A DAY in the LIFE of the DATA CENTRE | RACKING SERVERS with ASH & JAMES!
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- Опубліковано 18 лип 2019
- The next installment in our "A DAY in the LIFE" series follows our two Service Delivery Manager's, Ash & James, as they show us how to rack servers and switches into one of our data centre racks - correctly!
We want to continue taking you inside the data centre, showing you what goes on and what our clients expect in our Tier 4 facility in Kent, which to this date has had no power outages.
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the slipped up we now know the pin code to enter that room is a smiley face
Cisco 2960, Cisco 6500 with GBIC line cards and G5 servers - feels like you had to timetravel to 2008 to shoot this.
You and I both have this feeling! I presume this was just for filming purposes
@@Error-403me too
I am retired now but when I was working, we used HP ProLiant servers, and I thought that back plane looked very familiar. Yes, those 2U G5's are kind of heavy. I often worked in very crowded server racks, so this one was refreshingly empty.
Yup. I have a couple 380G5's in what I call the 'museum rack'. It has not been powered in years. Maybe I should plug in power and see if they still work.
The servers are HP ProLiant DL380 G5 (that was before HPE (5 years ago, now it is Gen10).
"I'll take the Red pill"
We're all such nerds here, and I love it!
Just found my new favorite UA-cam channel
You guys are awesome! Thank for the insight.
Network tour would be great. Explaining where your feeds come in from the outside world, and how they get given out to the racks. And is your carrier neutral, how customers can pick and have the carrier of their choice delivered to their rack.
Fishbait075 Yup I’d like to see the same!
Network tour will be live early September!
Immediately typing network tour in the UA-cam search.
I am new to the latest data centers, so I enjoyed this video very much. You gave just enough bonus info to keep it moving, but at the same time it was extra informative! Thank you and I look forward to more!
Love this series! Keep up the good work guys!
Racking servers and putting in cage nuts and drawing blood is like a sacrificial offering to the networking gods :)
Awesome presentation!! Thank you so much!!
Nest video, its cool to see what other companies are doing
Thx for posting, found this very very interesting!
Thank you for taking the time to post this series of videos. Cage nuts were a great improvement over the old style racks with pre-threaded holes, which could get stripped (occasionally happened). Plus, the option to choose between different rack screw and thread sizes.
Try using a cage nut puller. There's a proper tool for putting in cage nuts and it's not your fingers. You can get it in a molded screwdriver handle style or a thin piece of sheet metal tool that often comes with racks.
Alternatively, just use a zip tie. You can seat the first half of the cage nut with a finger and then stick a zip tie between the other side of the nut and the hole. Push it tight with one hand and pull the zip tie with the other to drag the other half of the cage nut through the hole.
For extra style points use a second zip tie as a handle for the first
@@billycroan2336 Thanks. I think there’s a miscommunication. I’m aware of the tool. I have one. It resembles a nail clipper, though wide and flat. Used it often. I wasn’t referring to a stripped cage nut. I’m talking about older racks that have a pre-threaded hole in the rail itself. If the threads strip, though rare, I’ve typically had to put a nut behind the tail. I ran into this scenario once or twice when I bought a used rack on the cheap that was manufactured before the advent of cage nuts. Obviously, if a cage nut gets messed up on a rack that uses them you just pop it out and squeeze in a replacement, as I believe you were conveying. While data racks employ cage nuts now. I believe many smaller audio-oriented racks still employ pre-threaded rack rails. Cheers!
I had great fun and learned a lot from you guys. Nice teamwork too!
Toni kross and steve rogers are great ! Excellent video guys!
I did a cable schedule once in a small data centre. Had to trace every Lan cable from end to end from 12 rack cabinets, label each end of the cables and record it all onto a spreadsheet. Took me about six weeks.
Great video! Thanks for sharing
Nice explanation. Just one extra procedure we carry out, The Pull Test. Once we have racked the server we pull it back out to it;s locking point (if it has one) while supporting the bottom just to make sure it is racked securely.
I love how their explain everything to each other like they dont know
amazing video love it keep making this kind of video
these guys enjoy the life
I loved how cutely James was trying not to look at the camera. =))
Great job on the video guys. I'm sure it would greatly help some inexperienced tech.
However, worth to note that before tidying-up your cabling with velcro, one must be sure there is enough slack to be able to pull the server and do maintenance.
As an exemple, the server in U21 would lose power feed A were you to pull it out! That's a major no-no.
Again, nice video nonetheless, thanks for sharing it
i thank you for your immense teaching
Some old HPE G5 servers. Nice to re-provision the old stuff sometimes. No warranty on those old dogs. Fun to watch. Thanks
Thanks for posting I like these videos, my work has gone from a very large on prem DC to everything in a hosted solution & cloud now the DC is a storeroom.
Great. Very informative. 🖒
very nice, thank you!
I like you two guys. I’m subscribing!
Power bars - PDU (power distribution unit)
Great vidéo !
love to se G5s in use in 2019. I still have a DL380 G5 in my home Datacenter, which is my first server i bought..
A lot easier with 2 people, I used to install our Broadcast Encoder servers single handed. Tough times. Good job.
I managed to install an IBM Bladecenter H by myself. It was very difficult and probably also dangerous. Not recommended.
so good i love it
You guys are super knowledgeable, and super cool. "Ash... thumbs up". This looks like a great company to work in. Everything is so neat, tidy, structured. I love the fact that the company is customer needs focused.
Again thanks 👍👍
Look at those wasted PDU sockets due to the server rails!
To do this properly firstly use 1200mm deep and 800mm wide racks when mounting servers, mount both PDUs on the right next to the server PSU's and so the sockets are facing the back of the rack (tucked down the side) and add decent cable management for all the data cabling on the left side and add cable gutters to support the cables running from the front to the back. Also keep all cable lengths to a minimum to avoid excess cable just hanging or getting in the way.
Great to see the earth pin locking IEC sockets though!
Some advice from one data center manager to another :)
Wow nice video!
Good job.
The first time I put in a cage nut with the tool - never laughed so hard in my life as the cage nut went flying across the datacenter. They have it right .. just use your hands
I have a couple of 1/4" steel rods I place thu the top hole of the U below, to form an 'X'. That makes it easy to rack Ears Only devices with a single person (and hold up those extra heavy 2U switches without tiring).
Try doing just one side first, loosely and letting the damn thing dangle diagonally for a second. Then pivot the other side up and put it screw in loosely. Then tighten both screws while supporting the back so it's flush. The process looks goofy as hell but it works.
Thanks for this explainer video showing the racking of traditional enterprise servers and switches.
On an OCP rack installation of vanity free servers is 250 times faster than the traditional proprietary enterprise servers shown above.
Thank you for creating these videos, they are entertaining and informative.
now i'm binge watching your videos, kinda envy you guys heheheh
He's right, those rack nuts hurt like hell when they get you. I never used gloves when racking servers and switches, but it's not a bad idea.
From like 2005-2010 we used zip ties .. ive been lacerated by so many zipties always wear gloves. I mean unless youre a carpenter in your spare time and have man paws of steel.
you need to demonstrate the APC cage nut installation tool that makes cage nuts a snap and so easy.
strong vibes from these two.. around the back..flying out.. etc
bloody ell
2960 is like the third hokage, old but lit!!
PaniniStealer Same 😂
Thanks a million
gen 5's in 2019, is this just for the video?
It is also worth noting that you can order fans for most switches that change the direction of the airflow so they can be mounted at the back of the rack
I just realized that in my home lab I've mounted all cage nuts 180 degrees rotated :D Thanks!
Should be fine. Some rails our clients don’t even request cage nuts unless it’s a heavier 2u
Your definition of SDM is different than my experience with IBM - SDM was customer facing, on the phone quite often, dealing with the customer needs along with an architect and other executive staff. They rarely did hands on rack and stack - much less monitoring and ticket handling. On this side of the pond, you're more of a Data Center Tech/Analyst.
Lucky... Two people makes this much easier, just had to rack another server at home on my own. Similar size as the ones you're racking (Looks like DL380 G5s?). I just racked a DL380 G7 in my home rack for a new Emby server. Also, gloves are a really great idea... don't ask me, or the giant smash on my pointer finger, how I know. LOL. 😂🤣
It wasn't that much different in 1990 but the wages where better and there wasn't many people in IT so you had to be 1st, 2nd, 3rd line support, software support and telecoms installers and support (the telecoms wasnt as easy as it is these days), then they started pushing school leavers in to the industry and the wages plummeted, now the job is more defined in to specialist in one field or another and the market is saturated.
There wasn't all the different qualifications, university was just IT degree where they taught software programming and the only other qualifications where Microsoft certification and Novel networking and you had to have both certifications to work in the field.
Every site was different with a mix of bnc and rj45 networks.
I used to enjoy my job but left the industry to become an electrician and plumber when the wages dropped £25k-35k a year. (Dependand on the contracts you where assigned and locations).
£40k was a bloody good wage them days when you could buy a house for £16k and lower.
A tour of the network would be cool!
Hey Jimbo. Good news, a tour of our network has been confirmed. Will be live in around two weeks!
Thanks half backed the movie for us two as well please thanks.
20yrs ago I had to rack a Compaq Proliant 5500 by myself, Luckily it was at the bottom half of the rack.
Weird, I worked with a guy in IT (different department) who looked like James, also his name was James. Slightly darker hair, and US (Midwestern) accent.
Your thoughts on power stack cables ? Thanks
I usually have had to do that myself at most jobs. No fun when it's bigger than a 1U or one of the rails wants to move in.
Fun fact about airflow. Air can be up to 90 degrees F and with proper airflow components will survive. Now that same component with air at 32f with zero air flow, those same components will not survive. Airflow is critical to component survival and longevity.
The blue fans on the switch would suggest it should actually be hot aisle facing and actually sucks cold air through the rear (fans) so ports should have been facing rear (not front as you’ve installed).
I keep expecting to see David Brent pop up.
G5s in 2019 I wonder how they run with no power supplies 🤔
Regards from IBM Cloud DC:)
you can see the small dude holding back when he says "then slowly push in" lmfao
The sexual attention between these two is overwhelming
Do you draw straws for who works in the hot aisle? I hate working in hot isles!
+1 For Matrix Reference!
Used to install the battery arrays powering these things. Fun times
Haha. Battery array, how cute. Real data centers have a TRUE UPS room (not a standby UPS) with a generator backup. The machines just get good clean power all the time
@@rty1955 nobody cares
@@joshthecapguy7832 amazing how you tolerate inexperience
@@rty1955 okay
never occurred to me to use that type plastic as blanking plates... thanks for the idea, have a couple of them here in blue, will get up to cut them one of this days
What kind of blanking panels are those you installed at the end
Do you take it in turns going round the back?
my people. testing slot of district. funky hardware
Your surely not putting G5 servers back into production :P
ITServerTech I was going to say, a G5 DL380 is just a tiny bit dated in 2019...
Must be nice to be able to use EOL/EOS switches lol. We would be down checked by inspectors and be on the red board
God knows I love a good nerd.
I hate when people mount their switches at the front of a rack …. The I/O on servers and storage are at the back
Good lord this was very over-thought, but good for a very beginner video. Also what's with the ancient HP Proliant G5??? I've retired those from my cheapo home-labs lmao, what on earth would you be using them from in production?
I'll take the red pill. 12:02. Nice.
Cue Zion by Fluke.
Are there any entry level positions in a data center? I'm interested in becoming a tech, the NOC engineer video made it look right up my alley.
I see lots of entry level positions in my area, granted though I’m in Silicon Valley. You could look for temp positions for rack integration for a bit until you build your resume up.
12:25 - I think he is talking about PUE (power usage efficiency).
Running power and data parallel instead of having them on opposite sides of the rack? Interesting
I would imagine they're both sufficiently shielded cables.
No real need for this these days we have never had issues
no need to separate them but it is more practical when finding cables
data center gangsters
What is SDM definition? I really enjoy your videos and learning from you guys even though this will likely never be an option for me.
Service Delivery Manager
That looks like warehouse job Orientation 😂😂😂
I wish I had gloves when installing them rails.
what software do you use to cluster servers i have a home lab
because are using these olders g5 servers?
Hmmm.... it looks like some HP Proliant DL380 G5 servers you install... isent that a rather old server to use today?
Nice
God I wish I could afford to build a server room in my house
Not quite sure what I would do with them but still
Try Chatsworth Product's Clik-Nut cage nuts! Tool-less cafe nuts
The Shorter guy looks like Chris Cattan from SNL fame🤣😂🤣
He is young Vladimir Putin!
Can you please make video of software to copy NTFS format pendrive data to Ubantu with read write and copy permission
Quick Qn is there any sort of jack to help install heavy routers, network devices in rack? I remember seen this, but I cannot find what are they called.
Thank you
You’re thinking of a server dolly.
I use AWS but nice guys :P
I had to double-check the date on this video. They are mounting potatoes above a big potato.
Não sabia que o vocalista do Queens Stone Age trabalhava em Data center nas horas vagas '-'
Thank you for this informative demonstration. I have a short question. Should I get Server + certification or Server 2016? Or both
Depends what you want to do. No need for any certs if you just start as a shit kicker and work your way up to sys admin. originally i just did a cert 3 in information technology at tafe. Easiest way to get into the industry is to go work somewhere for free for a while and then weasel your way into a job. Ive been a sys network admin for 10 years now.
@@iampyron22Thanks for the advice. I was thinking the same. I have two years of experience but have a break in work history. Ill go volunteer for internship and get in.
@@myob2k No worries, Good luck!
okay cool vlog