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One night in 1996, an unusually hard rain sent a wall of water onto the campus of Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, Colo. The flood gutted the ground floor and basement levels of 14 buildings, submerging main distribution frames in each building. Panels were ripped from walls, rooms filled with mud, patch cords floated away, and fiber optic cable filled with water. No one on campus was hurt but, needless to say, the network was down. | High-Density Solution Cable Management Required for Small Form Factor Fiber Connectors and Adapters By Michael S. mcCahey One night in 1996 an unusually hard rain sent a wall of water onto the campus of Colorado State University CSU in Fort Collins Colo. The flood gutted the ground floor and basement levels of 14 buildings submerging main distribution frames in each building. Panels were ripped from walls rooms filled with mud patch cords floated away and fiber optic cable filled with water. No one on campus was hurt but needless to say the network was down. At the time of the flood CSU used a variety of fiber panels and connectors from different manufacturers for supporting the data video and environmental control applications that served over 30 000 students faculty and guests at the university. With much of the network infrastructure badly damaged CSU turned the disaster into an opportunity to improve the network and standardize with one vendor for fiber optic network components. There was a hitch in the new network design however. With the disaster of the flood still fresh in their minds CSU network managers decided to consolidate the main fiber distribution frame in a new and more secure yet smaller space in the already crowded computer room. With less space for the main fiber frame and a forecast for doubling active net work connections to more than 25 000 within five years CSU managers faced a decision how to aggregate the fiber plant in less space and allow room to at least double capacity without adding floor space. After evaluating many solutions CSU chose ADC fiber products including the new small form factor SFF connector and adapter. With the SFF two single circuit fiber terminations are housed in a single adapter that fits in Colorado State University in Fort Collins where a 1996 flood was a catalyst for change in the university s network design. Angled retainers make installation rearrangements and maintenance easier to perform with high-density