Jonathan Jew, integrante del Comité Directivo de los grupos de creación de normas sobre Centros de Datos en ISO, BICSI, TIA, nos comparte los contenidos más actuales y tendencias en el tema.

1. What BICSI, TIA, & ISO/IEC
are doing with premises
cabling standards
and why you should care
Jonathan Jew - J&M Consultants, Inc.
Co-chair BICSI Data Center Subcommittee
Chair TIA TR-42.6 Telecom Administration
Vice-chair TIA TR-42.1 Generic & Premises Cabling
Vice-chair USTAG to ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 25 WG 3
www.j-and-m.com

2. The organizations in this update
• ISO/IEC – ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 25 WG 3 –
international telecommunications cabling
standards
• TIA (Telecommunications Industry
Association) TR-42 – US and Canadian national
telecommunications cabling standards
• BICSI – international standards and guidelines
for information technology systems

3. The organizations in this update
• ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 25 includes experts from 29
countries & observers from 18 other countries
• TIA TR-42 includes experts from 60+ US and
Canadian organizations
• BICSI Standards includes 400+ members,
mostly from the end-user and consultant
community

4. The organizations in this update
• All three organizations are busier than they
ever have been developing new standards &
updating existing ones

5. Why you should care about standards
• Ensures that the cabling system works properly
• Ensures cabling system is easy to use and
maintain
• Combined knowledge of many of the best
industry experts in their respective fields
• Standards are an inexpensive way for you to
learn from these experts and apply their
knowledge to your projects

6. ISO/IEC Standards
Dashed lines
= in progress
ISO/IEC Standard Structure

7. ISO/IEC Recently Published
• ISO/IEC 24764-1 - Data Centres - Amendment
to add Intermediate Distributor (ID) for large
or modular data centers
• For data center designers using ISO/IEC 24764

8. ISO/IEC Recently Published
• ISO/IEC TR 11801-99-1 – Balanced cabling for
40Gbps channels – meant for IEEE
• Characterizes channels to support 40 Gbps using Cat 6A, 7,
7A, and new Cat 8.1 and Cat 8.2 components
• Cat 8.1 for Class I channels compatible w/Cat 6a
• Cat 8.2 for Class II channels compatible w/Cat 7/7A
• ISO/IEC 11801-1 & TIA drafts specify 24 m maximum
permanent link
• + 4 m of 50% derated cord (26 AWG) = 28 m channel, OR
• + 6 m of 20% derated cord (24 AWG) = 30 m channel, OR
• + 8 m of 0% derated cord (22 AWG) = 32 m channel
• 25GBase-T/40GBase-T IEEE 802.3bq Apr 2016
• Parallel Cat 8 effort in TIA underway

9. ISO/IEC In Progress
• ISO/IEC 14763-3 Edition 2 – Testing of
Optical Fibre Cabling – methods for
inspection and testing of installed optical
fiber
• For those who test optical fiber installed per
ISO/IEC standards
• Recently approved for publication

10. ISO/IEC In Progress
• 3rd
Edition of ISO/IEC 11801 series &
reorganization of related standards (-1 General,
-2 Offices, -3 Industrial, -4 Homes, -5 Data
Centres) estimated publication 2016 – no more
Cat 3, OM1, OM2, OS1. For those who use
ISO/IEC standards
• ISO/IEC 30129 – Telecommunications Bonding
- New standard based on ANSI/TIA-607-B and
CENELEC EN 50310 - estimated 2015 - For those
who specify telecom bonding & grounding

11. ISO/IEC In Progress
• ISO/IEC 11801-6 Distributed Building Services
– based on CENELEC EN 50173-6 and
ANSI/TIA-862-A – estimated publication 2016
• Cabling for wireless access points, building
energy management, environmental control,
access control, security, safety, paging, patient
monitoring, etc.
• For all structured cabling designers

12. ISO/IEC In Progress
• Addendum to ISO/IEC 14763-2 – core & optional
Automated Infrastructure Management (AIM)
functions – 2015 – (corresponding addendum to
TIA-606-B in progress)
• ISO/IEC 18598 AIM System Requirements, Data
Exchange, and Applications – mid-2016 –
requirements and recommendations for AIM
systems, benefits of AIM, model for data
exchange (between AIM systems and from AIM
systems to other network and building
management systems) - for those who are
planning or considering AIM

13. TIA standards structure
Dashed lines
= in progress

14. TIA – Published in 2013 & 2014
• ANSI/TIA-942-A-1 Data Center Fabrics
Types of data center fabric architectures (e.g., fat
tree or full mesh) and how to support them using
structured cabling
–Low-latency switch fabric that is non-blocking,
permitting any port to communicate with any other
port at the full capacity of the port
–Switch fabrics are needed for cloud computing
and may be needed for virtualization
–For data center cabling designers

15. TIA – Published in 2013 & 2014
• ANSI/TIA-569-C.1 – Revised Temperature
and Humidity Requirements
– Adopts revised 2012 ASHRAE thermal guidelines
for data processing environments
– Wider temperature and humidity ranges for
computer rooms and equipment rooms resulting
in energy savings
– For data center designers and owners
– Maximum balance twisted-pair cabling distances
are reduced above 20o
C
– E.G., at 60o
C max permanent link = 75 m for UTP

16. TIA – Published in 2013 & 2014
• TIA TSB-4979 Practical Considerations for
Implementation of Encircled Flux Launch
Conditions in the Field
– Information for users to understand encircled
flux and the options for using it
– Using encircled flux reduces optical loss
measurement uncertainty and increases
consistency when performed with different
sources & should be a requirement in contracts
– For those who test or specify fiber testing

17. TIA – Published in 2013 & 2014
• ANSI/TIA-607-B-2 – Structural Metal
Addendum
– Harmonizes with ISO/IEC 30129 Telecom
Bonding standard in development
– Permits the use of an electrically
continuous building structural metal frame
to be used in place of a dedicated
telecommunications bonding backbone
– For those who design or specify telecom
bonding

18. TIA – Published in 2013 & 2014
• ANSI/TIA TSB-162-A – cabling guidelines for
wireless access points
– For designers of wireless LANs
– Guidelines for designing cabling for WLANs. Changes
include:
• Recommends multiple outlets, Category 6A, or OM3
MMF to support higher bandwidth requirements of
new wireless standards (e.g., 7.3 Gbps for IEEE
802.11ac)
• More access point mounting options and physical
security information
– Similar standard for DAS - TIA TSB-5008 cabling
guidelines for DAS initiated June 2014 with late-
2015/early-2016 target

19. TIA – Published in 2013 & 2014
• ANSI/TIA-4966 Educational Facilities
– Approved in early 2014
– New standard for cabling of educational
buildings and spaces (elementary schools, middle
schools, high schools, colleges, universities, and
training rooms)
– Suggested density of wireless access points
– Informative annex on distributed antenna systems
– Typical class room layouts
– For designers of cabling for educational buildings

20. TIA – Published in 2015
• ANSI/TIA-569-D – Pathways and Spaces
• Smaller minimum recommended distributor
room sizes: intermediate backbone 9 m2
/
100 ft2
, horizontal cabling 11 m2
/ 120 ft2
• Reduce requirement for clearance above
cable trays from 12” min to 8” min, 12”
recommended
• Maximum cabinet & rack height
recommended, but not required to be 7 feet
• Important to all who use TIA standards

21. TIA – Published in 2015
• TIA-4994 - Sustainability
• To be used with Sustainable Technology
Environments Program (STEP) to provide
best practices and rating similar to LEED, but
for information communications technology
(ICT)
• Approved for publication Feb 2015
• For anyone interested in sustainability
• TIA-5011 ICT Manufacturer’s Sustainability
in early development

22. TIA Standards in Development
• TIA-568-C.2-1 Category 8 (2015)
• Similar to ISO/IEC Category 8.1 (screened
cable that uses 8-pin ‘RJ45’ jack)
• Uses 24 m permanent link with 2 x 3 m 24
AWG cords (2 x 4 m with 22 AWG cords)
• Considering Category 8.2/Class II
• Consider 24 m cabling distances for new data
center designs to permit upgrade to Cat 8

23. TIA Standards in Development
• TIA-604-18-A / FOCIS-18 Type MPO-16 fiber
• Specification for 16- and 32-fiber MPOs
• Key offset to side to avoid confusion with
12- and 24-fiber MPOs
• Estimated 2015
• For manufacturers of MPO connectors
• Permits better utilization of optical fibers than
MPO-12 because 40G and 4-lane 100G Ethernet
use 8 fibers. 400G Ethernet will probably use
32 MM fibers and 2x16 MPO.

24. TIA Standards in Development
• TIA-568.0-D, TIA-568.1-D, TIA-568.2-D, TIA-568.3-D –
Updates to base standards
• recognize broadband coaxial cable (TIA-568-C.4),
• Cat 3, OM1, OM2, OS1 not supported
• 2-fiber minimum
• Recommend Cat 6A and add Cat 8
• PON splitter/coupler specs
• Min inside bend radius for fiber cord 25 mm / 1 in or
manufacturers spec (for bend insensitive fiber)
• Min bend radius for 4-pair UTP 4x cord diam (was 1x)
• Important to all who use TIA standards – 568.0-D,
568.1-D, and 568.3-D will publish concurrently in 2015
before 568.2-D (2016)

25. TIA Standards in Development
• TIA-607-C bonding and grounding (earthing)
update to TIA-607-B - harmonize with ISO/IEC
30129 where possible, integrate annexes on
antenna grounding and building steel, specify
requirements for rack bonding busbars
• For those who specify
telecom grounding
& bonding
• Estimated 2015

26. TIA Standards in Development
• TIA-862-B Cabling for Intelligent Building
Systems - (2015) update to TIA-862-A building
automation systems– covers cabling for all types
of building systems
• Direct connections to equipment (without outlet
or horizontal connection point) shall use solid
conductor cables and should be limited to
devices in fixed locations that are not expected to
be replaced, or that are required to be directly
connected by the AHJ
• For all telecom cabling designers

27. TIA Standards in Development
• TIA-5017 Telecommunications Physical
Network Security Standard – Target late-2015
• Installation, management, and design
practices for physical security of
telecommunications cables, pathways, spaces
• Contributions from TIA members and
consultants that work on high-security
government/military installations
• For any telecom designer/owner

28. TIA Standards in Development
• TSB-5018 – Cabling for distributed antenna
systems
• Cabling topology, design, installation, testing,
and components – complements BICSI DAS
standard
• Targeting Oct 2016 publication
• For DAS designers and installers

29. TIA Standards in Development
• TIA-492AAAE Wideband multimode fiber
(WBMMF) – new generation of multimode fiber
• Retains support for legacy 850 nm applications
• Supports 4 wavelengths (850-950nm) at 28G to
100 m
• Supports up to 100 Gbps over a single pair of
fibers, 400G over 4-pairs of fiber, 1600G over 16-
pairs of fiber (reduces cost and complexity)
• 2016 target

30. TSB for 2.5G and 5GBase-T
• New TIA project to support IEEE Next
Generation Enterprise Access BASE-T
• 2.5GBase-T to 100m on 4-pair Cat 5e or higher
• 5GBase-T to 100m on 4-pair Cat 6 or higher
• 5GBase-T possibly up to 100m on 4-pair Cat 5e
• Evaluation, testing, and possibly mitigation
procedures to qualify installed cabling to support
2.5GBase-T or 5GBase-T
• For wireless access points (802.11ac up to 7Gbps)
• Proposed new ISO/IEC TR 11801-99-4

31. BICSI
• Intended to complement rather than replace
cabling standards such as TIA or ISO/IEC by
providing best practices for design &
implementation
• Also intended to supplement BICSI
publications such as recently published TDMM
13th
Edition (by providing more detail)
• Over 400 volunteer subject matter experts,
HOPEFULLY INCLUDING YOU!

32. BICSI – Recently Published
• BICSI-002 Data Center Design & Implementation Best
Practices - updates to include new technologies,
energy efficiency, modular data centers, DCIM, and
extend class structure [availability levels] to
architectural, mechanical, network, cabling.
• Basis for BICSI Data Center Design Consultant (DCDC)
certification and great reference for any data center
owner or designer (along with TIA-942-A, ISO/IEC
24764, or local standard) – Spanish version ~June 2015

33. BICSI – Recently Published
• BICSI-003 – Building Information Modeling
(BIM) Practices (Intelligent 3-D CAD) –
approved in 2014
• How to implement BIM for information
technology systems projects
• For organizations that create CAD drawings

34. BICSI – Recently Published
• BICSI-004 Health Care (published Dec 2012) –
get this and TIA-1179 if you design cabling for
health care facilities (e.g., clinics, hospitals,
nursing homes)
• BICSI-005 Electronic Safety and Security (ESS)
(published 2013) – get this if you design
cabling for security and safety systems

35. BICSI Updates In Progress
• BICSI-001 Educational Facilities - a revision of
BICSI-001 to include all types of educational
facilities with information on a wide range of
special systems and considerations
• Estimated publication 2016

36. BICSI In Progress
• BICSI 012 – Distributed Antenna Systems
(DAS) Design & Implementation Best Practices
(~May 2015, to be translated into Spanish
later in 2015) – for designers of DAS

37. BICSI In Progress
• BICSI 013 – Outside Plant Installation –
installation of telecom cabling for
outside plant (estimated completion in
2015)
• Supplements – BICSI Outside Plant
Design Reference Manual (OSPDRM) by
providing more implementation details
• For outside plant installers & designers

38. BICSI In Progress
• BICSI 033 – Intelligent Buildings
• Complements TIA-862-B Intelligent
Building Standard
• Focuses on integration and convergence
issues arising as non-computer systems
such as security and building
automation systems utilize the network
• For all cabling system designers

39. BICSI Updates In Progress
• New projects on building wireless (IEEE
802.11) & medical grade wireless (hospitals)
• BICSI 568 – North American Cabling
Installation - project being initiated to revise
by 2016
• BICSI – International Cabling Installation –
project being initiated and looking for
volunteers to develop international cabling
installation standard – see www.bicsi.org or
email me

40. Questions?
Jonathan Jew
President J&M Consultants, Inc.
Website: www.j-and-m.com
Email: jew@j-and-m.com
Co-chair BICSI data center subcommittee
Editor TDMM 13th
Edition Telecom Administration
Chair TIA TR-42.6 telecom administration subcommittee
Vice-Chair TIA TR-42.1 commercial building cabling
Vice-chair USTAG to ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 25 WG 3
Editor ISO/IEC TR 14763-2-1 telecom admin identifiers
SME BICSI TI&M Telecommunications Administration
Secretary TIA TR-42