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Fiber Active Cabinet (FAC) 900
Installation Manual
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Cabinet Description
The Clearfield FAC 900 cabinet is an environmentally-controlled outdoor enclosure designed to house and protect network
electronics equipment, providing copper and fiber based broadband services. The compact, low profile FAC 900 supports
both copper and fiber applications from a remote node location deep inside the customer serving area, beyond the direct
reach of the carrier Central Office. The modular and flexible design of the FAC 900 supports an easy migration from copper
based services to fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP), focusing on the mixed deployment of a copper and fiber infrastructure.
The base FAC 900 cabinet has a single compartment that houses electronics equipment together with high density fiber and
copper plant terminations, enabling deployment of a broad suite of applications from a single node. The electronics area is
equipped with a vertically-oriented 19-inch equipment rack that provides 8RU of mounting space.
The FAC 900 supports local or remote power configurations. The local power configuration includes an optional internal
battery enclosure to support battery reserve power.
The modular design of the cabinet supports incremental system expansion, lowering initial deployment costs while main-
taining the capacity for future growth. Modular components designed for expansion include the Expansion Module (EXM),
compact service units, fiber management capacity, copper line protection, power modules, and cooling elements.
