I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device. Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not. Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
Segmented cabinets with outlets inside each space? On Feb 10, 2016 9:01 AM, "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
Not feasible when you're in someone else's datacenter. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Reynolds" <josh@kyneticwifi.com> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 9:22:56 AM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" Segmented cabinets with outlets inside each space? On Feb 10, 2016 9:01 AM, "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote: I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device. Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not. Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
Some examples from where I work: - Open space, but your own cabinet. We have open areas where there are rows of half and full cabinets where customers can rent space. That cabinet space is theirs, but they’re in the open and anyone can get to the physical cabinet. While in general the cabinets are secure, they could still be broken in to. One could also disconnect power from the overhead junction boxes, or cut the fiber/copper feed going into the cabinets. - Caged space. Your cabinets are inside a locked cage. You can choose to have a “ceiling” installed if you think someone is going to squirrel their way up the walls. The whole area is locked, no one else can get in. Unless they crawl under the floor! Access to power and data lines are only available inside the cage. - Completely isolated space. We have a few customers that have paid to build literal walls around their leased space, giving them a completely isolated data center within a data center. Probably the most secure from the customer’s perspective, as they can and have employed their own man-traps, security systems, surveillance, etc. on top of our own. - Module space. We have fully-enclosed modules that are RFID card access only. Half or whole modules can be leased. Similar to a caged space, but completely sealed and self-contained. Some of them are shared space, so the same potential issues in the first bullet apply. On top of this, the data center is carded, man-trapped, iris-scanner’d, video-surveilled, etc. No lasers or pressure-sensitive plates. These are just examples to illustrate some of the different levels of access someone else might have to another entity’s gear. I’d be curious to hear examples of cases where malicious activity took place within a data center, one customer to another. On 2/10/16, 7:59 AM, "NANOG on behalf of Mike Hammett" <nanog-bounces@nanog.org on behalf of nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net>
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
Yup; a standard rack item for audio installs; they go over equalizers and the like. You shouldn't have any trouble finding them in 1U and 2U, maybe larger. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf... It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files... I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with. I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU. I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs. I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed. Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh? I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security" I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device. Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not. Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things… Of course labeling of the cables. Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf... It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files... I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with. I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU. I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs. I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed. Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh? I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security" I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device. Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not. Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
Mistake prevention is the key. Neatness counts. Label everything - cubicle, equipment, cables using high quality labels that won’t fall off. Use a meaningful labeling scheme. Label both sides of the equipment with letters large enough for everyone to read. Color coding is nice until you have dim lighting or a color-blind tech. Separate power and data for the wired stuff. EMI leakage is real. Secure power cords to the equipment. Secure cables to PDU so they don’t fall out when bumped. Secure the cables for “wall wart” power supplies so that they do mot loosen. Learned this the hard way after plugs vibrated or “fell” out. If you have issues with others pugging into your power, use electrical outlet blocker plugs (baby proofing supplies) and mark them as if the outlet is broken. Secure your data cables so that they do not block the heat exhaust of the equipment. Use cable boots to prevent damage to cable clips, and to prevent tugging on other cables when making changes. Don’t bend cables beyond the minimum bend radius. You’re only as safe as the most dangerous technician that is allowed into the space. -- Otto Monnig CTO KTG IP, LLC omonnig@gmail.com
On Feb 12, 2016, at 2:58 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies. Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now. [b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bevan Slattery" <bevan@slattery.net.au> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies. Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now. [b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter.
Indeed, paying for and maintaining your own generator and UPS system, digging up streets for diverse network paths if you can get a CLEC to play with you, twenty-four hour security and personnel logging, buying and installing your own environmental conditioning. All just for a half rack of kit. Please, tell me about those options. -- Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, +1 (360) 474-7474
Sorry. I'm not sure I get from which angle you are coming at this from. Happy to clarify for you and anyone interested if you can help me out here. Cheers [b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 12:58 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
From: "Bevan Slattery" <bevan@slattery.net.au> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies.
Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now.
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
Getting a cabinet in someone else's datacenter (Equinix, Coresite, Telx, etc.) and having sub-tenants. Most networks aren't going to need more than a handful of U in a datacenter, but the more significant the datacenter, the less likely they are to provide partial cabinets... which makes no sense. Sure, some networks need large chassis routers chewing up 10U - 20U, but there are far more networks that need routers that take up 1U, 2U, something like that. For many networks, the sheer cost of the space in the datacenter doubles their overall cost per megabit. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bevan Slattery" <bevan@slattery.net.au> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 2:36:34 AM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" Sorry. I'm not sure I get from which angle you are coming at this from. Happy to clarify for you and anyone interested if you can help me out here. Cheers [b] On 13 Feb 2016, at 12:58 PM, Mike Hammett < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote: There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bevan Slattery" < bevan@slattery.net.au > To: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies. Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now. [b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
Mike, I've seen people use shelves to segregate cabinets. I've seen some that screw from both sides and eat very little space. Greg On Feb 13, 2016 8:07 AM, "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
Getting a cabinet in someone else's datacenter (Equinix, Coresite, Telx, etc.) and having sub-tenants. Most networks aren't going to need more than a handful of U in a datacenter, but the more significant the datacenter, the less likely they are to provide partial cabinets... which makes no sense. Sure, some networks need large chassis routers chewing up 10U - 20U, but there are far more networks that need routers that take up 1U, 2U, something like that. For many networks, the sheer cost of the space in the datacenter doubles their overall cost per megabit.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Slattery" <bevan@slattery.net.au> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 2:36:34 AM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
Sorry. I'm not sure I get from which angle you are coming at this from. Happy to clarify for you and anyone interested if you can help me out here.
Cheers
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 12:58 PM, Mike Hammett < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote:
There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Slattery" < bevan@slattery.net.au > To: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies.
Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now.
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two).
http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable…
http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really
wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the
PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable
management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the
cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock
the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is
completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate
the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking
at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear
that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
Right, but that doesn't limit one's ability (intentional or not) to pull out the wrong power cord or smack someone's loosely ran cables, etc. We're sorting out some standards now and I think it'll largely involve color coding, wire looms, horizontal cable management and a "cabinet practices" document defining standards for use in the cabinet. This is meant to protect customers from themselves and each other. IE: Someone is removing a power cable and the pull the wrong one out of the PDU. Maybe they pull the right one out of the PDU, but it's wrapped around someone else's power cable and theirs gets pulled out along the way. Stuff like that. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Sowell" <greg@gregsowell.com> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:16:17 AM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" Mike, I've seen people use shelves to segregate cabinets. I've seen some that screw from both sides and eat very little space. Greg On Feb 13, 2016 8:07 AM, "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote: Getting a cabinet in someone else's datacenter (Equinix, Coresite, Telx, etc.) and having sub-tenants. Most networks aren't going to need more than a handful of U in a datacenter, but the more significant the datacenter, the less likely they are to provide partial cabinets... which makes no sense. Sure, some networks need large chassis routers chewing up 10U - 20U, but there are far more networks that need routers that take up 1U, 2U, something like that. For many networks, the sheer cost of the space in the datacenter doubles their overall cost per megabit. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bevan Slattery" < bevan@slattery.net.au > To: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 2:36:34 AM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" Sorry. I'm not sure I get from which angle you are coming at this from. Happy to clarify for you and anyone interested if you can help me out here. Cheers [b] On 13 Feb 2016, at 12:58 PM, Mike Hammett < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote: There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bevan Slattery" < bevan@slattery.net.au > To: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies. Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now. [b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
Mike, Are you leasing a full cabinet and sub-leasing out portions of it? Not sure how you can define what other customers do, unless they're your customers. Split cabinets are ideal, as you the sections are compartmentalized. -- Jason Canady Unlimited Net, LLC Responsive, Reliable, Secure www.unlimitednet.us jason@unlimitednet.us twitter: @unlimitednet On 2/13/16 11:25 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
Right, but that doesn't limit one's ability (intentional or not) to pull out the wrong power cord or smack someone's loosely ran cables, etc. We're sorting out some standards now and I think it'll largely involve color coding, wire looms, horizontal cable management and a "cabinet practices" document defining standards for use in the cabinet. This is meant to protect customers from themselves and each other.
IE: Someone is removing a power cable and the pull the wrong one out of the PDU. Maybe they pull the right one out of the PDU, but it's wrapped around someone else's power cable and theirs gets pulled out along the way. Stuff like that.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Sowell" <greg@gregsowell.com> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:16:17 AM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
Mike, I've seen people use shelves to segregate cabinets. I've seen some that screw from both sides and eat very little space. Greg On Feb 13, 2016 8:07 AM, "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote:
Getting a cabinet in someone else's datacenter (Equinix, Coresite, Telx, etc.) and having sub-tenants. Most networks aren't going to need more than a handful of U in a datacenter, but the more significant the datacenter, the less likely they are to provide partial cabinets... which makes no sense. Sure, some networks need large chassis routers chewing up 10U - 20U, but there are far more networks that need routers that take up 1U, 2U, something like that. For many networks, the sheer cost of the space in the datacenter doubles their overall cost per megabit.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Slattery" < bevan@slattery.net.au > To: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 2:36:34 AM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
Sorry. I'm not sure I get from which angle you are coming at this from. Happy to clarify for you and anyone interested if you can help me out here.
Cheers
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 12:58 PM, Mike Hammett < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote:
There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Slattery" < bevan@slattery.net.au > To: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies.
Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now.
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
AFAIK, there's no way to securely compartmentalize someone else's rack, which is why I've been going down this road. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Canady" <jason@unlimitednet.us> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:30:21 AM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" Mike, Are you leasing a full cabinet and sub-leasing out portions of it? Not sure how you can define what other customers do, unless they're your customers. Split cabinets are ideal, as you the sections are compartmentalized. -- Jason Canady Unlimited Net, LLC Responsive, Reliable, Secure www.unlimitednet.us jason@unlimitednet.us twitter: @unlimitednet On 2/13/16 11:25 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
Right, but that doesn't limit one's ability (intentional or not) to pull out the wrong power cord or smack someone's loosely ran cables, etc. We're sorting out some standards now and I think it'll largely involve color coding, wire looms, horizontal cable management and a "cabinet practices" document defining standards for use in the cabinet. This is meant to protect customers from themselves and each other.
IE: Someone is removing a power cable and the pull the wrong one out of the PDU. Maybe they pull the right one out of the PDU, but it's wrapped around someone else's power cable and theirs gets pulled out along the way. Stuff like that.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Sowell" <greg@gregsowell.com> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:16:17 AM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
Mike, I've seen people use shelves to segregate cabinets. I've seen some that screw from both sides and eat very little space. Greg On Feb 13, 2016 8:07 AM, "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote:
Getting a cabinet in someone else's datacenter (Equinix, Coresite, Telx, etc.) and having sub-tenants. Most networks aren't going to need more than a handful of U in a datacenter, but the more significant the datacenter, the less likely they are to provide partial cabinets... which makes no sense. Sure, some networks need large chassis routers chewing up 10U - 20U, but there are far more networks that need routers that take up 1U, 2U, something like that. For many networks, the sheer cost of the space in the datacenter doubles their overall cost per megabit.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Slattery" < bevan@slattery.net.au > To: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 2:36:34 AM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
Sorry. I'm not sure I get from which angle you are coming at this from. Happy to clarify for you and anyone interested if you can help me out here.
Cheers
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 12:58 PM, Mike Hammett < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote:
There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Slattery" < bevan@slattery.net.au > To: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies.
Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now.
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett < nanog@ics-il.net > wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" < nanog@ics-il.net > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" < nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
I've seen colos sell half-racks where both the top and bottoms of the racks have their own cabinet doors. It's not a common thing though. -C
On Feb 12, 2016, at 18:58, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Slattery" <bevan@slattery.net.au> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies.
Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now.
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
ive seen a bunch of places that use these for shared colo and they seem to work pretty well https://www.racksolutions.com/colocation-cabinet.html chris On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Chris Woodfield <rekoil@semihuman.com> wrote:
I've seen colos sell half-racks where both the top and bottoms of the racks have their own cabinet doors. It's not a common thing though.
-C
On Feb 12, 2016, at 18:58, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Slattery" <bevan@slattery.net.au> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies.
Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now.
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two).
http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable…
http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really
wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the
PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced
cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the
cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock
the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is
completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate
the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking
at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear
that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
*nods* I've seen half and third cabinet designs employed in a couple datacenters. I've seen product sheets for quarter and sixth rack (with the sixth introduced in this thread). To me, those seem like ideal cabinets to put in MMRs, which traditionally have full cabinets. By count of networks, there are far more networks that employ routers smaller than say 4U than there are ones that use larger than say 12U. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Woodfield" <rekoil@semihuman.com> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "Bevan Slattery" <bevan@slattery.net.au>, "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 6:33:04 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security" I've seen colos sell half-racks where both the top and bottoms of the racks have their own cabinet doors. It's not a common thing though. -C
On Feb 12, 2016, at 18:58, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Slattery" <bevan@slattery.net.au> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies.
Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now.
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
Well In Montreal, QC, CA... You can get Room, Cage, Full, 1/2, 1/4 or 1/8th from Metro Optic. You lose about 1U for the physical separation, but when you only need a few U's for a pair of routers... They also have connections with a local rack maker that can make you whatever you need. ----- Alain Hebert ahebert@pubnix.net PubNIX Inc. 50 boul. St-Charles P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7 Tel: 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net Fax: 514-990-9443 On 02/14/16 08:48, Mike Hammett wrote:
*nods* I've seen half and third cabinet designs employed in a couple datacenters. I've seen product sheets for quarter and sixth rack (with the sixth introduced in this thread).
To me, those seem like ideal cabinets to put in MMRs, which traditionally have full cabinets. By count of networks, there are far more networks that employ routers smaller than say 4U than there are ones that use larger than say 12U.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Woodfield" <rekoil@semihuman.com> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "Bevan Slattery" <bevan@slattery.net.au>, "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 6:33:04 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I've seen colos sell half-racks where both the top and bottoms of the racks have their own cabinet doors. It's not a common thing though.
-C
On Feb 12, 2016, at 18:58, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
There are more options when you're not just using someone else's datacenter.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Slattery" <bevan@slattery.net.au> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:44:34 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
In a past life we worked with our supplier to create physically separate sub-enclosures.1/2 and 1/3. Able to build in a separate and secure cable path for interconnects to the meet-me-room and connection to power supplies.
Can be done and I think there are now rack suppliers that do this as standard. Been out of DC space for a few years now.
[b]
On 13 Feb 2016, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
That moment when you hit send and remember a couple things…
Of course labeling of the cables.
Maybe colored wire loom for fiber and DACs in the vertical spaces to go along with the previously mentioned color scheme?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:53:17 PM Subject: Re: Shared cabinet "security"
I am finding a bunch of covers for the front. I do wish they stuck out more than an inch (like two). http://www.middleatlantic.com/~/media/middleatlantic/documents/techdocs/s_sf...
It looks like these guys stick out 1.5”. That may be workable… http://www.lowellmfg.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files...
I guess those covers are really only useful for servers. That really wouldn’t work with a switch\router. Switches and routers are going to be the bulk of what we’re dealing with.
I am finding locking power cables, but that seems to be specific to the PDU you’re using as it requires the other half of the lock on the PDU.
I did come across colored power cords. I wonder with some enforced cable management, colored power cables, etc. we would have “good enough”? You get some 1U or 2U cable organizers, require cables to be secured to the management, vertical cables in shared spaces are bound together by customer, color of Velcro matches color of the power cord? Blue customer, green customer, red customer, etc. Could do the cat6 patch cables that way too, but that gets lost when moving to glass or DACs.
I thought about a web cam that would record anyone coming into the cabinet, but Equinix doesn’t really allow pictures in their facilities, so that’s not going to fly. Door contacts should be helpful for an audit log of at least when the doors were opened or closed.
Financial penalty from the violator to the victim if there’s an uh oh?
I’m not trying to save someone from themselves. I’m not trying to lock the whole thing down. Just trying to prevent mistakes in a shared space.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:59:08 AM Subject: Shared cabinet "security"
I say "security" because I know that in a shared space, nothing is completely secure. I also know that with enough intent, someone will accomplish whatever they set out to do regarding breaking something of someone else's. My concern is mainly towards mitigation of accidents. This could even apply to a certain degree to things within your own space and your own careless techs
If you have multiple entities in a shared space, how can you mitigate the chances of someone doing something (assuming accidentally) to disrupt your operations? I'm thinking accidentally unplug the wrong power cord, patch cord, etc. Accidentally power off or reboot the wrong device.
Obviously labels are an easy way to point out to someone that's looking at the right place at the right time. Some devices have a cage around the power cord, but some do not.
Any sort of mesh panels you could put on the front\rear of your gear that you would mount with the same rack screw that holds your gear in?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
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