We're building a new Data Center and decided to introduce a couple of Xsigo VP780 Directors for IO aggregation and to maximize on network and fiber channel bandwidth. We're also retrofitting our existing Data Center with them for the build out of our virtualization environment (yes, we're way behind the times in regards to virtualization) and to retrofit our large blade/chassis infrastructure with infiniband switches (currently using pass-thru modules for ethernet and fiber channel). I've been very impressed with how easy it is to allocate vnics and vhbas to ESXi hosts but the biggest reward was reducing the mass cables from our rack mount servers and chassis'.
- Sean On Jun 20, 2012, at 8:26 AM, "Tom Miller" <tmil...@hnncsb.org> wrote: > That's a great idea about the patch panel for each rack. > > Agreed about the labeling. I label everything here. My team is lucky I > don't stamp their foreheads with name tags. > > >>> Brian Desmond <br...@briandesmond.com> 6/20/2012 11:59 AM >>> > The labeling I agree is far more important. Get a good label printer that’s > designed for cable labeling. > > Rather than pulling cable all the way down in to the racks, you might want to > think about putting a 24 or 48 port panel in the top (back) of each rack and > then running short patch cables from there. Then on the other end you can > cross connect to the switch or whatever. > > Thanks, > Brian Desmond > br...@briandesmond.com > > w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 > > From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 10:50 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Re-cabling > > As we have a redundant switched network our network team uses color coding > religiously. > > Off the top of my head it's something like: > Blue for primary network, green for the secondary (for the teamed networks) > Orange for backup > Red for rILO > > They also label all connections, both ends. They are not so concerned with > what the system name is, as switch/port it is connected to. > > Steven Peck > http://www.blkmtn.org > > > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Tom Miller <tmil...@hnncsb.org> wrote: > > What are your preferences? Cable color by rack, system, type, etc? It's > > just aesthetics but I'm looking for ideas. > > If you want it to look pretty, use the same color for each > rack/switch. Otherwise that's more confusing than helpful. > > Categorizing by VLAN or type of traffic makes some sense. E.g., > yellow is DMZ, blue is main LAN, green is SAN, etc. > > Using a rainbow spread to each rack makes some sense. Makes it > easier to tell cables apart when you're hunting for or tracing a > particular cable. > > There are some standards for cable sheath color coding, but the ones > I'm aware of are all facility-wide in scope. Most of your > in-datacenter cabling would be the same color under such schemes. So > I wouldn't call those helpful for this. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
