Antennas in the data center

Thu Jul 18 15:51:59 UTC 2019

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 at 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 at 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 at netfire.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 8:01 AM Robert Webb <rwfireguru at 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 -
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