Data Center Infrastructure Design - An Introduction

Name: Data Center Infrastructure Design - An Introduction
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An overview of data center infrastructure design from a structured cabling system designer’s perspective

Created bycory and steve

Last updated 8/2021

English

What you'll learn

Data center infrastructure standards and ratings for infrastructure availability
Data center spaces, pathways, and aisle layouts for airflow, power delivery, and network cabling
Guidelines for data center racks and cabinets
Typical data center power loads, types, and distribution
Data center grounding guidelines and Common Bonding Networks
Data center environmental requirements and thermal management
Data center network devices and networking protocols
Centralized vs. In-Row vs. Top-of-Rack design topologies
Copper and optical fiber network cabling and cable management
Labeling guidelines for data center Computer Rooms

Course content

1 section • 13 lectures • 2h 4m total length

Introduction5:40
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Define a data center.
List the requirements of a data center.
Identify data center standards.
Data Center Spaces20:30
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe the standards-recommended considerations that influence the physical layout of a data center.
Identify key data center infrastructure spaces and compare them to their commercial building counterparts.
Airflow, Power, and Network Cabling Pathways11:11
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe the standards-recommended considerations for the planning and design of data center Computer Room pathways for airflow, electrical power cables, and network cables.
Equipment Racks and Cabinets8:26
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe the standards-recommended considerations for the selection and layout of data center Computer Room racks and cabinets.
Power Distribution10:58
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe the considerations for the planning and design of electrical power delivery to Computer Room equipment.
Computer Room Grounding5:53
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe the standards-based guidelines for grounding infrastructure in data center Computer Rooms.
Computer Room Cooling13:03
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe the standards-based recommendations for the planning and design of cold air delivery to and hot air removal from Computer Room equipment.
Data Center Networking7:54
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe typical Computer Room devices, networking technologies, network traffic, and server connections.
Computer Room Topologies6:22
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe the three most common Computer Room design topologies for network equipment and cabling.
Network Cabling - Copper9:48
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe how standards classify the balanced twisted-pair cabling used in data centers.
Describe standards-based guidelines for balanced twisted-pair cabling in data centers.
Network Cabling - Optical Fiber10:33
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe how standards classify the optical fiber cabling used in data centers.
Describe standards-based guidelines for optical fiber cabling used in data centers.
Cable Management6:44
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe standards recommendations and industry best practices for managing the large quantity of cables and cords in data center Computer Rooms.
Infrastructure Labeling7:08
After completing this lecture, you will be able to:
Describe standards recommendations for identifying, labeling, and tracking all Computer Room cabling infrastructure and network equipment.
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Requirements

A curiosity and desire to learn about data center infrastructure.
A basic understanding of networking and structured cabling.
No previous infrastructure design experience required.

Description

Welcome to “Data Center Infrastructure Design - An Introduction”…where we take a focused look at data center design from an infrastructure point of view.

We define data center infrastructure as the spaces, pathways, racks, cabinets, cabling, power, grounding, and cooling – all the elements that must be put in place to reliably support many network devices so they can operate without interruption.

Data centers come in many forms and sizes, such as hyperscale, cloud, colocation, enterprise, and edge. Our focus is on the enterprise facility, which can be in a dedicated stand-alone structure or in a space within an office building, hospital, airport, sports stadium, or university campus, to name a few examples.

A data center serves as the central repository of an organization’s intellectual property. It requires state-of-the-art security, fire suppression, environmental controls, power distribution, network equipment, and tools for continuous monitoring and maintenance.

The network cabling system is a critical component of reliable communications within the data center and with sites and networks outside the data center.

This is an introductory course, intended to give you a detailed overview of standards-based guidelines and recommendations for data center infrastructure design.

We know that your time is valuable. Our objective is to provide you with the maximum amount of information in a minimum amount of time, so we have tightly scripted each of the lectures. We hope you find the contents useful and interesting.

Cory and Steve

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to have a fundamental understanding of data center infrastructure requirements and standards-based design guidelines.

Data Center Infrastructure Design - An Introduction

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