What You Need To Know About Cabling For Your Network

Have you ever wondered what you need to know about cabling for your network? Well, it's definitely a very important thing to be aware of, mostly because if you get it wrong, you will have a faulty server and this is the last thing that anyone wants to have to deal with! Making sure that your server network is up and running is the most crucial part of running the IT aspect of your business successfully.

Now, there are many people who think that you need to have a lot of cabling for your server. If you look closer, this is actually not always the case. What you do need is a few ports that serve as input and output ports. You also need power cables in order to make sure that data can transfer through these ports. Along with this, you will need adaptors so that all of the various connector cables can fit comfortably into the ports that have been designated for them.

Let's get technical

Let's get to work connecting an actual server and see what is needed and what some of the processes are.

The first thing that you will need is, of course, the ports. You will need nine PCI slots, one service processor serial managements port, one service processor network management port, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, four power supply ports, three USB ports and one TTYA serial port. In assembling all of this, you have basically laid the ground work for your server. It is now just about attaching cables in the correct places and you will be good to go.

In order to connect the service processor serial management port, you need to have the DB-9 and RJ-45 adapters, as well as a power cable. This port will be used to manage the server. Remember not to attach an internet cable to this port. The next step is to put the Ethernet cables into the Gigabit Ethernet ports. These are quite possibly the most important cables within your server network. The last thing that you need to do is to connect the AC power cabling system. Make sure that you have set up the indicator display and that you can monitor how much power everything in the server is getting. Make sure that you supply a ground conductor in order to ensure that the server also does not run the risk of going into power overload. This is cabling that has a copper centre, so make sure that you have that in your server as well. Finally, you need to go to the actual computers themselves and make sure that they are configured to run operations through the server itself.