05A10 Appendix Generic Extra-Small CSC Design Narrative

OFFICE OF

INFORMATION

AND TECHNOLOGY

Design Narrative
Generic Extra-Small Data Center for Main Computer Rooms (MCRs) and other Campus Support Centers (CSCs)

14 May 2021

Data Center & Infrastructure Engineering
Solution Delivery

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1 Background

There is a recognized need to provide a generic Campus Support Center (CSC) data center design that can be applied without significant modifications to future construction projects. The existence of a standardized, standards-based design will prevent non-compliant, incorrectly sized, unbalanced, and unsustainable data center designs from being produced by VA mission partners, reducing design project timelines and costs, and preventing unnecessary rework and change orders.
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) Solution Delivery (SD) Data Center & Infrastructure Engineering team has developed the accompanying design package (Generic Extra-Small Data Center Design Package for Main Computer Rooms (MCRs) and Other Campus Support Centers (CSCs)) for Architect/Engineer (A/E) partners to use in their design drawing development for new construction projects across VA.
This design narrative describes the generic CSC design utilizing a standardized TIA-942-B Telecommunications-Electrical-Architectural-Mechanical (TEAM) approach that will allow A/E designs to separate requirements by discipline. Disciplines not directly related to the telecommunications infrastructure (e.g. structural, plumbing, fire protection) are not addressed.

2 Campus Support Center (CSC) Overview

CSCs provide geographically specific, operational IT services in support of campus services to Veterans and VA employees that cannot be effectively consolidated or provided over cloud architectures to the campus. Information Technology (IT) services at CSCs support multiple organizations, including Clinical Engineering (CE, a.k.a. biomed), Facility Management Services (FMS), VA police, Research & Development (R&D), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Regional Offices, Office of Information Field Offices (OIFOs), and others. Design models for CSCs are intended to provide for collocation of IT equipment and systems from all provider organizations into the minimum number of operational spaces on a campus; that is, consolidated data centers providing environmental and area network support appropriate to all IT equipment needed by tenant organizations on a particular campus to