Interesting concept. I can see how this may work if you can visually see all the cabling within a rack. For example, the power cords, management and DAC would be easy to identify. AOCs could potentially use this too.
I’m not sure how well this will work with a passive infrastructure and locked cabinets. In a data center where patch panels are not used and the connectors are not visible, having MMF and SMF be the same jacket color would require someone to have to read the cable to determine the media type. That would probably be extremely time consuming. Have you given any thought to leave the jacket color per the TIA but add a color stripe related to the function? For example, CATx cables have the wires color coded to simplify termination. It would seem that adding a color stripe instead of enforcing a color change may be sufficient to identify the media and the function. Cheers, Brad From: opencompute-networking [mailto:opencompute-networking-boun...@lists.opencompute.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bunger Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 8:02 AM To: opencompute-networking@lists.opencompute.org; Bailey, Michael J. <michael.j.bai...@fmr.com> Cc: opencompute-datacen...@lists.opencompute.org Subject: [Opencompute-networking] Cabling Coloring guide Hi OCP Networking community, We have been neglect in socializing with you a contribution by Mike Bailey at Fidelity. They have contributed a cable coloring scheme which streamlines operations, training, and reduces errors. And if adopted broadly, reduces cabling costs. Its ideal for companies that have not adopted their own cable color standard. http://files.opencompute.org/oc/public.php?service=files&t=c286ca170f27d7eda91b15a62bad73eb<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.opencompute.org%2Foc%2Fpublic.php%3Fservice%3Dfiles%26t%3Dc286ca170f27d7eda91b15a62bad73eb&data=02%7C01%7Cbrbooth%40microsoft.com%7C4eee6a069c524dbee27208d55dc3c2c6%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636518017728187124&sdata=35MP6nDFQAmk4qPm8aTBCTF7j0K9FF0Orx%2FhSxW5I7A%3D&reserved=0> Additionally, please let the Data Center Facility project know if there is any work we can look at to support networking. There has been talk of networking reference architectures. We have a number of cabling experts participating in our project. Regards, -- Robert Bunger Lead, OCP Data Center Facility Project
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