Cableado estructurado

INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURED CABLING

Compiled by Sonam Dukda

Division of Information Technology
Ministry of Communication September 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 2 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 4 NETWORKING............................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Objectives ................................................................................................................................ 5 2.2 Choice of Software and Hardware........................................................................................... 5 3 NETWORKING TRENDS............................................................................................................. 6 4 STANDARDS................................................................................................................................. 6 4.1 International Standards ............................................................................................................ 6 4.2 Industry Standards................................................................................................................... 6 4.3 Structured Cabling standards................................................................................................... 6 4.4 Highlights of the EIA/TIA-568A standards............................................................................. 7 5 STRUCTUREDCABLING............................................................................................................ 8 5.1 Structured Cabling System Design Considerations ................................................................. 8 6 NETWORK CABLES .................................................................................................................. 12 6.1 Unshielded TwistedPair........................................................................................................ 12 6.2 Shielded Twisted Pair ............................................................................................................ 12 6.3 Fiber-Optic Cable .................................................................................................................. 12 6.4 Evolution of UTPCategories................................................................................................. 13 Network Application Primarily Designed to Support ....................................................................... 13 6.5 Category 5E ........................................................................................................................... 14 6.6 Category 6 &7....................................................................................................................... 14 6.7 Comparison of Cable Media.................................................................................................. 15 6.8 Category Specifications ......................................................................................................... 15 7 NETWORK SET UP.................................................................................................................... 16 7.1 Node locations ....................................................................................................................... 16 7.2 Locating Hubs........................................................................................................................ 16 7.3 SelectingBackbone Routes ................................................................................................... 17 7.4 Linking Workgroups at the campus Hub............................................................................... 17 7.5 Checking Proposed Approach ............................................................................................... 19 7.6 Linking Buildings...