EN 50173-5:2007/A2:2012

Information technology - Generic cabling systems - Part 5: Data centres

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Informationstechnik - Anwendungsneutrale Kommunikationskabelanlagen - Teil 5: Rechenzentren

Technologies de l'information - Systèmes de câblage générique - Partie 5: Centres de données

Informacijska tehnologija - Univerzalni sistemi pokabljenja - 5. del: Podatkovna središča - Dopolnilo A2

Ta evropski standard določa univerzalno polaganje kablov, ki podpira širok razpon komunikacijskih storitev za uporabo v podatkovnih centrih. Zajema uravnoteženo polaganje kablov in polaganje optičnih kablov. Ta evropski standard temelji na zahtevah EN 50173-1 in se sklicuje nanje. Ta evropski standard vsebuje dodatne zahteve, ki so primerne za podatkovne centre, kjer je največja razdalja, na kateri je treba distribuirati komunikacijske storitve, opredeljena z izvedbo hrbteničnega polaganja kablov v EN 50173-1. Načela tega evropskega standarda prav tako lahko veljajo za inštalacije, ki niso v tem obsegu.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 29-Nov-2012
• ICS: 33.040.50 - Lines, connections and circuits
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 215 - Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC/JTC 1/SC25 - ISO/IEC_JTC_1/SC25
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Due Date: 30-Nov-2012
• Completion Date: 30-Nov-2012
• Ref Project: SIST EN 50173-5:2008/A2:2013 - Information technology - Generic cabling systems - Part 5: Data centres

Relations

• Amends: EN 50173-5:2007 - Information technology - Generic cabling systems - Part 5: Data centres
• Effective Date: 07-Jun-2022
• Revised: EN 50173-5:2018 - Information technology - Generic cabling systems - Part 5: Data centre spaces
• Effective Date: 18-Apr-2017
• Replaced By: EN 50173-5:2018 - Information technology - Generic cabling systems - Part 5: Data centre spaces
• Effective Date: 07-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 50173-5:2008/A2:2013
01-februar-2013
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Information technology - Generic cabling systems - Part 5: Data centres
Informationstechnik - Anwendungsneutrale Kommunikationskabelanlagen - Teil 5:
Rechenzentren
Technologies de l'information - Systèmes de câblage générique - Partie 5: Centres de
données
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50173-5:2007/A2:2012
ICS:
33.040.50 Vodi, zveze in tokokrogi Lines, connections and
circuits
35.110 Omreževanje Networking
SIST EN 50173-5:2008/A2:2013 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 50173-5:2008/A2:2013

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SIST EN 50173-5:2008/A2:2013

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 50173-5/A2

NORME EUROPÉENNE
November 2012
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 33.040.50


English version


Information technology -
Generic cabling systems -
Part 5: Data centres



Technologies de l'information -  Informationstechnik -
Systèmes de câblage générique - Anwendungsneutrale
Partie 5: Centres de données Kommunikationskabelanlagen -
Teil 5: Rechenzentren






This amendment A2 modifies the European Standard EN 50173-5:2007; it was approved by CENELEC on
2012-11-12. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.

This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language
made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels


© 2012 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 50173-5:2007/A2:2012 E

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SIST EN 50173-5:2008/A2:2013
EN 50173-5:2007/A2:2012 - 2 -
Foreword
This document (EN 50173-5:2007/A2:2012) has been prepared by CLC/TC 215 "Electrotechnical
aspects of telecommunication equipment".
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2013-11-12
• latest date by which this document has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2015-11-12
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with
this document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document introduces the intermediate distribution cabling subsystem as a new functional element
to the topology of generic cabling in data centres.

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Foreword
Add the following after EN 50173-5:
EN 50173-6 Information technology – Generic cabling systems – Part 6: Distributed building
services
Introduction
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Figure 1 - Schematic relationship between the EN 50173 series and other relevant standards

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SIST EN 50173-5:2008/A2:2013
EN 50173-5:2007/A2:2012 - 4 -
2 Normative references
Replace the reference to EN 61754-20:201X by the following:
EN 61754-20:2012, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Fibre optic
connector interfaces – Part 20: Type LC connector family (IEC 61754-20:2012)
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
Insert the following definitions and renumber remaining definitions:
3.1.2
intermediate distribution cable
cable connecting the intermediate distributor to the zone distributor
3.1.3
intermediate distributor
distributor used to make connections between the main distribution cabling subsystem, intermediate
distribution cabling subsystem, network access cabling subsystem, cabling subsystems specified in
EN 50173-1 and active equipment
3.2 Abbreviations
Insert the following abbreviation:
ID Intermediate distributor
4 Structure of the generic cabling system in data centres
4.2 Functional elements
Insert the following note after bullet i):
NOTE This standard supports the addition of an additional functional element, the intermediate distributor. The requirements
for this functional element and the additional cabling subsystem created by its inclusion are defined in Annex C.
4.3 General structure and hierarchy
st
Insert the following note after 1 paragraph:
NOTE This standard supports the addition of an additional cabling subsystem, the intermediate distribution cabling
subsystem. The requirements for this functional element and the additional cabling subsystem created by its inclusion are
defined in Annex C.
Amend the NOTE to Figure 3 to read:
NOTE Network access cabling is also used to connect distributors in accordance with EN 50173-1 to the ZD.

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Insert the following new Annex C.
Annex C
(normative)

Intermediate distribution cabling subsystem
C.1 General
Larger data centres may require an additional subsystem in order to support a reasonable
administration system that will allow for the interconnection of several main distributors. In such case
the main distributor will become the common distributor, which now connects several intermediate
distributors, which act as local main distributors.
This annex defines the additional requirements that are required for such implementations.
C.2 Structure
C.2.1 Functional elements
In addition to the distributors specified in 4.1, Annex C specifies the following functional element and
interface of generic cabling:
– intermediate distributor (ID).
C.2.2 General structure and hierarchy
Generic cabling systems in accordance with this annex contain an additional cabling subsystem: the
intermediate distribution cabling subsystem. Network access cabling subsystems may be connected
directly to the intermediate distributor.
The cabling subsystems are connected together to create a generic cabling system with a structure as
shown in Figure C.1. The composition of the intermediate distribution cabling subsystem is described in
C.2.3. The functional elements of the cabling subsystems are interconnected to form a basic hierarchical
topology as shown in Figure C.2.
Where the functions of distributors are combined (see 4.7.1) the cabling subsystems linking them are
not required.
Connection to application-specific equipment at an ID adopts an interconnect or a cross-connect
approach (see EN 50173-1). Passive connections between cabling subsystems adopt either a cross-
connect approach, by way of either patch cords or jumpers, or an interconnect approach.

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SIST EN 50173-5:2008/A2:2013
EN 50173-5:2007/A2:2012 - 6 -
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Figure C.1 – Structure of generic cabling

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IDID IDID
ZDZD ZDZD
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NOTE Network access cabling is also used to connect distributors in accordance with EN 50173-1 to the ID.
Figure C.2 – Hierarchical structure of generic cabling
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ZoZonnee di dissttrriibbuuttiionon
ccaablbliinng sg suubbssyysstteemm

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C.2.3 Cabling subsystems
C.2.3.1 Main distribution cabling subsystem
The main distribution cabling subsystem extends from an MD to the IDs connected to it. The
subsystem includes
a) the main distribution cables,
b) the mechanical termination of the main distribution cables at the MD together with associated
patch cords and/or jumpers at the MD,
c) the mechanical termination of the main distribution cables at the ID.
Although equipment cords are used to connect the transmission equipment to the cabling subsystem,
they are not considered part of the main distribution cabling subsystem because they are application-
specific.
C.2.3.2 Intermediate distribution cabling subsystem
The intermediate distribution cabling subsystem extends from an ID to the ZDs connected to it. The
subsystem includes
a) the intermediate distribution cables,
b) the mechanical termination of the intermediate distribution cables at the ID together with
associated patch cords and/or jumpers at the ID,
c) the mechanical termination of the intermediate cables at the ZD.
Although equipment cords are used to connect the transmission equipment to the cabling subsystem,
they are not considered part of the intermediate distribution cabling subsystem because they are
application-specific.
C.2.4 Accommodation of functional elements
Figure C.3 shows an example of how the intermediate distributor is accommodated in
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