Data Centers and Mission Critical Facilities Operations Procedures

In order to provide reliable, safe and secure data centers and mission critical facilities, certain practices must be instituted and enforced. This paper establishes standards and procedures for UW Information Technology (UW-IT) centrally managed data centers for the University of Washington (UW), both owned and leased, along with other mission critical support facilities. These procedures apply to all authorized UW employees as well as authorized business partners and affiliates of the UW, including contractors, vendors, UW co-location customers, and UW co-location contractors.