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- HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - 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 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 2
DATA CENTER BEST PRACTICES GUIDE CONTENTS Introduction...3 Terminology ...3 Overview of the FC8-64 FC port blade ...4 Planning...6 Challenges with Unstructured High Density Solutions 6 Using a Structured Approach ...7 Cabling High Density, High Port Count Fiber Equipment 7 Trusting the Standards - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 3
racks minimizing the foot print • Increased cables per rack This guide describes: • Overview of the FC8-64 high density FC port blade • Challenges with unstructured high density port solutions • Structured high density cable management solutions based on LC and MPO/MTP® patch panels • Reference - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - 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 combines industry leading port density, performance, scalability, and reliability to maximize the benefits of SAN and server - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - 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 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - 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 or scaling out the fabric. The cable management plan should include current and future SAN connectivity, troubleshooting, and - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 7
BEST PRACTICES GUIDE This designed specifically for Brocade SAN infrastructures (utilizing the Brocade DCX Backbone family) enable a reliable, do just that. The idea is to pre-connect the high-density, high-port-count Lucent Connector (LC) equipment with LC-MPO fan-out cable to dedicated - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 8
GUIDE : Ability to modify environment through additional port usage, or changes in port usage. 1. Single LC-LC cables management. Easy Fault Isolation: Ability to troubleshoot faults down to the cable or trunk which is causing problems. 1. LC-LC cable faults can Brocade DCX Cable Management 8 of 23 - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 9
and managing cables. With MPO/MTP, users have reduced cable density and since ports are in groups of six, they also have a faster ability to identify a port for servicing if necessary but required expertise in replacing individual connections within the trunk. Brocade DCX Cable Management 9 of 23 - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 10
GUIDE Trusting the Standards Industry cabling standards are designed to protect the end user thus supporting future desires for higher speed transmissions. Standards enable vendors or area (SJ01-5D11-A01-WS02) • Port: Instance in the patch panel or workstation outlet (SJ01-5D11-A03-PP02_01) - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 11
and 2-meter cables are available, use the 2-meter cables for ports 16-31 and ports 48-63. This would minimize the extra fiber that must be managed guide that ships with the patch panels. 2. Test each shelf by sliding out each tray for service accessibility (Figure 5). Figure 5. Patch panel Brocade - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 12
enable the patch panel's top and middle shelf to be raised into the up position for servicing. 6. Repeat Steps 1 through 5 for the second column of ports on the same blade (ports to identify and service the port blade. Figure 6. 256 ports wrapped/bundled Brocade DCX Cable Management 12 of 23 - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 13
BEST PRACTICES GUIDE Figure 7 depicts the 256 port cabling in its completed state. This methodology provides for an attractive environment that facilitates cooler equipment, troubleshooting, and panels in the rack. Figure 8. Device to Patch Panel Cabling Brocade DCX Cable Management 13 of 23 - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 14
panel shelves, each with three MPO pass-thru panels, are required. Each 1RU MPO patch panel supports 72 MPO ports, totaling 432 LC ports for connectivity. There will be 48 unused MPO patch panel ports with this configuration. In the following example, 2-meter cables are used to connect the director - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 15
enable the patch 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 on the same blade (ports identify and service the port blade if the sleeve is labeled. Figure 10. 512 port MPO/MTP solution Brocade DCX Cable Management 15 - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 16
management solution for a 512 port solution utilizing the Brocade DCX with eight FC8-64 port blades: • Two XBR-000307 1RU 72 port MPO-MPO patch panels • 96 mSFP-MPO/MTP cables of 2 meter length • Roll of Velcro & scissors • Eight Cord Management Sleeves SERVICING HIGH DENSITY SOLUTIONS Identifying - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 17
PRACTICES GUIDE √ is installed and terminated. It will be difficult to identify problem cables later. √ Locate the main cabling distribution area nearer the modular cabling systems to map ports from equipment with high density port counts; as described in the Brocade DCX Cable Management 17 of 23 - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 18
troubleshooting. √ When bundling or securing cables, use Velcro-based ties every 1 to 2 meters. Avoid using zip ties as these apply pressure on the cables. √ Avoid routing cables over equipment and other patch panel ports foundation to support your present Brocade DCX Cable Management 18 of 23 - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - 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 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - 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 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 21
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-4S has - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 22
, 12" breakout, OM3, 50/125 N/A 106272-0327 106272-0328 PN varies based on length 943-99867-1XXXX (XXXX = length) N/A N/A Patch Panel Vendor Type Brocade or CommScope LC-LC Rack Unit 1U Number of Ports 72 Brocade Part Number XBR-000306 CommScope Part Number 3603D-1U-UP UHD w(3) 3603P48LC - HP 8/24 | DATA CENTER Best Practices Guide: High Density Cable Management Soluti - Page 23
0223 Email: [email protected] BEST PRACTICES GUIDE © 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 04/10 GA-BP-253-00 Brocade, the B- , concerning any equipment, equipment feature, or service offered or to be offered by Brocade. Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this
DATA CENTER
Best Practices Guide:
High Density Cable Management
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Describes recommended cabling solutions for high density port solutions
based on Brocade’s FC8-64 FC port blade.