[166836] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: Below grade fiber interconnect points
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy Hockett)
Wed Nov 13 23:52:34 2013
From: Roy Hockett <royboy@umich.edu>
In-Reply-To: <5284283D.3060307@utc.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:51:57 -0500
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Thank you for comments. Let me clarify the situation. We have a =
building that has been fiber cross connect
location and is being demolished. This location has about 20 fiber =
cable entering where we patch between
fiber paths. If we relocated these cross connect field to another =
building and that build is demolished we have
to do this all over again, so the desire was to have an independent =
facility for the fiber cross connect field, but
I am guessing due to esthetics the below ground vault was selected, we =
just learned of this selection and thus
my query to this group to find other that have dealt with similar =
situations and if so, experience base recommendations,=20
and things to be aware of.
Thanks,
-Roy Hockett
Network Architect,
ITS Communications Systems and Data Centers
University of Michigan
Tel: (734) 763-7325
Fax: (734) 615-1727
email: royboy@umich.edu
On Nov 13, 2013, at 8:32 PM, Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu> wrote:
> You can stick a "splice" in a manhole. You don't want a "patch panel"
> or cross-connect in that sort of environment, keep that housed inside,
> somewhere.
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> On 11/13/2013 7:53 PM, Thomas wrote:
>> Usually it would spliced outside at the manhole where the fiber meet =
to go in the building. Depends on the way you want to connect them etc.
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>>> On Nov 13, 2013, at 2:05 PM, "Justin M. Streiner" =
<streiner@cluebyfour.org> wrote:
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>>>> On Wed, 13 Nov 2013, Roy hockett wrote:
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>>>> Has anyone ever used a below grade vault for housing fiber cross =
connects?
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>>>> We have to move a fiber interconnect facility due to the current =
building being demolished. If you have I would be interested in talking =
to you. If there are more appropriate lists, I would appreciate any =
suggestions.
>>> When you say "below grade vault", do you mean something that's only =
accessible through a manhole?
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>>> I haven't done this specifically, however if the vault does not have =
a controlled environment, you could be dealing with massive headaches =
related to dust/dirt contamination, moisture penetration, etc. I work =
in a large-campus .edu environment, so I'm some of the headaches you're =
probably trying to avoid. Also, be aware that access to the vault could =
be an issue. There are OSHA regs related to what sort of training and =
safety equipment someone who will be working in an underground vault =
must have.
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>>> I'm assuming that the fiber will be cross-connected to a new =
location prior to the building being demolished.
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>>> Not knowing your outside plant or circumstances, would it be =
feasible to fusion-splice a new tail onto the fiber that was going to =
the building that's being demolished, or (ideally) pulling a new piece =
of fiber to the new building, so you don't have to deal with potentially =
dodgy splices?
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