[105261] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shaun Ewing)
Mon Jun 16 20:49:22 2008
From: Shaun Ewing <s.ewing@aussiehq.com.au>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:47:47 +1000
In-Reply-To: <4856F09D.7030409@psg.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 17/06/08 9:00 AM, "Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com> wrote:
> the colors make no difference as long as you are consistent. labeling,
> consistent port use (oob port =3D=3D power port =3D=3D switch port =3D=3D=
) are what
> will bail you out at three in the morning.
>
> randy
And there you have it. Finding the group of backbone cables (as an example)
out of a bundle of cables is much easier when they're a different colour.
What colours we use depends on what area of the network we're in.
For example (for the DC):
- Access layer (ie: to servers): Blue
- Management network (KVM, power, etc): Green
- Private network (internal only): Black
- Inter-rack links (don't touch): yellow
- Network uplinks (really don't touch): red
-Shaun
