Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques for optimal fiber movement between datacenter racks during network transformation and/or network configuration changes. Per techniques of this disclosure, when fibers are moved to adjacent racks, the fiber side is changed from its previous configuration, when such change is possible without routing across a fiber manager. This can involve moving super fibers to a spine-facing port area during cross-rack transitions in physical conversion. During subsequent logical conversion, super fibers originally in the spine-facing port area may use spine-facing ports, and fibers originally in the super-facing port area may use super-facing ports. Techniques described herein directly address the problem of time-consuming physical recabling, which traditionally involves routing fibers across a fiber manager. By eliminating this step, the disclosed techniques reduce the total time required for both physical and logical conversions, thereby accelerating capacity delivery and lowering labor costs associated with network transformations.
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Recommended Citation
NA, "Optimized Fiber Movement During Datacenter Network Transformation", Technical Disclosure Commons, (August 13, 2025)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/8461