DR AF T: TIA-942 Based Data Centre Design Checklist

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TIA-942 based Data Centre Design Checklist

Extracts from ORION Cybernetics™’ Requirements Traceability Framework
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Data Centre Management Strategies, Compliance & Auditing
Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
Enterprise Program & Project Management
IM/IT Relocation Specialists
TIA942-based Data Centre Design Checklist – RTM v120716
1 Document Details
TIA942-based Data
Centre Design
Checklist
Extracts from ORION

Cybernetics™’
Requirements Traceability
Framework
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No.
1.0 31 May 2012 D. Kevin Orr Document creation - draft
Date of this revision: 31 May 2012
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1.3 Acknowledgement(s)
This document and its content has been developed in concert with ORION’s
Requirement Traceability Matrix Framework (RTM); attributes of the TIA942 Data Center
Standard; and elements of the Certified Data Centre Management Professional
curriculum.
Per:
D. Kevin Orr
Managing Director & President
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2 About ORION Cybernetics™

ORION Cybernetics™ is a knowledge-based firm specializes in the field of hand's-on
planning, program management and the delivery of intelligent infrastructures and
turnkey information management services to the Owner, Architect, Information
Technology and/or the Facilities Manager.
Client Advocacy & Governance for Intelligent Infrastructures

Data Centre Consultancy, Design, Optimization, Consolidation
Data Centre Management Strategies, Compliance, Auditing
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Data Centre Infrastructure Management
IM/IT Relocation Specialists
Specializing in the integration of planning and programming of facilities and information

services, ORION Cybernetics™ balances the Customer's facilities and property
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Focused on the evolution of the data centre environment, ORION Cybernetics™

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3 Table of Contents
1 Document Details .................................................................................................................. 2
1.1 Document Change Control ........................................................................................... 2
1.2 Distribution ........................................................................................................................ 2
1.3 Acknowledgement(s) ..................................................................................................... 2
1.4 Notice of Confidentiality ................................................................................................. 3
2 About ORION Cybernetics™ ................................................................................................ 4
4 Introduction............................................................................................................................ 6
5 Design Criteria ....................................................................................................................... 7
6 Site Selection and Tier Levels ............................................................................................... 8
7 Building Considerations ........................................................................................................ 9
8 Equipment Configuration ................................................................................................... 10
9 Rack Layout ......................................................................................................................... 11
10 Raised Floors ..................................................................................................................... 12
11 Cable Distribution ............................................................................................................. 13
12 Copper Cabling ................................................................................................................ 14
13 Copper Cabling System Design ...................................................................................... 15
14 Fibre Cabling ..................................................................................................................... 16
15 Fibre Cabling System Design ........................................................................................... 17
16 Earthing and Bonding ....................................................................................................... 18
17 Power Supplies .................................................................................................................. 19
18 Close Control Air Conditioning ........................................................................................ 20
19 Fire Protection ................................................................................................................... 21
20 BMS & Security................................................................................................................... 22
21 Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) ......................................................... 23
22 ORION's Data Centre Practice Offerings - Professional Services ................................. 25

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4 Introduction
The comprehensive evaluation, analysis, planning, design and operation of a data
centre crosses many disciplines with breadth and depth. This ‘design checklist’ serves as
an analytical tool to audit data centre compliance against best practices and
organizational requirements.
Much of the criteria documented herein is based on the following TIA Standard and
Addendums:
ANSI/TIA-942-2005: Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers
ANSI/TIA-942-1 (March 2008): Data Center Coaxial Cabling Specifications and

Application Distances
TIA-942-2 (March 2010): Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers

Addendum 2-Additional Guidelines for Data Centers, specifies revised requirements for
temperature and humidity in data centers.

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5 Design Criteria
1. What are the business/organization drivers for the Data Centre
a. Current
b. Future, when and what
2. Who are the stakeholders
a. Owner
b. Operator
c. Contractor
d. Consultant
3. Project start and end date
4. What is the critical level of the data centre
5. What is the budget
6. What type of Data Centre: Enterprise, Hosted, Co-location
7. Any particular standards to be considered
8. What currently exists, infrastructure and resilience
9. What disaster recovery plans/requirements
10. Has any Uptime “Tiering” been specified
11. Where will the location ne/planned to be
12. What size has been allocated
13. What electrical power is available and when
14. Is there any fire detection/suppression system in place
15. What HVAC is in place
16. What communications currently exist, LAN, WAN and/or MAN
17. IS there any containment in place/planned, intra and inter
18. What racks are currently being used, planned to be used and why
19. What IT Equipment exists or is planned
20. What security plans exist or have been stated, e.g. CCTV, Access
21. Any ongoing maintenance arrangements in place or planned

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6 Site Selection and Tier Levels

1. Does the structure already exist
2. What geographic/seismic problems are there
3. Any subsidence problems known about
4. Are there any logistical access problems
5. What distance from any known flight path, e.g. 0.4km
6. What is the distance from the nearest highway or railway, e.g. 0.8km
7. What is the distance from the following, e.g. 1.6km
a. Nuclear Facility
b. Munitions plant
c. Defence Plant
8. What is the distance from the nearest, e.g. 0.4km
a. Airport
b. Research Lab
c. Chemical plant
d. River
e. Coastline
f. Dam
9. What is the distance from the nearest military Base, e.g. 0.8km
10. Any known security/criminal problems in the area
11. What availability of services, and note Service Provider details:
a. Gas
b. Water
c. Electricity
d. Telecoms
e. Sewage
12. What development plans exist for the surrounding area
13. What EMI risks in the area, e.g. GSM masts, radar, microwave
14. What Tiering levels are required if any

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7 Building Considerations
1. What is the minimum ceiling height to finished floor, e.g. 2.6m
2. Is the ceiling false or under-base
3. Is the min distance from ceiling to sprinkler heads greater than 460mm
4. Confirm the minimum floor loading to be greater than 7.2 kPa, ideally 12kPa
5. Confirm the ceiling/floor has a minimum hanging capacity of 1.2kPa, niom 2.4kPa
6. Confirm lighting spec has a minimum of 500 Lux (horiz) and 200Lux (vert) at 1m
above the finished floor in the middle of the aisles
7. Confirm the doors to be a minimum of 1m wide and 2.13m high without doorsills
8. Confirm that doors open outward or side/side or are removable
9. Doors to have no centre posts
10. Doors to be fitted with either industrial grade, or access control locks
11. What are the local rules re Exit requirements
12. Confirm walls, floor and ceilings to be/are sealed/painted to minimize dust
13. Confirm sealing finish colour to be of light colour to enhance lighting
14. Confirm floors to have anti-static properties to IEC 61000-4-2
15. What will the size of the telecom room be, e.g. min of 6.6, 8.4, 10.2 sq/m
16. Confirm size of entry room/lobby is not less than 9 sq/m
17. Confirm all exit doors, stairs, ramps and pathways to have Emergency lighting
18. Confirm furthest distance to a fire exit is no more than 18m if only one exit
19. Confirm escape routes to have a minimum width of 750mm and 1-lux lighting
20. Have all fire extinguisher locations been planned
21. What smoke extraction system is in place
22. Fire doors to survive a min of 30-mins
23. Are the fire door hinges fire rated
24. Confirm fire door hinges/frames to be fitted with intumescent strips
25. Confirm walls are 30-min fire rated, sealed and are built slab-to-slab
26. Confirm one wall to be suitable for mounting heavy equipment

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8 Equipment Configuration
1. List the flowing information to be installed in the data centre
a. Equipment
b. Quantities
c. Dimensions
d. Weight
e. Size
f. Colour
g. U size
h. Power consumption
i. Interconnection to/from
i. Switches, core and edge
ii. Servers
iii. Patch panels
iv. KVM
v. ODF/MDF
vi. Routers
vii. Telco gateways
viii. Storage devices
ix. Power devices, e.g. UPS
x. Cooling devices, e.g. CRAC’s
xi. Security equipment
xii. Fire protection/alarms
xiii. Any other powered device
2. Consider equipment in other areas, e.g. Command and Control Centre
3. What cabling/switch strategy to use to interconnect cabinets
4. What data set/cluster strategy to use based on equipment fit

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9 Rack Layout
1. Confirm Hot Aisle – Col Aisle layout to be used
2. Confirm 7-tile pitch configuration to be used
3. Confirm either no-doors or perforated doors to be used
4. Confirm a minimum of 63% perforation on the doors
5. Will doors need to be locked, if so what security, e.g. key, card or remote
6. Is the floor strong enough for racks and contents
7. Confirm the floor to be level throughout
8. Confirm the racks are level, x and y
9. Confirm layout allows for heavier equipment in the bottom of the rack
10. Will the racks be bolted to the floor base
11. Confirm all racks to be bayed
12. Confirm all racks to be earthed to the data centre earthing system
13. Confirm that the rack colour to be a light shade to maximize lighting
14. Confirm that there is a min clearance of 3.8cm between equipment and
front/rear doors
15. Confirm that at least 1m of clearance at the front door, preferably 1.2m
16. Does the rack spec ensure that all nominated equipment will fit horizontally
17. Confirm that vertical patch cord management shall be fitted in all racks
18. Confirm that horizontal patch cord management shall be fitted in all racks
19. If cable is to enter rack from the bottom, confirm cable entry will be sealed
20. Confirm racks to have anti-tilt legs fitted
21. Are there any open frames required for the Data Centre

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10 Raised Floors
1. Confirm that the min ceiling height from finished floor is to be a minimum of 2.6m
2. Confirm ceiling finish to be a light colour to enhance lighting
3. Confirm floors to have anti-static properties to IEC 61000-4-2
4. The loading of the floor to be as follows:
Concentrated load over Concentrated load over Uniformly distributed

Grade 25mm sq 300mm sq load
Light 1.5kN 2.7kN 6.7kN/m2
Medium 3.0kN 4.4kN 8.0kN/m2
Heavy 4.5kN N/A 12.0kN/m2
Extra Heavy 4.5kN N/A 12.0kN/m2
In addition this grade is required to sustain a total load of 11kN applied equally on
4 points, each point 25mm2 on a 200mm x 200mm2 configuration anywhere on
the system.
5. Confirm the minimum floor loading to be greater than 7.2kPa, ideally 12kPa
6. Raised floor heights to be as follows:
Floor area Height of raised floor, VDI 2054

200-‐500m2 Approx. 400mm
500-‐1000m2 Approx. 700mm
1000-‐2000m2 Approx. 800mm
>2000m2 >800mm
Under 600mm Over 600mm
Use normal support pedestals Will require HDG lateral support/stringers
7. If data cables to be under floor, ensure they are under cabinet or hot aisle
8. Power cables to be fitted in the cold aisles, virtually at base level
9. Ensure ALL floor spaces are sealed, especially at the sides
10. Ensure all ramps, steps and balustrades are designed in, disables/access
11. Ensure the SRG is designed, then fitted before False Floor
12. Confirm that every 6th metallic pedestal will be bonded to the SRG

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11 Cable Distribution
1. Confirm that the cable trays, overhead or under-floor has been mapped.
2. Agree to patch panel I.D. plan
3. Confirm all cables will be labelled on both ends
4. Re the distances below, EN 50174 allows no separation in the final 15m
Separation Distance
Without a divider or Aluminum Steel divider
with a non-‐metallic divider
divider
Unscreened power cable &

UTP IT cable 200 mm 100 mm 50 mm
Unscreened power cable &

FTP/SFTP IT cable 50 mm 20 mm 5 mm
Screened power cable &
unscreened IT cable 30 mm 10 mm 2 mm
Screened power cable &
screened IT cable 0 mm 0 mm 0 mm
5. Ensure any cables of different families cross at right angles

6. Confirm that all cable trays are connected to Earth network every 15=20,
7. Confirm cable tray sizing based on maximum cable planned fill
8. Plan for 45% fill factor on internal tray containment
9. If adjacent overhead trays to be used, confirm a 300mm distance between the
top of the lower and bottom of the higher tray
10. Confirm all trays/cables route passing though walls will be fir stopped
11. Ensure all relevant cable bend radius is maintained
12. Label all pathways with to/from points

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12 Copper Cabling
1. Confirm which class of copper cabling to be used, e.g. Cat6A
2. Confirm which sheathing type to be used, e.g. F/FTP
3. Is fibre channel to be used on the copper cabling
4. Confirm the installation team qualified to install, terminate, test and certify the
copper cable
5. Confirm that the alien cross talk measures of separating the 1st 5-20mm of cable
has been deployed
6. If screened cable is being deployed confirm that all foils/braids have been
correctly earthed to the panel and the panels have been earthed to the cabinet
bus-bar

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13 Copper Cabling System Design

1. Confirm number of interconnects are allowed with the relevant standard
2. Confirm that any copper backbone will support the transmission protocols
3. Confirm that all patch cords will be used intra-cabinet
4. Will the manufacturer guarantee the design
5. Has ‘tiering’ /resilience for inter-cabinet cabling been considered
6. Has sufficient growth capacity per cable route been considered
7. Confirm the installation team has/will test correctly to the relevant standard

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14 Fibre Cabling
1. What inter-building links are required
2. What intra-building links are required
3. What intra-Data Centre links are required
4. Confirm with type of MM fibre cabling to be used, e.g. OM3
5. Confirm which SM fibre class to be used, e.g. G625D
6. Confirm number of fibres per cable
7. Confirm cable construction, e.g. TB, Universal
8. What connector type to be used in the patch panels
9. Has a pre-terminated solution been considered

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15 Fibre Cabling System Design

1. What IEEE standards with the fibre be required to support, Day1/long term
2. Fibre selection table, which fibre type
Ethernet, Mbps 100m 300m 500m 2000m+

10 OM1 OM1 OM1 OM1
100 OM1 OM1 OM1 OM2
1,000 OM1 OM2 OM2 OM1
10,000 OM3 OM1 OM3 OM1
40,000 OM3 OM1 OM1 OM1
100,000 OM3 OM1 OM1 OM1
3. Confirm the bandwidth & fibre interfaces to be used on the equipment

4. Confirm the light budget calculations are within manufacturer limits
5. Has the ODF been sized for Day1 and future growth

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16 Earthing and Bonding

1. Confirm that the following (where relevant) shall connect to the main earthing
terminal:
a. Water services pipes
b. Gas service pipes
c. Other ducting/pipes
d. HVAC
e. Exposed metal parts of the building
f. The lighting protective system
g. Metallic sheath of the telecommunications cables
2. Confirm that the main earth bond conductor shall be no less than 6AWG or
4.1mm diameter
3. Confirm that all protective conductors shall be green/yellow sheathed
4. Confirm that all cabinets are fitted with earthing bus-bars and all equipment are
earthed to it
5. Confirm that every 6th metallic pedestal with be bonded to the SRG
6. Confirm that a Transient Suppression Plate has been fitted to the SRG

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17 Power Supplies
1. Confirm the day1 and expansion loads
2. Confirm power requirements for the data centre
a. Nameplate values (derate by 40%)
b. Assume UPS efficiency of 88%
c. Lighting assume 21.5w/sq m
d. Cooling to take 100% of it cooling capacity
e. % of future expansion capacity
f. Agree to peak load factor, e.g. 50%
g. Agree to a overrating capacity, e.g. 25%
h. Add 3% for additional generator capacity
3. Confirm the requirement and specification for a Transfer switch, e.g. generator
deployment
4. Confirm the tiering arrangements for power provision, e.g. N, N+1, 2N
5. Confirm the metering arrangements, e.g. utility input, UPS output, generator
output, PDUs, output of the transfer switch
6. Confirm the earthing system to be used in the data centre, e.g. TN-S
7. Based on the tiering requirement confirm the specific redundancy
arrangements/specifications of the UPS and generator sets, e.g. power/KVA
provision and quantities
8. Confirm UPS type, e.g. VFI
9. Confirm UPS/battery support time of IT critical loads, e.g. 15-30 mins
10. Confirm siting and wiring arrangements for the Emergency Stop facility
11. Specific safety signage for UPS, Batteries and Generators
12. Confirm power to the rack arrangements, e.g. 3 or single phase, 16 or 32A
connection, plug type. Ensure PDU plug matched to socket
13. Confirm where the Power sockets will be placed, e.g. directly under the rack or
overhead tray
14. Specify PDU, e.g. sequential start-up, power conditioning, web management,
load monitoring, environmental monitoring

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18 Close Control Air Conditioning

1. Confirm specification and cooling capacity of CRAC units, including N+1 and
future capacity planning
2. Confirm siting arrangements for the CRAC and External Heat Exchangers
3. Ensure water supply is provided to the CRAC locations for humidity control
4. Ensure drainage route is planned and fitted
5. Plan pipe work routes from CRAC to External heat Exchangers
6. Ensure External Heat Exchangers have a stable and secure concrete plinth
7. Confirm appropriate power arrangements for supply to all CRACs and External
Heat Exchangers
8. Confirm initial operating parameters for CRAs, e.g. temperature and humidity
9. Specify if an air and water side economizer is required or appropriate. If
appropriate ensure that data centre, power and cooling adjustments are made.
10. Confirm ceiling/air plenum arrangements:
a. Open ceiling
b. False ceiling
c. False ceiling with hot/cold aisle to air distribution dividers to ceiling space.
Re-arrange fire options
d. Cold air supply from overhead air containment (no false floor)
11. Confirm cold-aisle perforated tiles ensure maximum air flow
12. Ensure cold-aisle perforated tiles are no less than 2.4m from the CRAs
13. Confirm that all open spaces in the racks will be fitted with blanking panels
14. Confirm any under floor cable entries are blocked with brush panels
15. Confirm no shelf mounted equipment
16. Testing points to be 1.5m above the floor and 500mmm in front of all racks

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19 Fire Protection
1. Confirm development of the Fire Safety Plan
2. Emergency exits, lighting and signage
3. Fire detection
a. Type, e.g. ASD
b. Define areas to be covered, including under floor
c. Confirm Fire Detection category, e.g. L5
d. Confirm detectors will be placed a minimum of 25mm from the ceiling or
600mm maximum. Note the detectors must be a minimum of 460mm from
top of racks. Ceiling voids must also be covered
e. Confirm maximum detectors spacing from walls, i.e. 7.5m and no more
than 10.6m apart
f. Confirm detectors at least 1m from a CRAC and 500mm clearance
4. Fire Alarms, including manual alarms
5. Multi-level fire suppression system
a. Including pre-suppression as required
b. Ceiling level
c. Under floor
d. Operations Centre
e. Confirm suppressant type is appropriate
f. Fire extinguishers
g. Staff training drills, procedures and management structure
h. Maintenance plan
i. Fire certification from local authorities
6. Pressure testing of the room
7. Confirm what links and information into the building BMS and DCIM platform
8. Ensure the Fire Designer Certificate is complete before final payment
9. Ensure space has been allocated for the Fire Suppression bottles
10. Ensure under floor cables are low-smoke and old/non used cables are removed

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20 BMS & Security

1. Ensure Security Plan is multi-layered
a. Site
b. Room
c. Rack
d. The plan to contain
i. Overall site security
ii. CCTV
iii. Access Control
iv. BMS
v. Fire Detection Integration of all electronic systems
2. Confirm Data Centre Access Control will be either Swipe Card, Biometric or
Proximity
3. Confirm all locks will be industrial grade at the room doors
4. Confirm the CCTV system will monitor all Access controlled doors
5. Ensure any rack based security uses a hierarchical model for reporting to the NMS

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21 Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)

In order to better manage the critical information gap between the physical and virtual
layers in the data centre, consider six key questions data centre managers should ask
when implementing a data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution.
Data centre managers are challenged to maintain or increase IT availability, server

utilization and efficiency in the face of rising costs and demands. One strategy to help
address these challenges is virtualization, which increases server utilization and enables
greater energy efficiency. But virtualization also makes it more difficult to predict the
demand on physical systems a t any given time. As a result of the uncertainty in physical
system demand, the data centre manager is compelled to reserve a resource buffer
against overload at peak capacity.
A holistic DCIM approach provides new insights into the relationships between facilities
and IT infrastructure components, enabling data centre managers to better optimize
their data centre resource consumption.
1) What are the critical infrastructure assets in my data centre and what are their
respective mission interdependencies?
2) If asked by my management, could I quickly retrieve a comprehensive
monitoring and analysis report of all the assets in my data centre, and would this
report identify bottlenecks?
3) Can my data centre manage day-to-day workloads with flexibility while servicing
on-demand needs as they arrive for my company?
4) Does this DCIM solution provide the trend analysis and intelligence needed for my
team to deliver a comprehensive capacity management plan?
5) What intuitive web-based executive summary and planning tools are provided in
the solution?
6) Will the DCIM solution align with IT and business services?

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Forward-thinking data centers are using DCIM solutions today. These smart data center
managers realize that they have to stop guessing & start planning. The days of over
provisioning or using Visio and Excel for data center management are -- by necessity --
over.
DISCOVER…
VISUALIZE…
MODEL…
CONTROL…
REPORT…
PREDICT…

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22 ORION’s Data Centre Practice Offerings - Professional Services

Client Advocacy & Governance for Intelligent Infrastructures
I. Data Centre Consultancy, Design, Optimization, Consolidation
II. Data Centre Management Strategies, Compliance, Auditing
III. Enterprise Program & Project Management
IV. Data Centre Infrastructure Management
V. IM/IT Relocation Specialists

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“Plans may be useless but the planning process is indispensable."

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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PREPARING PEOPLE FOR THE FUTURE…

…THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND FACILITIES℠

TIA-942 based Data Centre Design Checklist

Governance & Client Advocacy for Intelligent Infrastructures

Data Centre Consultancy, Design, Optimization, Consolidation

Extracts from ORION

1.1 Document Change Control

Revision Date of Issue Author(s) Description of Change

Date of this revision: 31 May 2012

Name Title Date of Issue Distributed By

ORION Cybernetics™ …integrating People, Technology, Facilities℠

1.4 Notice of Confidentiality

ORION Cybernetics™ …integrating People, Technology, Facilities℠

2 About ORION Cybernetics™

Client Advocacy & Governance for Intelligent Infrastructures

Specializing in the integration of planning and programming of facilities and information

Focused on the evolution of the data centre environment, ORION Cybernetics™

ORION Cybernetics™ …integrating People, Technology, Facilities℠

ORION Cybernetics™ …integrating People, Technology, Facilities℠

ANSI/TIA-942-2005: Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers

ANSI/TIA-942-1 (March 2008): Data Center Coaxial Cabling Specifications and

TIA-942-2 (March 2010): Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers

ORION Cybernetics™ …integrating People, Technology, Facilities℠

ORION Cybernetics™ …integrating People, Technology, Facilities℠

6 Site Selection and Tier Levels

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Concentrated load over Concentrated load over Uniformly distributed

Floor area Height of raised floor, VDI 2054

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Unscreened power cable &

Unscreened power cable &

5. Ensure any cables of different families cross at right angles

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13 Copper Cabling System Design

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15 Fibre Cabling System Design

Ethernet, Mbps 100m 300m 500m 2000m+

3. Confirm the bandwidth & fibre interfaces to be used on the equipment

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16 Earthing and Bonding

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18 Close Control Air Conditioning

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20 BMS & Security

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21 Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)

Data centre managers are challenged to maintain or increase IT availability, server

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22 ORION’s Data Centre Practice Offerings - Professional Services

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“Plans may be useless but the planning process is indispensable."

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