What is structured cabling in networking? (Structured Data Cabling)

What is Structured cabling?
Structured cabling is a standardised system used to install a wide range of cabling and hardware that provides a comprehensive telecommunications infrastructure for buildings. It serves as the backbone for data, voice, and video communications, connecting various network devices (such as computers, servers, phones, and security cameras) within a building or campus.
Structured Cabling Basics
The structured cabling system should cover all elements of the building hardware and technology requirements and bring them all into a central design. This design would include the cabinet space and locations and whether they are in a single location or split over several floors and how the various locations are linked whether via copper or fibre optic cabling.

Why is Structured Cabling Important?
Without a cabling infrastructure that is structured for all technology your future growth will be limited.
Data Cabling Standards
The data cabling systems is administered under a guideline of set cabling standards so that installations follow a consistently of installation and quality with an allowance of expansion and coverage of the technologies it is installed to link and operate
Structured Cabling Standards cover a range of expectations such as
• How the cabling should enter a building and be terminated
• The type, construction and size of the entrance facility
• The construction and size of the communications room and cabinet
• The number of cables to allow per user and workspace area
• The containment allowances for these cables
• Installation and terminating guidelines for the cables
• Testing and labelling expectations
Network Cabling Design
What is structured cabling in networking design based on? The correct design of the structured cabling will provide predictable performance and aid future expansion. Furthermore assist in easier future relocations, moves and changes
In essence it’s looking at the cabling design like an architect would do with a building or home and see how best to bring all the required elements together and work as one
The design will consider whether to cable directly to each location where desks and furniture are not expected to move or whether to cable to distribution points which then link locally to desks allowing for easier future moves and re-arrangements of desks and furniture
Categories of Cabling
Structured cabling can consist of a single specific standard of data cabling such as Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a or fibre optics. It also in some cases will specify different categories of cable dependant on what has been requested and specified by each hardware provider.
Data Cabling Testing
Structured cabling also outlines a consistency of termination, testing and labelling. There are several standard of terminations when it comes to copper data cabling and fibre optic data cabling. Problems arise if different standards are followed by different installers.
Testing parameters and standards are also important as without fully tested data cabling results the end user will not know if that cable has been
• Install correctly and within the maximum distance
• Installed in the correct separation distances and bend radius
• Been terminated correctly both ends
• Has been tested and confirmed to work to a set standard of transmission tests
Without these test results showing full passes the user will find problems in their hardware performance in the present and ongoing into the future.

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0:00 Introduction
1:04 DATA CABLING STANDARDS
1:48 NETWORK CABLING DESIGN
3:20 CATEGORIES OF CABLING
4:38 IMPORTANCE OF DATA CABLING TESTING
5:39 STRUCTURED CABLING LABELING
6:16 STRUCTURED CABLING DOCUMENTATION

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