DataCenterStandardsRoundup

Data
Center Standards Roundup

BICSI TIA CENELEC ISO

BICSI,TIA,CENELEC,ISO
SteveKepekci,RCDD

Introduction
Regardless
Regardlessofbusinessactivityorsize,
of business activity or size
all informationtechnology(IT)groupshave
similar needs
similarneeds
Providesecure,uninterruptedavailability
to local and remote resources
tolocalandremoteresources

Computing
Storage
g
Networking
Telecommunicationscircuits

Introduction(contd)
Organizations
Organizationsdrivenbyheavyuseofboth
driven by heavy use of both
existing andnewITresourcesrequire:
Uninterruptednetworkavailability
Uninterrupted network availability
Rapidprovisioningandreconfigurationcapabilities
Strongcapitalandoperationalcostmanagement
Strong capital and operational cost management

Introduction(contd)
The
Theimpactondatacenternetwork
impact on data center network
physicallayerconnectivity?
Therehasnever
There has never beenagreaterneedfor:
been a greater need for:

Performance
Density
Flexibility
Manageability

Typicaldatacenternetwork
architecture
Servers

Switches

Storage directors

Disk arrays
Management consoles

Multipleapplicationssharingthe
same data center network
samedatacenternetwork
Traditionaldata
Traditional data
Voice
Audio/Video
A di / Vid
Security/Lifesafety
Building/Facilitiesmanagement

Simultaneousnetworktrafficflows
within each application
withineachapplication
Applicationflows
Application flows
Storageflows
Storage flows
Securityflows
S
i fl
Diagnosticsandmanagementflows

Networkperformance
and connectivity
andconnectivity
Datacenternetworkinfrastructure
Data center network infrastructure
GigabitEthernet(802.3z1998,802.3ab1999)
10GigabitEthernet(802.3ae2002,802.3an2006)
10 Gigabit Ethernet (802 3ae 2002 802 3an 2006)
40/100GigabitEthernet(802.3ba2010)
EnergyEfficientEthernet(802.3az2010)
E
Effi i t Eth
t (802 3 2010)

Datacenterconnectivityinfrastructure
Data center connecti it infrastr ct re
Balanced(copper)cablingchannels
Opticalfibrecablingchannels

Availabletopologies
p g
Topofrackswitching
Allswitchesforaservercabinetplacedin
All it h f
bi t l d i theservercabinet
th
bi t

Endofrow/Inrowswitching
All
Allswitchesforarow
switches for a row ofservercabinetsplacedinacabinet
of server cabinets placed in a cabinet
attheend/withintherow

Centralizedswitching
Centralized switching
Allswitchesforall rowsofservercabinetsgroupedtogether

Centralizedswitchingandcrossconnect
e a ed s c g a d c oss co ec
Allserverandswitchportsinthecomputerroom
accessiblefromone patchingfield

Topofrackswitching
p
g
Fibrepatchpanel
Fibrepatchcord

Fibrecabletocoreswitch
Switch

Copperpatchcords

Servers

Endofrowswitchingg
Fibrecableto
Fibre
cable to
coreswitch
Copperpatch
panels
Fibre
patch
panel
Switches
Servers

Inrowswitchingg
Fibrecabletocoreswitch

Copper
patch
patch
panels

Fibre
patch
t h
panel

Switches
Servers

Centralizedswitchingg
Copper
Copper
patch
panels
Servers
Copperpatch
panels

Switches

Centralizedswitching
and crossconnect
andcross
connect
Copper
patch
panels

Copper
patch
panels

Servers
Switches

Copperpatchpanelsfor
centralizedcrossconnect

Howcablinginstallation
affects performance
affectsperformance

Howcablingadministration
affects performance
affectsperformance

Whatdothestandardssay?
y
ANSI/TIA942(2005) A
Telecommunications
InfrastructureStandardfor
f
d df
DataCenters
135pages

ANSI/TIA606A1(2008)
Addendum1 Administrationof
EquipmentRoomsandDataCenter
d
ComputerRooms
20pages

ANSI/TIA942Addendum1
ANSI/TIA
942 Add d
1 (2008)
DataCenterCoaxialCablingSpecifications
andApplicationDistances

ASHRAETC9.9((2009))
ThermalGuidelinesforDataProcessing
Environments,2nd Edition
58pages

ANSI/TIA942Addendum2
ANSI/TIA
942 Addendum 2 (2010)
AdditionalMediaandGuidelinesfor
DataCenters

ISO/IEC24764
ISO/IEC
24764 (2010)
InformationTechnology GenericCabling
SystemsforDataCentres
44pages

CENELECEN501735(2007)
InformationTechnology GenericCabling
Systems Part5:DataCentres
32pages

ANSI/BICSI002(2011)
DataCenterDesignandImplementation
BestPractices
350+pages

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC vs ISO
CENELECvs.ISO
Nearlyidenticalincontent,samechaptertitles
y
,
p

Structureofthegenericcablingsystem
Channelperformance
Referenceimplementations
Cablerequirements
Connectinghardwarerequirements
Requirementsforcordsandjumpers
A
AnnexA:Linkperformancelimits
A Li k
f
li it

AnnexBinCENELECEN501735
Channelinsertionlossmodelsforhighbitrate,multimode,opticalfibreapplications
Channel insertion loss models for high bit rate, multimode, optical fibre applications

AnnexBinISO/IEC24764
Usageofhighdensityconnectinghardwarewithinopticalfibrecabling

Comparingthestandards
TIA content
TIAcontent
TIA942chapter titles

Datacenterdesignoverview
Data
center design overview
Datacentercablingsysteminfrastructure
Datacentertelecommunicationsspaces&relatedtopologies
Datacentercablingsystems
g y
Datacentercablingpathways
Datacenterredundancy

TIA942annex
TIA 942 annex titles

Cablingdesignconsiderations
Telecommunicationsinfrastructureadministration
Access provider information
Accessproviderinformation
Coordinationofequipmentplanswithotherengineers
Datacenterspaceconsiderations
Siteselection
Datacenterinfrastructuretiers
Datacenterdesignexamples

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC / ISO vs TIA Terminology
CENELEC/ISOvs.TIA

ENI = external network interface

MD = main distributor
ZD = zone di
distributor
t ib t

LDP = local distribution point (optional)

EO = equipment outlet
EQP = equipment
i
t

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC / ISO vs TIA Terminology
CENELEC/ISOvs.TIA
equivalent to ENI

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC / ISO vs TIA Terminology
CENELEC/ISOvs.TIA
equivalent to ENI
equivalent to network access cabling subsystem

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC / ISO vs TIA Terminology
CENELEC/ISOvs.TIA
equivalent to ENI
equivalent to network access cabling subsystem
Main Cross-connect, equivalent to MD

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC / ISO vs TIA Terminology
CENELEC/ISOvs.TIA
equivalent to ENI
equivalent to network access cabling subsystem
Main Cross-connect, equivalent to MD

equivalent to main distribution

cabling subsystem

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC / ISO vs TIA Terminology
CENELEC/ISOvs.TIA
equivalent to ENI
equivalent to network access cabling subsystem
Main Cross-connect, equivalent to MD

equivalent to main distribution

cabling subsystem
Horizontal Cross-connect,
equivalent to ZD

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC / ISO vs TIA Terminology
CENELEC/ISOvs.TIA
equivalent to ENI
equivalent to network access cabling subsystem
Main Cross-connect, equivalent to MD

equivalent to main distribution

cabling subsystem
Horizontal Cross-connect,
equivalent to ZD
equivalent to zone distribution
cabling subsystem

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC / ISO vs TIA Terminology
CENELEC/ISOvs.TIA
equivalent to ENI
equivalent to network access cabling subsystem
Main Cross-connect, equivalent to MD

equivalent to main distribution

cabling subsystem
Horizontal Cross-connect,
equivalent to ZD
equivalent to zone distribution
cabling subsystem
Optional zone outlet
or consolidation point,
point
equivalent to LDP

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC / ISO vs TIA Terminology
CENELEC/ISOvs.TIA
equivalent to ENI
equivalent to network access cabling subsystem
Main Cross-connect, equivalent to MD

equivalent to main distribution

cabling subsystem
Horizontal Cross-connect,
equivalent to ZD
equivalent to zone distribution
cabling subsystem
Optional zone outlet
or consolidation point,
point
equivalent to LDP
equivalent to EO

Comparingthestandards
CENELEC / ISO vs TIA Terminology
CENELEC/ISOvs.TIA
equivalent to ENI
equivalent to network access cabling subsystem
Main Cross-connect, equivalent to MD

equivalent to main distribution

cabling subsystem
Horizontal Cross-connect,
equivalent to ZD
equivalent to zone distribution
cabling subsystem
Optional zone outlet
or consolidation point,
point
equivalent to LDP
equivalent to EO
equivalent to EQP

Comparingthestandards
BICSI content
BICSIcontent
BICSI002chapter titles

Spaceplanning
p
p
g
Siteselection
Architectural
Structural
Electricalsystems
Mechanical
Fireprotection
Security
Buildingautomationsystems
Telecommunications
Informationtechnology
f
gy
Commissioning
Datacentermaintenance

BICSI002annex titles
Designprocess
Reliabilityandavailability

Comparingthestandards
TIA vs BICSI Terminology
TIAvs.BICSI
TIA942definesdatacenterinfrastructureTiers

Tier1:Basic
Ti
1 B i
Tier2:RedundantComponents
Tier 3: Concurrently Maintainable
Tier3:ConcurrentlyMaintainable
Tier4:FaultTolerant

BICSI
BICSI002
002definesdatacenterAvailabilityClasses
defines data center Availability Classes

ClassF0:Nosupplementalequipment
ClassF1:Somesupplementalequipment
ClassF2:Criticalcomponentredundancy
ClassF3:Criticalandnoncriticalcomponentredundancy
ClassF4:Systemredundancywithcomponent
redundancy

Comparingthestandards
BICSI002
BICSI
002AvailabilityClasses
Availability Classes
Annualallowablemaintenancehours
>400
00

100400
00 00

5099
0 99

0 9
049

Enterprise
wide

ClassF1

ClassF2

ClassF3

ClassF4

ClassF4

Multi
regional

ClassF1

ClassF2

ClassF3

ClassF3

ClassF4

Regional

Class F1
ClassF1

Class F2
ClassF2

Class F2
ClassF2

Class F3
ClassF3

Class F3
ClassF3

Local

ClassF0

ClassF1

ClassF2

ClassF3

ClassF3

Sublocal

ClassF0

ClassF0

ClassF1

ClassF2

ClassF2

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BICSI TIA CENELEC ISO

BICSI,TIA,CENELEC,ISO
SteveKepekci,RCDD