HP Brocade 8/12c DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme
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- HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 1
DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Solutions Describes recommended cabling solutions for high density port solutions based on Brocade's FC8-64 FC port blade. - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 2
DATA CENTER BEST PRACTICES GUIDE CONTENTS Introduction...3 Terminology ...3 Overview of the FC8-64 FC port Establishing a Naming Scheme ...10 Setup and Configuration - Up to 256 Port Solution ...11 Setup and Configuration - 512 Port Solution...14 Servicing high density solutions...16 Connecting a - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 3
required service time. foot print • Increased cables per rack This guide Manual or the Brocade DCX-4S Backbone Hardware Reference Manual. Terminology Here are some common terms used in this best practices guide synonymous with MPO. Trunked cable with multiple fiber cables; commonly found in 12 - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 4
DATA CENTER BEST PRACTICES GUIDE Overview of the FC8-64 FC port blade The Brocade® FC8-64 high density 64-port Fibre Channel blade (Figure 1) for the DCX® Backbone family - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 5
BEST PRACTICES GUIDE As an industry leader and innovator in high availability SAN solutions, Brocade developed a space efficient version of the standard Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP+) media that enables high density port configurations as well as improved serviceability (Figure 2). These - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 6
GUIDE Figure 3. mSFP cable types PLANNING As port density per a director and a rack increase, having an appropriate cable management plan is key especially during servicing projected network topologies using service disruption. Route the cables down in front of the blades to keep , troubleshooting, - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 7
BEST PRACTICES GUIDE This inefficient Cabling High Density, High Port Count Fiber Equipment As networking equipment becomes denser and port counts in the data that have a single connector at one end of the cable and multiple duplex breakout cables at the other end is an alternative to alleviate - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 8
DATA CENTER BEST PRACTICES GUIDE Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages makes expanding easy through clean cable management. Easy Fault Isolation: Ability to troubleshoot faults down to the cable or trunk which is causing problems. 1. LC-LC cable faults can be traced to a single cable - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 9
PRACTICES GUIDE Extensive 256 SAN No Trunked Solution MPO/MTP 1 Rack unit ports supports 432 ports Rack space not LC available for Yes patch panels MPO/MTP) provide flexibility in terms of servicing and managing cables. With MPO/MTP, users have reduced cable density and since ports are - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 10
Infrastructure NOTE: Cabling standards are reviewed and changed every five to ten years, which allows them to keep pace with technology advances and future requirements. Know and trust the standards, and apply common sense when designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining data center cabling - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 11
a 256 port configuration, four sets of 1 rack unit LC patch panels with three shelves each are required. Each 1RU LC patch panel supports 72 LC ports, refer to the installation guide that ships with the patch panels. 2. Test each shelf by sliding out each tray for service accessibility (Figure 5). - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 12
GUIDE Cabling Installation (Front Side, Director Ports to Patch Panel): 1. Start cabling from the top ports (e.g. port 31). 2. Bundle the cables with Velcro in groups of eight to match the ASIC or trunk boundaries. This will facilitate servicing are used in the configuration. 9. Each bundle of - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 13
GUIDE Figure 7 depicts the 256 port cabling in its completed state. This methodology provides for an attractive environment that facilitates cooler equipment, troubleshooting punch-out holes in the back side of the patch panel. 3. Keep the cables glands in place, create (cut) incisions in the cable - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 14
GUIDE Velcro & scissors • Four Cord Management Sleeves SETUP AND CONFIGURATION - 512 PORT SOLUTION This section describes how opposite end. Thus, each fan-out cable supports six mSFP ports. Once the cable labeling panel. 2. Test each shelf by sliding out each self for service accessibility (Figure - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 15
BEST PRACTICES GUIDE Cabling Installation panel's top and middle shelf to be raised into the up position for servicing. 5. Repeat Steps 1 through 4 for the second column of ports cables to be damaged if ICL cables are used in the configuration. 8. Each bundle of 12 MPO trunk cables is about 2.5- - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 16
GUIDE ease the servicing process. For set of guidelines that are thoroughly understood and supported by the staff. Here are some cable management pointers. During Installation √ Avoid over-bundling the cables or placing multiple Keep all cable runs under 90 percent of the maximum distance supported - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 17
CENTER BEST PRACTICES GUIDE √ For backbone the cable). √ Test every cable as it is installed and terminated. It will be difficult to identify problem cables later. √ Locate can restrict air flow and potentially fuel a fire. √ Keep some spare patch cables. The types and quantity can be determined from the - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 18
GUIDE √ Use horizontal and vertical cable guides and make sure that this information is updated on a regular basis. The installation devices), as this will ease management and troubleshooting. √ When bundling or securing cables, foundation to support your present and future network technology needs- - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 19
DATA CENTER APPENDIX A: CABLE TO PORT MAPPING LC Cable to Port Mapping BEST PRACTICES GUIDE NOTE: Print and past the table on the rack door or a log book located near the rack for easy identification devices. Brocade DCX Cable Management 19 of 23 - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 20
DATA CENTER MPO/MTP Cable to Port Mapping BEST PRACTICES GUIDE NOTE: Print and past the table on the rack door or a log book located near the rack for easy identification devices. Brocade DCX Cable Management 20 of 23 - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 21
DATA CENTER BEST PRACTICES GUIDE APPENDIX B: EQUIPMENT LIST Chassis Chassis Brocade DCX Brocade DCX-4S Description Built for large enterprise networks, the 14U Brocade DCX has eight vertical blade slots to provide up to 512 Fibre Channel ports. Built for midsize networks, the 8U Brocade DCX- - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 22
DATA CENTER BEST PRACTICES GUIDE Trunk Cables for mSFP Connection Type Description Length you identify cables later and facilitate better overall cable management. Labelers Labelers are used to print sticky labels for devices and cables. Here are some considerations when you choose a hand - HP Brocade 8/12c | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Manageme - Page 23
Patch Panel Vendors CommScope Phone: 1-800-344-0223 Email: [email protected] BEST PRACTICES GUIDE © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. and does not set forth any warranty, expressed or implied, concerning any equipment, equipment feature, or service offered or to be
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DATA CENTER
Best Practices Guide:
High Density Cable Management
Solutions
Describes recommended cabling solutions for high density port solutions
based on Brocade’s FC8-64 FC port blade.