Cabling solutions are fundamental to any infrastructure projects. From being a network of nerves that makes an infrastructure project – be it a residential building or large scale enterprise office – come alive, cabling is a hugely important part of modern infrastructure.
With ExTell Structured Cabling systems, clients are looking at an organized cabling system that uses Patch Panels, Distribution Frames, Racks and high quality Horizontal/Vertical Cable management systems to create a standard, scalable infrastructure. With easy troubleshooting and maintenance, longer lifecycle and compliance to international standards (TIA/EIA, ISO/IEC), ExTell solutions stand apart from the various offerings in the market.
The 7 standard subsystems of a structured Cabling system is as briefly mentioned below:
- Entrance Facility (EF)
- The point where the external service provider’s cabling (ISP, telco) enters the building.
- Includes: demarcation point, cables, connecting hardware, surge protection.
- Equipment Room (ER)
- A centralized space that houses main networking equipment (servers, core switches, PBX, UPS).
- Connects to backbone cabling for building-wide distribution.
- Backbone Cabling (Vertical Cabling)
- Provides interconnection between entrance facilities, equipment rooms, and telecommunications rooms.
- Typically uses fiber optic or high-pair-count copper cables.
- Runs vertically between floors.
- Telecommunications Room/Enclosure (TR/TE)
- Houses cross-connects, patch panels, and network switches for each floor or zone.
- Connects backbone cabling to horizontal cabling.
- Horizontal Cabling
- Runs from the telecom room to individual work areas on the same floor.
- Usually limited to 90 meters of cable + 10 meters for patch cords(TIA/EIA standard).
- Typically Category 6/6A copper or fiber.
- Work Area (WA)
- The space where end devices (PCs, phones, printers, IoT devices) connect to the structured cabling system.
- Includes: outlets, patch cords, adapters.
- Cabling & Connecting Hardware
- Patch Panels:provide organized termination points in telecom rooms/equipment rooms.
- Patch Cords & Jumpers:flexible cables connecting patch panels to switches or outlets to devices.
- Racks & Cable Management:to keep everything neat and standards-compliant.
ExTell solutions for the above sub-systems are high grade, third party certified, standards compliant solutions and can be explored in detailed in our product pages. Additionally for any support in terms of design/deployment our Project service team will actively involve with the integration partners to ensure quality deployment of the project. For any inquiries, please contact: support@extellsystems.com.