[105265] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shaun Ewing)
Mon Jun 16 21:07:52 2008
From: Shaun Ewing <s.ewing@aussiehq.com.au>
To: Shaun Ewing <s.ewing@aussiehq.com.au>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:07:39 +1000
In-Reply-To: <C47D46D3.BAF5%s.ewing@aussiehq.com.au>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 17/06/08 10:47 AM, "Shaun Ewing" <s.ewing@aussiehq.com.au> wrote:
>
> And there you have it. Finding the group of backbone cables (as an exampl=
e)
> 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
And, as I forgot to mention.
Crossover cables are the same colours based on their function above with a
different colour boot (red, unless the cable itself is red).
-Shaun
