Dartmouth College’s physical data center services include a variety of capabilities that, together, provide a secure, redundant, reliable, enterprise-grade data center.

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Data Center Cable Standards

This policy establishes the cabling standards for all Dartmouth College data centers. The objective is to optimize airflow, minimizes clutter, and simplifies ongoing maintenance in the data center. This policy provides guidelines for color coding, appropriate cable lengths, and effective management practices to ensure consistency.

Data Center Visitor Management Policy

This policy outlines the procedures for granting access to Dartmouth College Data Centers for visitors and vendors, distinguishing between short-term escorted access and long-term unescorted access.

Decommissioning, Relocating, or Repurposing Servers in the Data Center

This SOP outlines the process for decommissioning, relocating, or repurposing servers within the data center to ensure data security, accurate inventory management, and minimal disruption to services.

Exhibit A: Data Centers

Centrally managed data centers in compliance with the Data Center Security and Operations Policy.

Requesting Visitor Badges for Data Centers

This policy provides a clear process for requesting temporary visitor badges for access to data centers.

Secure Delivery and Inventory Management of Servers

The purpose of this policy is to ensure the secure delivery of hardware and media within the organization