Standard Cabling Best Practices Sample Clauses

Standard Cabling Best Practices. A. For Cabling, the Cable used shall be Standard Branded CAT6, 100ohm, 4 pair unshielded twisted pair (UTP) For e.g. If 25 nodes are required at a floor with future expansion planning of 20 more nodes, then in such situation minimum hardware is required to be install is one Switch (48 Port) and one Patch panel for floor level distribution. B. All Floor uplink shall be provided on fiber only and if distance between two-point is less then 90 Mtr. CAT6 cable may be used for Up-link. C. All node should be connected to switch through I.O. Port and Patch panel only. D. Cable Tagging shall be at both side and at both end (i.e. node side and rack side and inside and outside of I.O port and Patch panel) E. Care must be taken to not to stretch or abrade cables during installation, i.e. the pulling tension for cables must not be exceeded. F. Cables that pass through the infrastructure of the building shall be suitably protected against damage. Through walls and floors this shall involve an appropriate type of sleeve; through any form of metalwork or stiff plastic then a rubber grommet shall be used. G. To ensure cable management and also strain relief, cables shall be properly dressed using Velcro cable ties. However, cables ties should never be over tightened. H. On vertical runs, the cables shall be dressed and tied from the bottom up, thus putting minimum strain on the cables. I. Cables shall not run behind radiators. J. In order that the system may be easily re-routed, or damaged sections quickly replaced, free access to the cable, where possible, is important K. Draw cords shall be left in ducting, piping etc. for future use