[92189] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Data Center Wiring Standards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E.Seastrom)
Sat Sep 9 09:07:52 2006
To: Rick Kunkel <kunkel@w-link.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Robert E.Seastrom <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:06:24 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0609081724400.24867-100000@samwise.w-link.net> (Rick
Kunkel's message of "Fri, 8 Sep 2006 17:36:09 -0700 (PDT)")
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Rick Kunkel <kunkel@w-link.net> writes:
> Can anyone tell me the standard way to deal with patch panels, racks, and
> switches in a data center used for colocation?
Network Cabling Handbook by Chris Clark is a bit dated (5 years old)
but probably should be on your bookshelf anyway, particularly since it
is ridiculously cheap used/new on Amazon (I got my copy a couple of
years ago after a friend tipped me off that they were on sale for
$5.99 on clearance at Micro Center). It's mostly geared to the
enterprise but it does have a chapter on doing communication rooms
which is probably a good starting point. ISBN 0-07-213233-7
Also, no substitute for visiting your competition and taking a survey
of how others, particularly larger datacenters, are doing it. :)
---Rob
