6- installing a Physical Network
by Emtenan saad
1. bunchdown blocks
1.1. punch down : a toot use it to punch down every individual connections in patch panel or in RJ-45
1.2. * patch panel and RJ-45 have Cat ratings
2. MDF, IDF, Dmarc, and the Equipment Room :
2.1. * Equipment Room Number:
2.1.1. 1- Main Distribution Frame ( MDF)
2.1.2. 2- Intermediate Distribution Frame(IDF)
2.2. * Components of Equipment racks “19 inch”:
2.2.1. 1- patch panel -110 punched down
2.2.2. 2- primary Switch
2.2.3. 3-Router
2.2.4. 4- servers
2.3. * “U” is a standard hight for component in a rack
2.4. * D-mark : separate the property of the of the phone or cable companies from your responsibility
2.5. D- mark extension : It is used when the distance is far from D-mark and the Network
3. Testing Cable
3.1. 1- wiremap: test cables in two ends
3.2. 2- “TDR”: Time Domain Reflectometer : test cables long cables
4. Troubleshooting Structured Cabling, pt. 2
4.1. * Voltage Monitor: Tools to make sure that there a good electricity in Equipment Room
4.2. * Environmental/temperature monitors track and record problems with heat and humidity
4.3. * TDRS : tools to check for breaks on horizontal runs
5. introduction to structured cabling
5.1. * structured cabling = organization for cabling
5.2. * 3 big components:
5.2.1. 1-telecommunications closet \ Equipment Room ( inside it all switches and all centralized stuff)
5.2.1.1. *( patch panele : one end of horizontal runs)
5.2.1.2. *(Patch cable :use as stranded core )
5.2.2. 2-horizontal runs
5.2.3. 3- work Area
5.3. * Standards helpless established structured cabling systems:
5.3.1. 1- TIA standard