I know at Clearwire data centers we used gray for network, blue for management and orange for RS-232 console. At least for the initial build. Later re-work or additions were whatever the tech had on hand ;) They also had labels on each end of each wire showing the path through the system, sometimes up to six lines. It did make it easy to bring up a data center and find cabling errors. To see the system last more than a year or two up upgrades would take some strong rules and oversight. I think it would be worth it if your management system can keep the religion.
-- Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, +1 (360) 474-7474 On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Yardiel Fuentes <yard...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Nanog-ers, > > Have any of you had the option or; conversely, do you know of “best > practices" or “common standards”, to color code physical cabling for your > connections in DataCenters for Base-T and FX connections? If so, Could you > share any ttype of color-coding schema you are aware of ?…. Yes, this is > actually considering paying for customized color-coded cabling in a Data > Center... > > Mr. Google did not really provide me with relevant answers on the above… > beyond the typical (Orange is for MMF, yellow for SMF, etc)… > > Any reasons for or against it welcome too... > > -- > Yardiel Fuentes >
