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Aerial Service Pathways
Routes for aerial access pathways shall follow same provisioning guidelines from an availability ...
Outside Plant Cabling Infrastructure
The data center site should have multiple duct banks with customer-owned maintenance holes from t...
Data center network cabling design
The datacenter cabling infrastructure layer contains, and the Data center spaces dedicated to sup...
Introduction
Structure cabling is imperative for any datacenter and it should be performed well as per the sta...
Fire Protection
Data centers face many challenges from managing complexity to improving energy efficiency and mee...
Mechanical and Cooling System
Datacenters are critical, energy-hungry infrastructures that operate around the clock. They provi...
Labeling and Signage
Labeling shall be integrated to the individual systems and shall provide the operator an understa...
Building Ground (Electrode) Ring
A building ground electrode ring shall be installed for facilities where a lightning protection s...
Bonding, Grounding, Lightning Protection, and Surge Suppression
The comprehensive electrical protection required for the critical facility is achieved using a sy...
Automation and Control, Monitoring
Monitoring is defined as the telemetry and ability to view what is going on within a given system...
Load Management
Unused or abandoned cables not terminated at equipment or marked for future use shall be removed....
Computer Room Equipment Power Distribution
The distribution to the critical loads must be exactly mapped to the redundancy of those loads an...
Direct Current (DC) Power Systems
DC power systems that serve critical loads are common in two forms: The primary power source f...
Power Distribution Units (PDUs)
PDUs with an isolation transformer create a separately derived neutral for downstream loads altho...
UPS Output Distribution
UPS output distribution switchboards are located immediately downstream of the UPS power plants a...
Ties and Interconnections
If the UPS sources are synchronized and are not overloaded, UPS systems may transfer load between...
UPS Output Switchboards
Output switchboards directly support the PDU and ASTS systems downstream of the UPS power plants....
Synchronization
Synchronization can occur in one of two ways for UPS systems: Actively based on some form of e...
UPS System
UPS and critical power system applications are focused on delivering quality power, whether origi...
Electrical Class Ratings
The standard includes five Classes relating to various levels of reliability of the data center ...