Designing Premises Cabling Systems NETCONNECT ACT III

Prerequisities for this course

• Ideally students will have had some exposure to the enterprise infrastructure market but this is not mandatory.

Course outline

Information Gathering & Design Analysis

• Identify how and where to gather information and obtain customer expectations, and how to analyze the data.
• Describe the impact that customer expectations may have upon architectural and media selection decisions.

Telecommunications Infrastructure

• List and describe the purpose of the standards organizations
• Describe the elements of the cabling system and how they fit into the overall design plan.

Placement of Spaces

• Describe the requirements and guidelines for the placement of spaces, including Telecommunications Outlets, Telecommunications Rooms, and
  Equipment Rooms.
• Determine the placement of the elements on a typical floor plan blueprint.

Horizontal Cabling & Pathways

• Review the parameters, specifications and design guidelines for the Horizontal cabling system, including:
  • Topology
  • Media requirements
  • Connector requirements
  • Telecommunications Outlet and Telecommunications Room connectivity
  • Cabling distances
  • Installation/cabling practices
  • Horizontal pathways
  • Provide a horizontal cabling solution to an actual design project.

Backbone Cabling & Pathways

• Review the parameters, specifications and design guidelines for the Backbone cabling system, including:
  • Topology
  • Media requirements
  • Connector requirements
  • Cabling distances

Administration and Grounding & Bonding

• Describe the basic principles of Administration and the Grounding and Bonding of telecommunications cabling systems.
• Apply these principles to the previous actual design solution.

Centralized Cabling Architecture

• Describe the implementation, advantages, and requirements of a Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling implementation according to the standards.
• Provide a Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling solution to an actual design project.

Open Office Architecture

• Describe the implementation, advantages, and requirements of an Open Office (Zone) Cabling implementation according to the standards.
• Provide an Open Office Cabling solution to an actual design project.