A Cat 6A plenum cable from Commodity Cables ships with a 35-year structured cabling warranty, backed by joint channel agreements with the connectivity manufacturers who tested it. That warranty covers every shielded and unshielded build in the category cable catalog, from riser cable in the equipment room to outdoor direct burial between campus buildings, all stocked across our 11 locations. For the integrator building out a data center on a commissioning deadline, the warranty matters. Having the full package in stock and shipping same day from one source matters more.
| Cable Family | What We Stock | Common Data Center Use |
|---|---|---|
| Cat 6 | Riser, plenum, shielded riser, shielded plenum, no-spline, stranded | Structured cabling for 1GbE to 10GbE horizontal runs |
| Cat 6A | Riser, plenum, shielded riser, shielded plenum | 10GbE and future-proofed backbone and switch links |
| Cat 5E | Riser, plenum, shielded, 25 pair, stranded | Legacy infrastructure and voice circuits |
| Bundled Cable | Dual and quad Cat 5E / Cat 6 under one jacket | One-pull installs for structured wiring conduit |
| Coax | RG6, RG6 Quad, RG59 in riser and plenum | Broadband, CCTV, and surveillance feeds |
| Outdoor | Direct burial and aerial with messenger | Campus and entrance facility runs |
Riser and plenum sit in the same warehouse under the same ship schedule. Both jacket ratings are stocked across the full Cat 6 and Cat 6A line, including shielded variants, so a split-spec takeoff ships on one PO without backorder holds. Every Cat 6 and Cat 6A SKU ships with a downloadable spec sheet confirming jacket listing, AWG, conductor count, and code compliance. The quote team verifies availability before the PO drops.
Shielded Cat 6 and Cat 6A (F/UTP and S/FTP) protect against alien crosstalk in high-density switch and server environments where adjacent cable bundles run parallel for long distances. Unshielded (U/UTP) is the standard for most horizontal runs where separation and twist geometry handle the noise rejection internally.
Commodity Cables stocks both, including Shielded Cat 6 Riser 6SHDCMRX, Shielded Cat 6 Plenum 6SHDCMPRX, Shielded Cat 6A Riser 6ASHDCMRXX, and Shielded Cat 6A Plenum 6ASHDCMPRX. When the spec calls for shielded, the warehouse has it.
Cat 6 and Cat 6A cable from Commodity Cables is channel-tested with leading connectivity manufacturers and backed by a 35-year end-to-end structured cabling warranty. The warranty covers UTP and fiber structured cabling installed to TIA/EIA-568-A and ISO/IEC 11801 standards. It does not cover the full product catalog. See the warranty terms for conditions and registration.
Data center cable sourcing usually means piecing together three or four suppliers: one for structured cabling, one for the shielded variants, one for the outdoor campus runs, and another for coax. Commodity Cables carries all of it in one catalog, so the submittal package, the cut sheets, and the PO all come from the same source.
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What cable is used in data centers?
Cat 6 and Cat 6A are the primary structured cabling types in modern data centers, with Cat 6A preferred for 10GbE and higher-density switch links. Both are available in shielded and unshielded, riser and plenum builds. Coax>, bundled cable, and outdoor runs handle surveillance, one-pull installs, and campus entrance facilities.
Yes. In-stock orders placed by 2:30 PM ship the same day from the nearest of our 11 warehouses. The nearest warehouse is selected based on delivery ZIP to keep transit time short. Learn more about our shipping network.
The 35-year end-to-end structured cabling warranty covers Cat 6, Cat 6A, and bundled Cat 5E / Cat 6 installed to TIA/EIA and ISO/IEC standards and registered before installation. It does not extend to coax, fire alarm, security, or other non-structured-cabling products in the catalog.
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