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Re: Cable Colors
From: Peter Wohlers <pedro () whack org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:09:42 -0700
JoeSox wrote:
Hello Newbie here (hopefully I have the correct list), I was just wondering if anyone knows of a website with recommended colors for cables for a new datacenter? I have written some things down but I don't want to get stuck saying 'darn, I wish I would have bought this color for this type, now I am stuck'. What standard color to use if voice and data on same interface etc. Thanks.
As you can see, by and large, people assign colors to functions. What color to what function varies like the wind. Unlike a previous employer whose colo-manager person insisted on using colors to represent cable lengths (Doh!), color -> function mapping seems pretty universal.
About 7% of the male population in the US has red-green colorblindness, so keep that in mind. Simpler schemes trump more complex ones (as do most things in networking) and makes cable-purchasing/stocking less of an issue.
--Peter
Current thread:
- Re: Cable Colors, (continued)
- Re: Cable Colors David Coulson (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Steve Bertrand (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors David Coulson (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Steve Bertrand (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Jay R. Ashworth (Jun 17)
- Re: Cable Colors Steve Bertrand (Jun 17)
- Re: Cable Colors Justin M. Streiner (Jun 17)
- Re: Cable Colors Joe Abley (Jun 17)
- Re: Cable Colors Jay R. Ashworth (Jun 17)
- RE: Cable Colors Steve Dalberg (Jun 17)
- Re: Cable Colors David Coulson (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Steven M. Bellovin (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Joe Greco (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Derek J. Balling (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Owen DeLong (Jun 16)