A cross-connect is a physical, hardwired cable that provides a direct connection between two different termination locations within a data center.
What does the term cross connect mean?
In a data center environment, a cross connect is a physical direct connection between two different termination locations. For example, a cross connect can connect your colocation rack to a specific service provider such as an ISP, telecom carrier, network provider or cloud provider.Apr 14, 2020
What is also known as the main cross connect?
MDF (Main Dist. Frame) Also known as 'Main Cross Connect'. The first point of interconnection between an organization's LAN or WAN and service provider's facility. Contains the demarc, switches, routers, and main servers.
What is a cross connect in data center?
A cross connect is a point-to-point cable link between two customers in the same Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center. With cross connects you receive a fast, convenient and affordable integration with business partners and service providers within the Equinix digital ecosystem.
How data centers are connected?
Just like any household, a data center connects their modems to the internet via a coaxial or fiber optic cable. The wires that a coaxial cable connects to run through the data center and under the ground, usually in bulk.Aug 26, 2020
How are servers connected to each other?
Servers are uniquely connected to a network, via a network switch (I won't detail all the different topologies and components of each) for user connectivity. It is common to have servers clustered over a shared network but this is not done on a global application for all servers in a data center.
What is interconnection in data centers?
Interconnection services are the physical connections between those companies that enable this exchange of data. This is best achieved in a vendor-neutral data center with a large ecosystem of vendors colocated together.