There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bevan Slattery" <be...@slattery.net.au> To: "Mike Hammett" <na...@ics-il.net> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies. Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now. [b] > On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > > > That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things… > > Of course labeling of the cables. > > Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along > with the previously mentioned color scheme? > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Hammett" <na...@ics-il.net> > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM > Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" > > > I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more > than an inch (like two). > http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf%20series%20security%20covers_96-035/96_035s_sf.ashx > > > It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… > http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files/1717-SSCV.pdf > > > I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t > work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of > what we’re dealing with. > > I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU > you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU. > > I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable > management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get > some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the > management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, > color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green > customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but > that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs. > > I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, > but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not > going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least > when the doors were opened or closed. > > Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh? > > I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the > whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space. > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Hammett" <na...@ics-il.net> > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM > Subject: Shared cabinet "security" > > I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely > secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever > they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern > is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain > degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs > > If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the > chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your > operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch > cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device. > > Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at > the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power > cord, but some do not. > > Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you > would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in? > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > >
