Propel™
High speed fiber platform for today’s applications and tomorrow’s emerging technologies
Fast, flexible and future ready
400G/800G migration, increased reliability requirements, rising deployment and maintenance costs—staying ahead of your data center’s infrastructure challenges is tough. CommScope makes it easier with Propel™, the end-to-end, ultra-low loss, modular structured cabling fiber platform that easily and quickly adapts to all of your network challenges.
Propel high-speed fiber platform delivers the capacity, flexibility and simplified management to support evolving networks across multiple upgrades. The high-density, modular design and 16-, 8-, 12- and 24-fiber ultra-low loss connectivity make it ideal for data center and enterprise networks. Engineered and supported by CommScope, it provides the performance, agility and manageability you need.
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Ultra-low loss
As data speeds increase, so too does the need for ultra-low-loss optical performance. From component design to manufacturing and testing, Propel helps maintain your link budgets at any speed.
Modular
Supporting the changes in your data center environment means maximizing your design options with a minimum number of parts. Propel’s modular design gives you the flexibility to adapt while simplifying and accelerating deployment.
Future ready
Changes in network requirements are becoming more frequent and demanding. Propel provides the modular flexibility and future-ready support to adapt to major upgrades and migrations quickly and easily.
Performance guaranteed
Before investing in a new physical layer platform, you have to know with certainty that it will do everything you need. With Propel, you don’t just have our word; you’ve got the support of CommScope’s iron-clad Performance Assurance guarantee.
Get more flexibility, functionality and speed—upgrade after upgrade, migration after migration. Propel makes it possible.
Explore Propel
Dive deeper into Propel’s unique capabilities in this interactive view with 3D animation.
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Propel – keep moving forward
Propel installation video
Propel makes Day 2 procedures fast, easy and flexible
Featured products
Modules and adapter packs
Four sizes of interchangeable plug-and-play modules and a range of MPO, LC, SN adapters and connectors keep your network more agile with a minimum number of components.
- 8-, 12-, 16- and 24-fiber modules
- LC and MPO 8-, 12- and 24-fiber components with internal shutters
- Method B Enhanced polarity
Social media provider simplifies infrastructure to address growth
Case study describing how a social media provider needed a faster, more streamlined network and CommScope's Propel was the solution.
Propel: An Interview with Ken Hall
Listen to Ken Hall, Solutions Architect for data centers at CommScope, chat about Propel, the modular, high speed fiber connectivity solution from CommScope. This video dives a bit deeper into the key drivers fueling changes within the data center and how the Propel solution was developed to manage the changes and support networks of the future.
We’re Here for You
Contact us to learn more about how Propel can support migrating your data center to 400G and 800G applications as well as supporting network demands of the future.
Additional resources
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Ordering Guide: Propel
The Propel ordering guide contains ordering information for the Propel solution which consists of panels, modules, adapter packs, and cable assemblies.
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Ordering Guide: Propel Cabling Solutions for Arista 400G Fiber Optic Transceivers
This document serves as a guide when designing a cabling system using the Propel solution for Arita 400G transceivers.
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Case Study: Social media provider simplifies infrastructure to address growth - Japanese
Case study describing how a social media provider needed a faster, more streamlined network and CommScope's Propel was the solution.
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Case Study: Social media provider simplifies infrastructure to address growth - Simplified Chinese
Case study describing how a social media provider needed a faster, more streamlined network and CommScope's Propel was the solution.
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Case Study: Social media provider simplifies infrastructure to address growth
Case study describing how a social media provider needed a faster, more streamlined network and CommScope's Propel was the solution.
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Design Guide: Propel
The Propel design guide contains information on how to design a data center infrastructure using the Propel solution.
Propel – keep moving forward
Propel unboxing video
Propel installation video
Demonstrating 400G traffic using Propel
Demonstrating 200G and 400G transmission using Propel
WebTrak and cTrak - Performance Testing Results
Propel: Instor Solution Spotlight
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Ordering Guide: Propel
The Propel ordering guide contains ordering information for the Propel solution which consists of panels, modules, adapter packs, and cable assemblies.
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Ordering Guide: Propel Cabling Solutions for Arista 400G Fiber Optic Transceivers
This document serves as a guide when designing a cabling system using the Propel solution for Arita 400G transceivers.
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Case Study: Social media provider simplifies infrastructure to address growth - Japanese
Case study describing how a social media provider needed a faster, more streamlined network and CommScope's Propel was the solution.
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Case Study: Social media provider simplifies infrastructure to address growth - Simplified Chinese
Case study describing how a social media provider needed a faster, more streamlined network and CommScope's Propel was the solution.
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Case Study: Social media provider simplifies infrastructure to address growth
Case study describing how a social media provider needed a faster, more streamlined network and CommScope's Propel was the solution.
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Design Guide: Propel
The Propel design guide contains information on how to design a data center infrastructure using the Propel solution.