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
I fl
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
(568B.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.
technology
page ix Purpose
Mohawks 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
IDAs 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 Cabling
g 2008
Specifies requirements for
75-ohm ((734 and 735 DS3/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
62.5m OM1 & OM2 not recognized
50m OM3 and OM4 recognized for
both horizontal and backbone
Recognized connectors
LC for < two fibers
MPOs > 2

Fiber Changes
Horizontal Fiber cabling
distances applications
dependent i.e. 568-C.0
Harmonization
H
i ti
TIA and
d 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 (Xconnect 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
10%
Even though rooms are oversupplied (2.6) ~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 non
non-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 dont
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)
Metrics 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