How best to terminate GigE/phone runs in wiring closet?
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Posted by Carl Navarro on June 28, 2007, 11:24 pm
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>> >We'll have a small backboard located off the kitchen/break area where
>> >all the cabling will terminate. My question is - What should I use to >> >terminate the cabling on the backboard? 110 blocks? Are they capable >> >of GigE speeds? We'll need a patch panel for the data side. Should I >> >just terminate all of the cabling on a wall-mounted patch panel >> >instead? >>
>> That's what I would do. Get a 48 port patch panel and terminate all >> the voice and data jacks 1d 1v 1V 2V 1AV 1B V etc. on the panel. >> When you install a phone system, you can pick up a Cat-5 or used 5e >> panel for about $1 a port and terminate the extension jacks on that >> panel and use different colored patch cords. >
>Thanks Carl. Current phone system is a Panasonic KX-TD which uses 25 >pair Amphenol connectors for the extensions, as you know. > >So, say I terminate all runs at a Cat5e patch panel. How best to do >the phone extension connections into the KSU? I could take patch >cables with one RJ-45 and punch the other end down to 66 blocks and >then from the 66 blocks run my 25 pair cables. That seems a little >messy, although it would certainly work. If I give these patch cables >a little slack then I could move an extension to any jack in the >system and avoid reprogramming the system to change extension numbers >when someone moves their desk. > >Another thought was to have a second Cat5 type patch panel for the >phone extensions. Punch down the 25 pair cables onto it, then run >patch cables between that panel and the one terminating all the runs. >This might be a little neater. Ding ding ding ! The last TDA install I did, I did just that. We brought out the AMPS to a 66 block and ran two 25-pair cables from another 66 block to a patch panel, terminating 2 pairs per jack on a 24-port panel. It didn't disturb the order of the cables from the phone system, and it gave us 8-wire patch cord flexibility back into the infrastructure. Plus, when you change out your TD system, because of lack of parts, you just mount the new system, and plug in the AMPS and change the cross connects. Your patch cables stay the same. Carl | |||||||||||||
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>> >the place for data and phones. I'd like to run two drops of Cat6 to
>> >each workstation to be used interchangeably between phone and data
>> >network. A few corners may get four runs for printers, fax, etc.
>> >Overall, maybe 35-40 drops. We may also end up using a VOiP phone
>> >system, but it's a bit early to say.