Structured Cabling

Hassan AlowaidMichael ChaixReza Saputra

Structured Cabling

Building Diagram Equipment Cable

Management

TIA Building Wiring Standard

Demarc

Demarc

Main Distribution Frame

Main Distribution Frame

Intermediate Distribution Frame

Intermediate Distribution Frame

Telecommunications closet

Equipment

Punch-down Block

Patch Panel

Punch-down Block

Punch-down Block

Patch Panel

Cross Connect

Vertical

Horizontal

Cable Management

What is cable management?

Class 1:Single Equipment Room

Classes of Administration

Class 1:Single Equipment Room

Class 2:Single Building with Multiple Equipment Rooms

Classes of Administration

Class 1:Single Equipment Room

Class 2:Single Building with Multiple Equipment Rooms

Class 3:Multiple Buildings (Campus)

Class 4:Multiple Campuses

Classes of Administration

Label Color Coding

Color Pantone Number Element Identified

Orange 150C Demarcation Point(Central-office termination)

Green 353C Network connections on the customer side

Purple 364C Common equipment

White First-level backbone

Gray 422C Second-level backbone

Blue 291C Horizontal Cabling termination

Brown 465C Interbuilding backbone

Yellow 101C Auxiliary circuits

Red 184C Key telephone systems

Color Coding