[188252] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DataCenter color-coding cabling schema
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Hamelin)
Sun Mar 13 00:34:29 2016
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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:15:41 -0800
From: Joe Hamelin <joe@nethead.com>
To: Yardiel Fuentes <yardiel@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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I know at Clearwire data centers we used gray for network, blue for
management and orange for RS-232 console. At least for the initial build.
Later re-work or additions were whatever the tech had on hand ;) They also
had labels on each end of each wire showing the path through the system,
sometimes up to six lines. It did make it easy to bring up a data center
and find cabling errors. To see the system last more than a year or two up
upgrades would take some strong rules and oversight. I think it would be
worth it if your management system can keep the religion.
--
Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, +1 (360) 474-7474
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Yardiel Fuentes <yardiel@gmail.com> wrote=
:
> Hello Nanog-ers,
>
> Have any of you had the option or; conversely, do you know of =E2=80=9Cbe=
st
> practices" or =E2=80=9Ccommon standards=E2=80=9D, to color code physical=
cabling for your
> connections in DataCenters for Base-T and FX connections? If so, Could yo=
u
> share any ttype of color-coding schema you are aware of ?=E2=80=A6. Yes,=
this is
> actually considering paying for customized color-coded cabling in a Data
> Center...
>
> Mr. Google did not really provide me with relevant answers on the above=
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> beyond the typical (Orange is for MMF, yellow for SMF, etc)=E2=80=A6
>
> Any reasons for or against it welcome too...
>
> --
> Yardiel Fuentes
>
