White Paper Abstract:
Forward-looking IT departments are preparing their data centers for the future by integrating support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and a unified network fabric into their switching and cabling strategies. Since the typical data center lifecycle is 10 to 15 years, cabling architectures have a tremendous effect on the data center's ability to adapt to network architecture changes, evolving bandwidth needs, and technology moves, additions, and changes. Cabling architectures, if not chosen correctly, could force an early replacement of the cabling infrastructure to meet connectivity requirements as the network and computer technologies evolve.