[105316] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Cable Colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Donahue)
Tue Jun 17 11:19:40 2008
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:19:28 -0700
In-Reply-To: <785694cd0806161532s4a205b3ey19d2aef1eb12285e@mail.gmail.com>
From: "Mike Donahue" <mdonahue@watg.com>
To: "JoeSox" <joesox@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
>-----Original Message-----
>From: JoeSox [mailto:joesox@gmail.com]=20
>Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 3:32 PM
>To: nanog@nanog.org
>Subject: Cable Colors
>Hello Newbie here (hopefully I have the correct list),
>I was just wondering if anyone knows of a website with recommended
>colors for cables for a new datacenter?
>I have written some things down but I don't want to get stuck saying
>'darn, I wish I would have bought this color for this type, now I am
>stuck'.
>What standard color to use if voice and data on same interface etc.
Thanks.
>--=20
>Thank You, Joe
We use this cable for our UDP applications:
http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/B000I1X6PM .
The fluoropolymer coating makes sure we don't drop any packets onto the
floor. At least that's what the salesman told me. And we don't need to
color-code them, they just kind of glow from their own awesomeness.
Mike Donahue
WATG
