Re: Cable Colors

On 17/06/08 10:47 AM, "Shaun Ewing" <s.ewing@aussiehq.com.au> wrote:

And there you have it. Finding the group of backbone cables (as an example) out of a bundle of cables is much easier when they're a different colour.

What colours we use depends on what area of the network we're in.

For example (for the DC):

- Access layer (ie: to servers): Blue - Management network (KVM, power, etc): Green - Private network (internal only): Black - Inter-rack links (don't touch): yellow - Network uplinks (really don't touch): red

And, as I forgot to mention. Crossover cables are the same colours based on their function above with a different colour boot (red, unless the cable itself is red). -Shaun