TE Connectivity: An Entire Spectrum

Mylaraiah, J N
Country Manager - Technical & Marketing
TE Enterprise Networks – India

TE Connectivity is a global $14-billion company that designs and manufactures approximately 500,000 products that connect and protect the flow of power and data inside the products spanning across a wide spectrum. TE's nearly 100,000 employees partner with customers in virtually every industry – from consumer electronics, energy and healthcare, to automotive, aerospace and communication networks – enabling smarter, faster, better technologies to connect products to possibilities of delivering better performance . Mylaraiah, J N, Country Manager – Technical & Marketing, TE Enterprise Networks – India, speaks more about TE portfolio and its offerings.

Integrating Managed Connectivity… 

One of the most critical measures for data centers is network availability. “The most sophisticated data centers seek tier-IV reliability of 99.995% network availability. Still, all of the redundancy and advanced power and cooling measures available are worth nothing if the cable, connectivity and cable management systems are inferior and lead to network downtime. TE's managed connectivity solution, with its Infrastructure Configuration Manager (ICM) software and a choice of two connectivity hardware technologies (AMPTRAC 9th wire and Quareo CPID), delivers full knowledge and visibility of the physical layer,” says Mylaraiah, J N, Country Manager – Technical & Marketing, TE Enterprise Networks – India. He further adds that ICM can be seamlessly integrated into the existing network management software to give full control and visibility of the complete network. By delivering physical layer information to data center infrastructure (dCiM) management software, TE’s managed connectivity solution helps speed up the provisioning of data center equipment; improve rack density and efficient use of white space and collocation data center owners provide added levels of assurance to their customers through automated physical asset and data location reporting.

Enabling Intelligence…

Real-time physical data on the connections between servers can be mapped to their physical location, thus truly enabling intelligence. This information can be used to assure customers of the physical location of their data, aid compliance with international data storage regulations and provide security alerts should any unauthorized physical connections occur. Mylaraiah, J N  explains, “TE's managed connectivity solution enables higher network availability, while lowering network costs, by integrating full visibility of the physical layer into existing network management applications – all the way from the data center to the desktop.” The demands of a flexible workforce and an agile business require a flexible workspace that copes well with increased levels of personal mobility and the challenges presented by the consumerization of IT business. 

Delivering real-time physical layer data to the network management software helps ensure high levels of port utilization to the desktop and maintain data on physical asset location; make the most of the facility space by linking location and connectivity usage data and ensure efficient office moves and changes. The trend for delivering this kind of workplace flexibility is a move towards a virtualized desktop or even a virtualized workspace environment. As the level of virtualization increases, more change management is handled above the physical layer. This, in turn, can “cloud” the visibility of the real-time location of physical assets. This can raise issues of how best to track which user is connected to which device in which location and to deliver a seamless and secure application environment.

TE's Managed Connectivity Solution…

TE's managed connectivity solution with its Infrastructure Configuration Manager (ICM) software and a choice of two connectivity hardware technologies, delivers full knowledge and visibility of the physical layer. ICM can be seamlessly integrated into your existing network management software to give full control and visibility of the complete network.

Primary benefits for Enterprises on implementing managed connectivity within their networks is higher availability through increased automation; improved diagnostics and reduced downtime; reduced OPEX through more efficient change management; asset provisioning and utilization; improved ITIL process efficiency through 100% accurate real-time physical location information that can prove invaluable to security and compliance and full integration of the physical layer with the virtual world within existing NMS and DCIM software to enhance visibility and control of the whole network.

Quareo Technology… 

“Quareo is a Connection Point Identification Technology, which provides unprecedented knowledge about the network including accurate documentation and reporting of changes, as well as enhanced security. Quareo enables higher network availability while lowering the network operating costs for a network, from the data center all the way to the desktop. Quareo solutions are based on microchips that are embedded in connectors of TE Connectivity's high-performance copper and fiber network cabling solutions. These microchips have information related to the cable itself as well as unique identifiers for each cable. QuareoPathManager software suite is able to have real-time communication with each cable and network panel. This information is stored in the PathManager database and is then used to draw topology maps as well as integrate with industry applications,” asserts Mylaraiah', J N.

Finally…

Network managers utilize multiple routers or switches connected together to effectively run the network. The perception is that these routers or switches are physically connected to each other, but the reality is that they are actually connected together through the physical layer.

The same is true for application servers. They either have multiple servers, or partitions of servers are logically connected together through routers or switches. Again, these servers are not physically connected to the routers or switches directly. They are connected via the physical layer. 

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