CCS Presentation Company Intro, DC Cabling & Racks, Future Trends

Presentation;Connectix Cabling Systems Introduction,Data Centre cabling and racks overview

6th November 2012

Paul Mathews FInstSMM, CCNA, MIEEE

Channel Manager

Today’s Sessions;

Part 1 – Introduction to Connectix (Company Profile)Part 2 – Production Portfolio and SolutionsPart 3 – Future Innovations / Standards Developments

Part 1; Introduction to Connectix(Company Profile)

Company Overview

• UK manufacturer of cabling solutions for LANs, WANs,SANs and Data Centres

• Formed in 1993

• Global Partners in Europe, Africa, Middle East,and Asia-Pacific

• First UK based cabling manufacturer tobecome endorser for the EU Code of Conducton Data Centres

• First UK based manufacturer to achieve 3rd

Party compliance for Cat 6a 10GbE system

• 3 worldwide product patents

Company Structure & Portfolio…

• UK based Structured Cabling Systems (SCS) manufacturing HQ

– Manufacturing and logistics hub (£2m stock holding)– Bespoke production and R&D labs– Technical Consultants, Commercial Sales & Marketing Personnel– Cable testing, ISO 9001 QA System, Port Testing Hardware– Training facilities– Suffolk metal fabricating facility, offices in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dublin

• Connectix Cabling Systems (CCS) portfolio includes;

– CCS Net 10G, Net 6 and Net 5e (Cat 6a, Cat 6 and Cat 5e) copper twisted pair systems– CCS Optical Fibre solutions for OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4 and OS1, OS2 backbone systems– CCS Express pre-terminated copper and optical fibre systems– CCS Starlight MTP system for data centres and high speed LANs– CCS IT and Data Centre Communication Racks

Connectix HQ

• Head office in England;

manufacturing, stock, logistics, R&D, production, sales and marketing, testing facilities

Data Centre Track Record

• HeaNet provides cutting edge Internet Services to Educational and Research Institutions & Organisations throughout Ireland – www.heanet.ie. Connectix supplied over 4000 x CCS Connectix Express Category 6 UTP points

• CoreIX – ConnectixMTP Optical Fibre Backbone andCat 6 UTP copper cabling links

• Telehouse Europe and TATACommunications both partnerwith Connectix for ongoingsupply of Data Centrespecification racks and patchingframes

• ControlCircle – Connectix manufactures custom-specification data centre environment racks for use in various data centres including Global Switch London and Amsterdam

Part 3; Connectix Cabling SystemsNet 10G Cat 6A Copper Cabling System

Connectix RacksExpress Pre-Terminated Cabling System

CCS Starlight MTP

CCS Net 10G Cat 6A Cable

• 550 MHz transmission

• Manufactured in the EU

• 8.0mm outer diameter (Vs 9.0mm UTP competitors)

• 23 AWG

• Compliant with EIA/TIA 568B, ISO/IEC 11801,IEC 611156-5 2nd ed, EN 50173-1, EN 50288-10

• IEC Fire Rated

• Third party laboratory tested – DELTA verified for Channel Compliance

• CCS 25 Year Warranty

• Improved bend radius (Vs UTP competitors)

CCS Net 10G Cat 7 Cable

• 900 MHz transmission

• Manufactured in the EU

• 7.55mm outer diameter (there are no UTPCat 7 cables)

• 23 AWG

• Compliant with EIA/TIA 568B, ISO/IEC 11801,• EC 611156-5 2nd ed, EN 50173-1, EN 50288-10

• IEC Fire Rated


• Future proofed for ROI (or so they say)

CCS Net 10G Keystones

• Conforms to EIA/TIA 568-B2.10 Category 6A

• Supports IEEE802.3an 10 Gigabit Ethernet

• Third party laboratory tested – ETL verified for Component Compliance


• Shielded for excellent transmissionperformance (AXTalk, interferences)

CCS Net 10G Keystone Panels

• Unloaded for keystone connectivity

• 1u 24 Port – supplied with rear cable management panel

• 1u 48 Port – high density


• Earthing point for equipment(Shielded for excellent transmission performance (AXTalk, interferences)

• Angled version for improved looming and cable management

CCS Net 10 RJ45 Patch Cords

• Double shield – SFTP(Shielded for excellent transmission performance (AXTalk, interferences)

• Superior twist rate for optimum bandwidth

• Individually tested to 10GBaseT standards and EIA/TIA-568-B2-10


• Third party certified as part of channel link compliance

CCS Cat 6A Projects

CCS Cat 6A Projects

CCS Cat 6A Projects

Connectix Racks;Cabinet and enclosure solutions for IT, Server and Data Centre Environments

Connectix Cabinets

DC Server Racks

• Data Centre Environments

• 42U, 45U, 47U, 49U, 54U

• Min 800mm depth, also 900, 1000, 1100, 1200mm

• Full height profiles, U height IDs• Reinforced 77% mesh doors front and rear• Fully lockable side doors• Cable entry points in the base• 10 Way 80 AMP earthing bar

• Conforms to IEC 297-2, DIN 41494-7, DIN 41491-1, BS 5850/3192

DC Server Racks

• Customise your internal rack anatomy

• Improve your airflow

• Improve your security

• Improve your cable accessibility and installation management

• Improve your aesthetics

• Reduce your costs of installation

• Design product solutions around your workspaces

DC Collocation Cabinets


• Example shown is a 48U 800W x 1000D with a 4U cable distribution point secured for client purposes only

• Each partition shelf takes 1U of space and blocks access to above and below as well as mounting the door (4U,10U or 20U)

• The remaining 43U space can be either be utilised as a full rack or split into 1/4s (10U) or 1/2s (20U).

• Cable is deployed overhead via cable troughs and then along a cable trough which is mounting via a cradle above each cabinet

DC Advanced CableManagement Patching Frames


• Modular cable management solution for interconnect and cross-connect applications

• Can be single or double sided

• ‘Finger’ cable support arms at every U height

• ‘Mushroom’ ring management bars for vertical management

Pre-terminated cabling solutions

Pre-Terminated Cabling Solutions

• Reduced time on site, up to 75% less• Increased quality and consistency• Reduced onsite supervision levels required due to simplicity of

installation• Reducing skill shortfall to virtually zero, as there is potentially little

need for sub-contract labour• Virtually zero on-site fault correction rate• Skilled workforce operating in conditions conduce to total quality

manufacturing• Repeatable, high quality terminations with a consistent performance

across all ports• Greener cabling solutions – EU Code of Conduct recommendation

(less waste, recyclable cable drums, measurable carbon footprint)

Slimline jack used in preconnectoried looms. E.g. Connectix Express

Copper Pre-Terminated Cabling Solutions


Connectix Express;

UK manufactured for optimised quality, tested and 25 year warranty

• Net 10G, Net 6, Net 5e (Cat 6A 10-Gig, Cat 6, Cat 5e)

• PVC or LSZH

• 4, 6, 8, 12 way looms

• Onsite measuring service, consultancy and specification for major projects

• Tape, braided sleeve, heat shrink or copex encapsulations,flexible conduit

• Unshielded keystone jacks in black or white

• Third party verification for hardware compliance


Optical Fibre Pre-Terminated Cabling Solutions

• No termination– Fibre cut to length and wound onto a drum

– Factory terminated and tested

– Ends protected with a pulling boot.

• Advantages– Zero fibre termination investment

– Zero termination time on site

– Single-mode and Multimode

– Low loss solution

• Disadvantages– Careful measuring

– Pulling boot bulky (MTP Intex exception)– Unable to re-terminate (without tools)

Optical Fibre Pre-Terminated Cabling Solutions

Connectix OPAL™ (Optical Pre-Assembled Link)• Internal / External applications, LSZH cables – tight buffered or CST loose tube for

armoured

• 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 24 core variants

• ST, SC, LC, FC MMF and SMF and APC singlemode versions

Typical installation time for a 20 metre assembly installed into a data centre with

racks and tray work in position. 48 port LC connectors in each panel using 48 core

multi mode 50/125 cable (OM3);

• Glue and Polish 48 core cable into LC panels 4 hours 26 mins

• Fusion Splice 48 core cable into LC panel 2 hours 41 mins

• Opal 2 x 24 core cable into LC panel 1 hour 24 min

• CCS Starlight® MTP ® 13 minutes

CCS Starlight® MTP®

40 GbE and 100 GbE Optical Ready Fibre System

What is MTP connectivity?• A high-density, space saving optical fibre connection – maximising space within

racks, providing high bandwidth links and reducing the cost (time) for installation

• Major market segments;– Pre terminated Optical Fibre– Storage Area Networks (SANs) – ultra high speed bandwidth and low latency

links within Data Centres or LANs– Supports large file transfers in digital infrastructures (such as HD CCTV)

• CCS Starlight MTP pre-terminated optical fibre;– can be installed by installers and technicians and IT Managers– saves money, improved competitiveness– better performance (quality factory terminations/QA)– available as an INTEX (internal/external) system

Starlight MTP (Multifibre Termination push-on)

Rapid Fibre Deployment (RFD);

• Designed for high volume fibre networks

• Traditional fibre solutions too slow

• MPO technology developed over 20 years ago

• MTP technology developed in the US

• MTP is an advanced version of MPO

• MPO and MTP currently dominate the US market

• The ‘Array’ connector will be used in the developing 40Gb and 100Gb standards

The RFD Market

Specify MTP over MPO

• MTP Starlight has a superior transmission performance than MPO: – Bandwidth capabilities that support up to 10Gbit/sec for existing applications– Future applications of 40Gbit/sec and 100Gbit/sec

• The MTP connector is fully compliant with both TIA-604-5 FOCIS 5 and IEC-61754-7

• The MTP connector is a high performance MPO• Colour coding by fibre type• Removable housing for gender change and rework• Metal pin-clamp to prevent pin transfer• Recessed pin clamp to prevent spring-ribbon contact• Oval spring for more ribbon clearance• Increased ferrule float for improved mechanical performance (US patent #

6085003)• Elliptical guide pin tip for improved durability via less guide-hole wear (US

patent pending)

Starlight Cable Size

Starlight MTP Pre-Terminated Cabling Solutions

53%

Category 6 x 60(60 x 1Gb Links)

16%

Fibre Optic 24 core x 10(120 x 10Gb Links)

42%Category 6A x 30(30 x 10Gb Links)

Starlight 12 core x 20(120 x 10Gb Links)

5%


Cat 6 cables compared to optical cables

Starlight Patch Panels• Starlight Panels come in three types, all 19” rack mounted 1U.

– Modular Cassette – Standard– XS Cable Management

• UK manufactured at Connectix– MTP coupler– MTP to SC/LC fan out assembly inside the cassette or sealed

panel– SC or LC couplers in the front

• Multimode OM3 or Single Mode OS1• 24, 48 or 96 port options all in 1U (44mm)• Specials can be designed• Flexible labeling system using Traffolyte


Standard Modular Cassette XS Cable Store


StandardsApplications and Associated Standards

• Parallel optical interconnect between PC cards and patch panels

• Miniature interconnection for O/E modules• Optical switch interframe connections• Meets IEC Standard 1754-7• Meets TIA/EIA 604-5 Type MPO• Meets ANSI HIPPI 6400 standard• Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) Compliant• InfiniBand Compliant• 10 GFC Fibre Channel Compliant


Quality & Support

• Working within an ISO 9001 quality regime Connectix controls quality right from the start

• 100% testing programme

• Connectix provided rapid response technical support, site audits and surveys

• Technical and project management training is provided directly by Connectix

• Onsite support through Connectix Technical Consultants with strategic partners/installers

outstandingquality andperformance…


Intex Capability

• Starlight Intex MTP Solution for indoor/outdoor optical fibre backbone links

• CCS Breakout MTP Assemblies for high density, scalable and modular requirements within optical fibre server patches

• 30mm diameter / 110 Newton's maximum pulling strength – suitable for pulling through cluttered data centre pathways or in a LAN/campus environment

• UK Manufactured with exceptional quality performance (Inferometer tested), 25 Year System Warranty


CCS Starlight BenefitsAll the benefits of traditional fibre, plus:

• Time expected to be 15% of typical glue and polish, and half the time of traditional Opal installations

• MTP high density connectors ranging from 12 to 72 cores

• Fibre cores managed identically in every panel

• Secure tamper-proof panels

• Four types of cable: single mode (blue), OM3 (aqua), 50/125 OM2 and 62.5/125 OM1 (grey)

• 3mm diameter cable, a third of standard multi-core fibre optic, with decreased bend radius & reduced cable memory

• Cable length flexibility with the cable store option

• Improving power and cooling efficiencies


Summary• Known technology that incorporates the new

MTP (Enhanced version of MPO)– Connectix Ltd a European approved

termination and test facility• Minimising Health and Safety risks

– Less people on site– No ovens or chemicals on site, no sharps

• Increasing site productivity for other trades• Reduced skilled labour on site• No expensive termination kit • Ensuring price and completion of project are on

schedule• Reduced packing on site• Higher density of fibre ports and cable• Improved fibre management and labelling


Connectix Starlight MTP Clients

• Vocalink

• Provident Financial (Bradford, Derby and Wakefield collocation sites

• Forstaedernes Bank (Denmark)

• University of Derby• University of Birmingham


http://www.forbank.dk/default.asp

Part 4; Connectix Approved Installer Program / 25 Year Warranty

• Connectix Cabling Systems (Net 10G, Net 6 and Net 5e) all exceed the current requirements from ISO 11801, TIA/EIA and EN 50173

• We supply screened and unscreened products across the range

• Connectix can prove all claims on system performance by our third party DELTA/ETL verification certificates

• Reinforced by a unique in-house testing regime

…exceeds allinternationalStandards andthird partycertificated...

Standards Compliance

25 Year Warranty

• Connectix 25 Year System Warranty• Guarantees performance to EIA/TIA

standards for the life of the system• Exclusive to Connectix Approved Installers• Covers Cable, Patch Panels and Outlets• Connectix Approved Installers (AI)

document and supply a site plan detailing the installation and a full set of test results

• Tester standards are – CCS Cat 5E System TIA/EIA-568-B Category 5E

Permanent Link TIA/EIA-568-B2 Level IIE Tester– CCS Cat 6 System TIA/EIA-468-B.2 Category 6

Permanent Link TIA/EIA-568-B-2-1 Level III Tester– CCS Cat 6A System TIA/EIA-568-B-2-10 Category

6A Permanent Link Level III Tester

• Successful completion of Connectix Training Courses (copper and optical fibre installation)

• Training Certificate for engineers attending other recognised manufacture

• Company Approved Certificate from other recognised manufacture

• Warranty documentation completed by trained engineers

• Approval status is for 2 years• Attends commercial or technical training

with Connectix within 2 years

Installer Criteria

Warranty Conditions

• End user certificate• Connectix guarantees product and system

performance for 25 years

Part 5; Market Trends and Future Innovation

Structured Cabling Standards

World Standards Co-operation

ISO

IEC ITU

BSI

ANSI

EIA TIA

ANSI EIA/TIA 568B

ISO 11801 - JTC1 ISO/IEC collaboration

BS EN50173

European Standards

CEN

CENELEC ETSI

X

Most representative standards body for member nation

75% of CENELECstandards comedirectly from IEC

ISO/IEC 11801Information Technology – Generic cabling for customer premises

EN50173Information technology. Generic cabling systems. General requirements and office areas

ANSI EIA/TIA 568-B / 568-C Commercial Building

Telecommunications Cabling Standard

IEEE (LAN/WAN):The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IETF (TCP/IP):The Internet Engineering Task Force

ITU (TCP/IP):The International Telecommunication Union

ISO:The International Organisation for Standardisation

ANSI:The American National Standards Institute

TIA/EIA:The Telecommunications Industry Association/ The Electronics Industry Alliance

Standards bodies

What’s new?40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet

The IEEE 802.3 Higher Speed Study Group (HSSG) suggested that networks 2 new rates were needed for Ethernet; 40 gigabit per second and 100 gigabit per second.

Physical layer cabling solutions and 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet application families;

The IEEE HSSG recommends that 40 GbE is utilised for server and computing applications and 100 GbE supports network aggregation applications.

40 Gigabit Ethernet; at least 1m backplane 40GBASE-KR4 at least 7m on copper cable 40GBASE-CR4 at least 100m over OM3 multimode fibre (MMF) 40GBASE-SR4 at least 150m over OM4 multimode fibre (MMF) 40GBASE-SR4 at least 10km over OS1/OS2 singlemode fibre (SMF) 40GBASE-LR4

100 Gigabit Ethernet; at least 7m on copper cable at least 100m over OM3 multimode fibre (MMF) 100GBASE-CR10 at least 100m over OM3 multimode fibre (MMF) 100GBASE-SR10 at least 150m over OM4 multimode fibre (MMF) 100GBASE-SR10 at least 10km over OS1/OS2 singlemode fibre (SMF) 100GBASE-LR4 at least 40km over OS1/OS2 singlemode fibre (SMF) 100GBASE-ER4

What’s new?OM3 or OM4

• OM4 ratified August 5th 2009 by EIA/TIA as 492AAAD grade MMF

• Bandwidth value of 4700 MHz/km (850nm High Performance Effective Modal Bandwidth)

• OM4 supports 550m links for 40GbE and 100GbE transmission (OM3 up to 300m)

• 70% of backbone links are less than or equal to 100m, therefore even at 40GbE and 100GbE – OM3 remains a future-proof solution

• Optical Fibre links up to 600m deploy fibre/cable/connectors and transceivers upto 10x less than Singlemode, therefore multimode systems remain competitive

• OM4 will support Fibre Channel;400m at 4Gbp/s, 200m at 8 Gbp/s and 130m at 16

Gbp/s

What’s new?Energy Efficient Ethernet

• IEEE 802.3az

• Saving power on switch to desktop links when status is idle

• Status moved to low-power mode

• Researched from ‘Small IT networks’ – SME (small, medium enterprise) LANs

• Small IT represents 97 TWh/year (3% national electricity)

• Small companies can deploy GREENER IT networking

What’s new?Category 7/7A Copper

• Draft standards

• Non-RJ45 connector (due to AX-Talk and splitting pairs)

• Cost Vs Fibre

• Cost of copper power transmissions at this rate Vs optical fibre transceivers (energy savings)

• Active Equipment OEM choice of interface ????

• 10 GbE, 40 GbE, 100 GbE – 400 GbE ??

• Terabit Ethernet

Thanks for your time.Any further questions?

Paul Mathews MInstSMM, CCNA, MIEEE

Channel Manager

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