TIA 942 (-A)

Data Centers

Greg Niemiera, RCDD

Director Technical Support
and Field Services
Mohawk
 Agenda

• ANSI/TIA-942 Background
• Standards Restructuring
• Anticipated Changes
• Addendums
• ISO/IEC 24764 Influence
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• New Content
 Background
• ANSI - American National
Standards Institute
• Publishes TIA and IEEE
• All TIA documents
d t on a 5 year
revision cycle
• TIA - Telecommunication
T l i ti
Industry Association
• ANSI/TIA-942 (2005)
• Telecommunications Infrastructure
Standard for Data Centers
 Restructuring of TIA
Standards
• Revised document TIA-942-A
• Restructured
R t t d and
d harmonized
h i d
with current TIA-568-C
• Common information applying
to multiple types of premise
applications is in a common
standard i.e. 568-C.0
• Information for specific
premises are in standards like
p
TIA-942 for Data Centers
 Restructuring of TIA
Standards
• 568-C contains:
• C
Component requirements
intended primarily for vendors
• Installed Permanent Link and
Channel requirements for
contractors/installers
t t /i t ll
• Change was to improve:
• Ease of use
• Efficiency
• Consistency between standards
 Addendums
 Addendums are requirements added to a
standard between revisions
 When the document is revised the
addendums are incorporated
 Most standards have addendums associated
with them
 For example Category 6A was issued as
Addendum 10 to the 568
568-B
B document, (568
(568-
B.2.10)
 Open Architecture
This standard specifies a generic
t l
telecommunications
i ti cabling
bli system
t f th
for the
data center and related facilities whose
primary function is information technology.
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page ix Purpose
Mohawk’s Freedom of Choice program with
ChannelMATE warranty supports the intent
of this and other related TIA standards
TIA Standard Scheme
942-A
942 A Anticipated Changes
• Reference:
• Generic Telecommunications
topology
• Terms
• Environmental classifications per
568-C.O
• TIA-942 is a now premise
p y for Data
standard specifically
Center environments
 Organizational Changes
• Content for Bonding and
Grounding will be moved to
607 (currently draft B)
• Content regarding Labeling
will be moved to 606-A
Addendum 1 (revised 2008)
– Covers specifics
p for:
• Computer Rooms
• Equipment Rooms
 Organizational
g Changes
g

 Rack and Cabinets content will

move to TIA-569 as these are
generic to all premises
 Power and Telecommunications
cabling separation in TIA-569
 Outside Plant to draft TIA-758
OSP Standard
 Expanded Topology
• Large Data Centers include
– Main
M i Di
Distribution
t ib ti Area
A (MDA)
– Intermediate Distribution Area (IDA)
– Horizontal Distribution Area (HDA)
– Optional Zone Distribution Area
(ZDA)
• Contains 2nd level
backbone distributor
• IC Intermediated
Crossconnect
 Topology
p gy
• Large facilities may contain
multiple computer rooms
• Each may y contain multiple
p
IDA’s acting as central point
of administration
• Allowance for reduced data
center topology consolidates
MDA and HAD into single MDA
 942 Addenda
• TIA 942-1 Coax Cablingg 2008
• Specifies requirements for
75-ohm ((734 and 735 DS-
3/DS-4 type) coaxial cabling
• Additional requirements:
q
• Coax connector components
for T-3, E-1 and E-3
• Longer distances from MDA
• Revised distance guidelines for
T 1 T-3,
T-1, T 3 E-1
E 1 and E-3
E3
 942 Addenda
• TIA 942-2 Data Centers 2009
• Improved Energy Efficiency:
• Wider acceptable range
temperature and humidity
• Three tier lighting protocol
• Category 6A recommended
• Guidance
G idance regarding RFI
• Updated Tiers
 TIA-942 A Changes

• Terminology such as:

• EO equipment outlet
• ENI external network
interface
• Maximum Horizontal length
• Copper maximum 100m
 Major Fiber Changes

• Elimination of 100 m length

limitation on fiber; distance to be
based on application
• 62.5µm OM1 & OM2 not recognized
• 50µm OM3 and OM4 recognized for
both horizontal and backbone
• Recognized connectors
– LC for < two fibers
– MPO’s > 2
 Fiber Changes
• Horizontal Fiber cabling
distances applications
dependent i.e. 568-C.0
• Harmonization
H i ti TIA andd ISO
• Liaison's between the
standards bodies
• Harmonization is ideal but not
always achievable
• ISO/IEC 24764 TIA-942
TIA 942 D. C.
• ISO/IEC 11801 – TIA 568-C
 ISO/IEC 24764 Influence
• Fiber
– Specifies minimum OM3
– 50/125 micron
– 850 nm Laser Optimized
p
• Connectors MM and SM
– LC or MPO at
• EO - Equipment Outlet
• ENI – Equipment Network Interface (X-
connect at EF or TR)
• Fiber based channel length
• OF-300 / 300m
• OF-500 / 500m
• OF-2000 / 2000m
 Major Copper Changes
• Category 3 and 5e no longer
recognized for horizontal
• Minimum of Category
g y6
• Category 6A recommended
 ISO/IEC 24764 Influence

• Balanced twisted pair

cabling
• Specifies Class EA Cabling
• Category 6A
• Exception network access
• 942-A will recommend 6A
 942-A New Section Content
• Energy efficiency Section
• Data Centers consume large amounts of
energy, with the majority being converted to
heat
• Estimated that cooling is 30% of a data centers
energy load
• Cooling process itself is not efficient resulting
i an oversupply
in l off cold
ld air
i tto compensate
t for
f
inefficiencies
• Recent study y showed that the amount of cold
air supplied is 2.6 times the amount actually
consumed by the IT load
• Even though rooms are oversupplied (2.6) ~10% 10%
of enclosures exceed ASHRE limits
 Cooling Efficiencies
• Cabinets with isolated air-supply or
isolated air-return
• Cabinets with in-cabinet cooling systems
• Cable openings utilizing grommets or
brushes in the enclosure (system)
• Blanking panels in open empty rack
positions
• Hot-aisle or cold aisle containment
systems
• Cabinets that minimize air bypass through
the space between equipment rails and
cabinet sides
• Fill/consoladate unused cabinet rack
positions
 Energy Efficiency

• Utilize a cooling system that allows

you to
t regulate
l t the
th volume
l off air
i as
needed
• Equipment with nonnon-standard
standard airflow
may require specially designed
enclosures to avoid air flow disruption
• Cabling – Overhead improves cooling
efficiency and is a best practice
where practical verses under floor
• Top of rack switching architectures
 Energy Efficiency
• Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) Power strips to measure and
monitor power levels to ensure
enclosures don’t
don t exceeded power and
required cooling levels
• These SNMP software tools provide the
ability analyze power cooling metrics
such as Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
and Data Center infrastructure Efficiency
(DCiE)
• Metric’s used to determine energy
efficiency of a data center
 Summary
• Work is being done in TR-42.1
subcommittee
• These are proposed changes
being considered to TIA-942-A
• Some of these may not make
the final TIA 942-A
942 A document
• There may possibly be other
changes included that we have
not reviewed
• Optimistically
p y 942-A p
published
late 2011