INTELLIGENT CABLING
Real time monitoring of
network ports and cables
Intelligent infrastructure management allows the physical state of a network at
remote locations to be monitored and flagged to field teams for immediate response.
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ociété Arabe Internationale de
Banque in Cairo, Egypt has built
its new data centre using HD
patch panels, raceway systems, and
pre-terminated copper and fiber cabling
solutions from R&M. The investment
is future-proofed to be Automated
Infrastructure Management ready and in
its next phase will involve the integration
of the R&MinteliPhy system for full
visibility and manageability.
Société Arabe Internationale de
Banque was established in 1976 and
in addition to providing all manner of
banking and financial services provides
products and services that are in
compliance with the provisions of Islamic
law through its Islamic branch. The Bank
was keen to develop a new data centre
and its initial requirements called for
Up to 28% of
downtime in
datacentres can be
traced to patching
mistakes caused
by insufficient
documentation
eight server racks, six network racks, and
four security racks along with six more
racks left for future use.
A total of forty R&M HD Panels were
housed in the racks to provide the needed
copper and fibre optic connectivity
with full Automated Infrastructure
Management retrofit-ability at later
stages. As per R&M’s proposed design,
one hundred sixty Cat6a trunk cables
of various lengths were used to for
connectivity between these racks.
For fibre optic connectivity, additional
HD Patch Panels were used to house two
hundred R&M HD MPO modules. Two
hundred MTP12 OM4 Trunk Cables were
also used ranging from 10 to 25 meters
based on the data centre design and rack
arrangement. Additionally, FO Field
OM4 connectors were used for fiber optic
connectivity with external fiber optic
connections.
Société Arabe Internationale de
Banque’s data centre cabling is capable
of supporting 10Gbps over Cat6a Copper
and 10Gbps over OM4 Fiber Optic along
with 40Gbps over OM4 Fiber Cabling.
The use of R&M’s pre-terminated Cat6a
copper and OM4 fiber solutions, fully
customisable in different lengths and
with different wiring and configurations,
enabled the bank to precisely match the
needs of its data centre architecture.
To make sure moves, adds and changes
to trunk cables between racks will be
an easy job; R&M utilised its raceway
system complete with bend-radius
controlled fittings such as tee-joints,
horizontal elbows, along with trumpet
outlets for cables drops. The raceway
helped match the containment design
and fulfil the customer’s requirements
within schedule and budget.
Equinox International, R&M’s certified
partner, supported the vendor’s efforts
during the site surveys, technical
exchanges, and bill of quantities
preparation phases.
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