While laying out the infrastructure for a new section of the office, an IT technician has been tasked to ensure fiber optic connectivity between two departments. Upon inspection, the existing infrastructure reveals patch panels with square, push-pull style locking connectors. To finish the setup, which connectors should the technician use on the fiber patch cables to mate with the available interfaces?
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Patch cables with square, push-pull style connectors
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Patch cables with smaller, latch style connectors
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Patch cables with round, bayonet style connectors
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Patch cables with hexagonal, screw-on style connectors
In a fiber optic network, connectors are used to join fiber cables to devices or other cables. The square, push-pull style locking connectors are a description of the SC connector which is known for its distinct shape and the mechanism it uses to securely attach to receptacles designed for it. LC connectors have a smaller, more rectangular shape and employ latching mechanism, while ST connectors use a bayonet-style twist lock and are round, making them incompatible with square, push-pull style locking bulkheads.
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