products are thoroughly tested. View test reports of Plug & Play™ universal systems and EDGE™ solutions modules, trunks, harnesses, and uniboot jumpers.

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*Base case: Row of 18 server cabinets with four fibers provided to each cabinet

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