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Re: Antennas in the data center
From: Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:25:03 -0400
Being told "industry standard" seems like a cop out for "we don't want to do it". Which is a completely legitimate response, but ideally they'd just come out and say that. On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:54 AM Robert Webb <rwfireguru () gmail com> wrote:
The is booster to only get an LTE signal from Verizon into the data center.. For our purpose of needing it, we have a cisco router with LTE for our system as a back management access in case of loss to the system by normal means. On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:39 AM Andrew Latham <lathama () gmail com> wrote:I agree with Miles that this is more of an infiltration and or ex-filtration of data issue. Can you firewall at the booster? Out of Band management is tricky when LTE bandwidth is so high that one could export large quantities of data. On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 9:28 AM Miles Fidelman < mfidelman () meetinghouse net> wrote:It's not quite clear what you mean by "NIST controls" - NIST publishes standards & guidelines, they don't regulate. Now, if you're running a Federal data center, or one for a government contractor - perhaps you're referring to "NIST Compliance" under FISMA (the Federal Information Security Management Act) - which involves compliance with a bunch of FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards). See https://csrc.nist.gov/topics/laws-and-regulations/laws/fisma & https://digitalguardian.com/blog/what-nist-compliance for some background. Now if I had to guess - I expect that there are some security standards that would prohibit placing an antenna inside a data center handling any kind of sensitive or classified data. If you have any systems, in the data center, that require security certification & accreditation, I expect your accreditation authority would be the person to talk to. Or your information security officer. On 7/18/19 9:30 AM, Robert Webb wrote: So I have a situation where I am trying to get LTE to an out of band router and there is no signal available in the data center. There was a booster setup purchased and I have a manager telling me that standards, industry and not local, prohibit the installation. He has yet to produce any documented industry standard so I thought I would reach out to see if anyone here has heard of this. We fall under NIST controls and I haven't found anything there and have also looked at TIA and not found anything. Thanks... On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 9:09 AM Matt Harris <matt () netfire net> wrote:On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 8:01 AM Robert Webb <rwfireguru () gmail com> wrote:Anyone out there deal with data center design? Looking for any info available which provides guidelines on putting antennas, like LTE booster, in the data center.Not quite sure what you're looking for here Robert. As far as placing something like an LTE booster in a data center, you'd just use common sense (place it in the best possible place from a connectivity standpoint). Is this something you're considering in order to provide service to folks who run LTE backup connections on their gear (like serial concentrators)? Wireless/RF site surveys and how to do them effectively are pretty well-documented at this point. Or are you asking about roof access/deploying antennas on a rooftop safely/securely? --In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why. ... unknown-- - Andrew "lathama" Latham -
Current thread:
- Re: Antennas in the data center, (continued)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Matt Harris (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Robert Webb (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Matt Harris (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Robert Webb (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Seth Mattinen (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center John Schiel (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Alain Hebert (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Robert Webb (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Miles Fidelman (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Andrew Latham (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Robert Webb (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Tom Beecher (Jul 18)
- Re: Antennas in the data center Matt Harris (Jul 18)