A system for management of optical fibers. The system has a housing including a back side and a front side. There are a plurality of drawers mounted in the housing. The drawers have a front and a back and are mounted so as to be moveable between a first position and a second position. The drawers are in the first position, the housing substantially blocks access to the back of the drawers. When the drawers are in the second position, there is access to the back of the drawers. The system also includes an array of fiber optic connectors mounted on a respective one of each of the drawers and an array of fiber optic splicing cassettes mounted on a respective one of each of the drawers. 3M CENTER P O BOX 33427, SAINT PAUL, MN 55133-3427 U.S.A. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 537/CHENP/2005 A 537/CHENP/2005 INDIA 2009-03-20T08:06:44Z 2007-06-22 2005-04-04 303500 2003-10-09 PCT/US03/31892 G02B 6/44 WO 2004/034116 A1 BOHLE KLAUS W 20393 0 626 U.S.A. 2002-10-11 60/417,818 2007-06-22 0 160CYFCH 2009-04-30T18:38:03Z 69969 BOHLE KLAUS W 448 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 537/CHENP/2005 30234 2009-03-27 231195 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY lK9rLZB