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Leviton Manufacturing Background

Founded in 1906 in Brooklyn, NY,

celebrating 100 years of success! Levitons first product was gas mantle tips

for gas lamps when the city of New Yorkinstalled gas lamps.

Isadore Leviton (pictured) was a partner with Thomas Edison.

Industrial, commercial, OEM andresidential markets

The average American home containsmore than 100 Leviton devices

In a major American city lit up at night,about 90% of the lights you see are

connected to some kind of Leviton device Leading supplier of electrical, lighting

control, power quality, and voice/dataproducts.

Over 3. 2 million products produced per day


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Th e Leviton Family of Products

American Insulated Wire

Lighting ManagementSystems Division

Integrated Networks& Controls

Division

Voice & Data Division

Electrical Business


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V oice & Data

Connectivity Solutions for the Commercial and Residential Premise

Copper, Fiber, Power, Data Center and Wireless solutions

Subject matter experts and designers that are easily accessible to our customers

Proud to continue our manufacturing heritage in a state of the art facility inBothell, WA


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Fiber Connect, Inc. -- Who are we?

Fiber Connect is based in Saint Charles Illinois, U.S.A.

Fiber Connect was formed 9 years ago.

Fiber Connect is a Data Center Physical Infrastructure IntegrationFirm.

Fiber Connect Manufactures all of the cable assemblies, includingtrunks that are used in our designs.

Fiber Connect was recently acquired by The Leviton ManufacturingCompany as a wholly owned subsidiary.


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What are our capabilities?

Provide assessment of existing conditions services

RFQ (Request For Quote) / RFP (Request For Proposal)

Generation

Design of Data Center Physical Infrastructure

Maintenance of Data Center Physical Infrastructure


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Standards TIA-942 NFPA- 7 0 Article 6 45

NFPA- 75 NFPA- 7 6 International Standards & BICSI

Data Center Design and theANSI/TIA-942 Standard

Data Center cabling infrastructure & design trends Any to All - Strategies Practical Applications of TIA 9 42

Copper Fiber


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Dont Let This Happen To You

Improper Bend RadiusNo Clear Migration

Path


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Proper Planning Makes Th e Difference

Equipment Placement - Cabinet Layout

Switch Location

Server Cabinet

Patch Panel

Use of Cable

Management Panels

Use of Vertical

Cable Managers

E xample of Poor Use of Rack Space, No MigrationPlanning, & Poor Cable Management.


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ANSI/ T IA-942 S tandard

Spaces

Source: ANSI/TIA-9 42 2 00 5

Computer Room

Data Center

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TIA 942

= STRUCTURE


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Infrastructure Trends

Any to All

Trunk Cabling


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Today = Convergence

Structured Cabling Systems in theData Center - TIA/EIA 9 42

A ny to A ll design trendsChange equipment not infrastructure

I nfrastructure Topologies


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Design FactorsC ritical Design Factors

Talk the same Language ie.Stands vs. Channels

Enclosure / Cabinets Connector types Define Polarity Method Cable Types Equipment & Migration Path Redundancy Environment


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Any to All Advantages:Allows for faster roll outs

Designed Zones with multiple connections as required by equipment design

Reduce the number of cable pulls

Managed cabling strategy Trunk cables

Adapt to frequently changing connection models or media types


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Topology: M DA / HDA

Single Patch Point

Rapid Deployment

Future Growth

Administration


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Fiber Optic Connectors:

Whats Available? Whats the Best Choice?


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C onnector C h oices:


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Trunk Cables:

Whats Available? Plug & Play?

What are the Advantages?


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Trunk Cables:What is Available?

Fiber Optic:Single ModeMulti ModeAll Connector ChoicesPlug & Play

C opper:Cat 5 eCat6


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Copper Trunk Cables


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Fiber Trunk Cable Assemblies

Cables can bedoubled ended or single ended

Factory Terminatedand Tested

Connectors can bedifferent typesSC,LC,MTP, MU,other


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Plug & Play Assemblies

W hat Are They?

Factory terminatedmodules that utilize

multifiber (MTP/MPO)connector with breakout kitto individual fiber connectors for interconnect


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PNP Topology Issues:

Use of MTP Cassette System @1. 2 dB per Cassette

Total Path Loss = 4 .8 dB

10Gig Path Budget = 2 .6dB

Flexibility of MTP Not Exploited

Requires use of Hybrid Jumper for Future Migration

Plug & Play Topologies


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Plug & Play: Alternate Building Blocks

Is Plug & Play Limited toMTP Cassettes?

MTP Brackets:

Reduce number of Hops.

Reduce System Loss.

Reduce System Cost.

W ork above the Floor.


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Plug & Play: Alternate Building BlocksMTP - X Harness Assemblies:

The Mix & Match Advantage

MTP - SC Duplex

MTP - LC Duplex

MTP - MT-RJ


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Alternative Plug & Play Topology Advantages:

Use of MTP Bracket & HarnessSystem @ . 5 dB per Interface

Total Path Loss = 2 .0dB

10Gig Path Budget = 2 .6dB

Flexibility of MTP Fully Exploited

Simplified Future Migration -Requires Harness Change Out

Allows for Organized Trunk Pre-Cabling for Future Expansion

Plug & Play Topologies


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Trunk / Harness TechnologySimplifies administration

Simplifies Visual

Identification

Future Growth Is Built In

Allows Pre-Cabling to

Cabinets for Rapid

Deployment (servers)

Consistent Channel toChannel Characteristics

Trunk Cable FeedFrom Under

floor

Proper Bend

RadiusAdherence

Fan IntakeRemains

Clear

Trunk and

Harness

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hnology:

A DVAN T AG ES OF M T P TRU NK / HA R N ESS

SWI T C H C A BL ING


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Why use Trunk Cables?

Media Choice:

Fiber Copper

Performance: Quality Assurance Application W arranty

Availability: Schedule Install Time Logistics Environment

Price:

Material Cost Labor Cost Less Scrap

Installation: Design Future Growth

Installer Skill Level Accessibility


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T runk C abling S ystems

Advantages:

Simplified InstallationReduce human errorsLess time in the floor less disruption and debris

Factory terminated and pre-tested minimizes points of failure

Uniform design and consistent documentationscheme


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T opologieswit h in

th e Data C enter


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Direct C onnect - N on S tructured


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MDA / H DA - S tructured N on -MT P


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Fiber / C opper - S tructured SAN


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Any to All

Connectivitydesign willsupport multipleequipment andapplications.

Change outequipment notinfrastructure


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Server Book End

Connectivity design willsupport multiple equipmentand applications.

Ideal for Rapid

Deployment Model

Allows Switch Port toServer Cabinet AllocationEfficiency

Highly Scalable Topologywhen Teamed with Pre-

Terminated Cat X Trunks

Simplified Administration

Ideal for Core / EdgeSwitch Topology


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O ther Considerations


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Dont Forget C able R outing

Cable Routing

Defined Pathways

Minimize Zig Zag

Overhead Distribution

Under floor Distribution Number Floor Grid to Allow

for Easy Location Identification


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R outing Met h ods

Routing Methods

J Hook

Basket Tray

Solid Based Cable Tray

Innerduct

Use of cable tray to facilitate routing and separationbetween media types - Fiber and Copper


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Ot h er C onsiderationsIntelligent Patching

Power monitoring Cabinet level

Fiber distribution for SAN/SAN Distribution Switches

ConveyanceUnderfloor OverheadTray or Basket


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Ot h er C onsiderations

Room Utilities - coordination

Remote mirroring

Bookend approach to cabinet and switch placement

Types of suppression systems


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R eferences


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R eferencesA merican S ociety of H eating, R efrigerating and A ir -C onditioning Engineers ( ASH R A E) - h ttp: // www.as h rae.org /

ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments

Electronic Industries A ssociation (E IA ) www.eia.org EIA-310-D Cabinets, Racks, Panels, and Associated Equipment

N ational Fire Protection A ssociation ( N FP A ) -http://www.nfpa.org

NF PA 75 Standard for the Protection of Information Technology Equipment

NFPA 7 0 National Electrical Code are and NFPA 101 Life SafetyCode also applicable


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R eferencesT elecommunications Industry A ssociation ( T IA ) -http://www.tiaonline.org/TIA-942 (Proposed) Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard

for Data CentersOther TIA cabling standards ( 5 68 , 5 69, 606, 60 7 , 758 ) are alsoapplicable.

T elecordia T ec h nologies - http://www.telcordia.com/Telcordia GR-63-CORE ( N EBS) Requirements: Physical ProtectionA central office specification, but referenced by TIA-9 42 for seismicspecifications, vibration testing, floor loading capacity measurementand test methods.


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7x 24 Ex c h ange - http://www. 7 x24 exchange.org/A FC OM www.afcom.comInstitute for Data C enter Professionals ( IDC P) www.idcp.orgInternational Facility Management A ssociation ( IFM A ) www.ifma.orgU ptime Institute www.upsite.orgC onstruction S pecification Institute www.csinet.orgTh e Data C enter Journal - www.datacenterjournal.com

Data Center User Groupsand

Information Exchanges


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