Consulting-Specifying Engineer - March 2009 - (Page 26) To building Fire alarm devices To other building Telephone/data rooms To building Fire alarm devices To other building Telephone/data rooms Telephone jacks PCs, printers, plotters, LANs, wireless antennae Audio video, T.V., microphones, camera, jacks CCTV, camera, card access, door alarms Panels: BAS, lighting control, EPMS, security Devices: T-STATs, T.V, monitor, alarm points, dampers, EPMS monitors Conventional peripheral devices Backbone FACU Peripheral Backbone Peripheral Backbone Peripheral Backbone Peripheral FACU Peripheral Typical building MDF and IDF Backbone Typical building MDF and IDF Fiber optic backbones University network/Internet Fiber optic backbones VoIP LTG BAS EPMS FMMS EDTV AV CCTV Security Servers Backbone Integrated data center rack system Telephone Co. CATV CCTV Source: Cannon Design Fire alarm campus annunciation VoIP Servers Backbone LTG BAS EPMS FMMS Servers Backbone EDTV A/V Servers Backbone CCTV Security Servers Backbone Security Fire alarm campus annunciation Voice Data/facilities Media Datacenter with patch panels Conventional network backbone Enhanced AMU Division 17 network backbone Network backbone schematic portraying AMU management simplicity based on scheduled building activities. The NOC also incorporates an electrical power management system, which digitally monitors normal and emergency building power services, and meters electricity usage. Keeping the data center online The NOC is serviced by the main campus data center located in the library. The 1,500-sq-ft data center is one of two that provide redundancy for the NOC and all the technology, facilities, and emergency services provided to the university. The cooling units and UPS are built into each of the server racks. The cooling units tie into a chiller dedicated to the data center, which is isolated from the chiller that serves the rest of the campus. The server rack manufacturer, American Power Conversion (APC), West Kingston, R.I., took an innovative approach to redundancy. Instead of redundant, 100 kW UPS units, APC daisy-chained true-online, 10 kW UPS modules within the racking system, which accommodate the total power required in the data center. In this case, the From inside the Canizaro Library, we can see the Oratory in the background. Photo: New York Focus 26 Consulting-Specifying Engineer • MARCH 2009
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