The Excel Category 8 cabling infrastructure has been designed to support short-distance (between 5 and 30 meters) runs of 25GBase-T or 40GBase-T transmission. A choice of compatible Patch Panel frames with either 16 or 24 port density in both black and chrome are available. The socket itself is housed in a high quality zinc die cast housing, which opens at the rear in a butterfly manner to reveal the IDC termination points. Once the pairs are arranged in the cable management cap and trimmed it is a simple case of closing the ‘butterfly’ together to complete the termination.