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DATACENTER: Patch Panels
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:20:54 -0400
>
> Long shot here....I was in Abovenets DC space and noticed the patch panels,
> I THOUGHT they were from a company called "crone"...these are the patch
> panels on the top of all the customer racks and are brought back to that
> funky cross connect system they have which is made by the same company....
"Krone" -- I think they're german.
> 2) Why are they using that cross connect system for the cables once they
> come back to their MDFs? Is this for Flexibility? Performance? Neatness? I
> imagine that most their handoff is Ethernet so they would use just straight
> patch cords...but I suppose this is easier to maintain if you have skilled
> people doing the punches...and easier to troublshoot...
In large enough data centers, you need things that aren't
ethernet. If you can afford the costs in skilled people, etc. using a
copper pair as the unit of management allows maximum flexibility.
I would imagine a number of above net customers want POTS lines
for out-of-band managment of their box, for example.