Assembling custom design modular data center cabinet layout for electronic devices
A central electrical cabinet unit is designed and assembled as a pre-assembled unit for installation at a client site for designing/building a custom electronic data center cabinet design or layout. The pre-assembled unit includes a central patch panel in a central cabinet for electronic devices. The central patch panel includes specified connections for components using the specified connections. Central patch panel connecting cables with central patch panel connectors include reciprocal connectors are connectible to client specified connections in a client cabinet. Power cables and electrical cables have electrical connections to the central patch panel. The electrical cables are configured to have reciprocal connectors connectable to compatible client electrical connectors on client electrical cables in the client cabinet, thereby the central patch panels in the central cabinet are a pre-assembled unit for installation at a client site and for connecting client cabinets thereto.
1. A method for assembling a central electrical cabinet unit for installation as a pre-assembled unit at a client site for designing/building a custom electronic data center cabinet design or layout, comprising:
assembling multiple central patch panels in a central patch panel cabinet for electronic devices, each of the central patch panels including specified connections for components using the specified connections;
installing central patch panel connecting cables with central patch panel connectors including reciprocal connectors connectible to client specified connections of respective client specified connection cables in a client cabinet;
installing power cables and electrical cables with electrical connections to each of the multiple central patch panels;
configuring the electrical cables to have reciprocal connectors connectable to compatible client electrical connectors on client electrical cables in the client cabinet, thereby the central patch panels in the central patch panel cabinet is a pre-assembled unit for installation at a client site and for connecting client cabinets thereto;
designating at least one of the multiple central patch panels that supports copper connections as a network central patch panel; and
designating at least one of the multiple central patch panels that supports fiber connections as a storage area network (SAN) central patch panel,
wherein the assembled central electrical cabinet unit is a pre-assembled unit for installation at the client site for designing/building the custom electronic data center cabinet design or layout which implements a geographically dispersed cloud optimized design, and wherein the central patch panel cabinet has cables and power strips pre-installed; the method further comprising:
custom labeling and mounting cables to the central patch panel cabinet;
providing two rows of cabinets;
defining a number of cabinets in each row up to eight client cabinets;
including the network central patch panel in a first row of cabinets;
including the SAN central patch panel in a designated row of cabinets; and
preinstalling, in the number of the client cabinets, two top of the cabinet patch panels to support up to 48 copper connections back to the network central patch panel of the central patch panel cabinet and 48 fiber connections back to the SAN central patch panel of the central patch panel cabinet, for a unique geographically dispersed cloud optimized design central patch panel which enables clients to have low density equipment in one area and high density equipment in another area.