400 Hardware/Software/Infrastructure Standards and Support 403 Telecommunications Network Installation Policy 403.

1 Montana State University--Bozeman Standards for Telecommunications Wiring [Adopted July 1996; Revised December 2002]

This document defines the standards used for voice and data wiring in campus buildings. All telecommunications wiring will be performed by the Information Technology Department (ITC) or contracts administered by ITC. Throughout the document the word shall is mandatory. Where the word preferred is used we would like it done this way and it would be expected in new building construction. See TIA/EIA Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard 568-B.1 and 569-A for more details. The telecommunications network system contains cable, connectors, and routing materials for voice (telephone) and data (computer) equipment throughout the building. All voice and data cables are routed (home-run) from individual telecommunications workstations to a telecommunications room. The typical workstation jack is a single-gang box with two Amp Enhanced Category 5e, four-pair, 24 gage Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cables. One of the cables is blue in color representing the data cable (terminated in the bottom opening of the wall plate) and one is white in color representing the voice cable (terminated in the top opening of the wall plate). Some Workstations will have a two-gang electrical box with four cables (two for voice and two for data), and are a called Double jack. Either opening can be used for voice or data depending on which inserts are installed.

1.0 Telecommunications Rooms 1.1 Maximum horizontal distribution cable distance must be 90 meters (295ft) or less. If the length of any cable run to a workstation exceeds the 90-meter limitation or if the floor has in excess of 10,000 square feet, additional telecommunications rooms must be used. Multiple telecommunications rooms in a building will be connected with either unshielded twisted pair or fiber optics cable depending on the length. The type of cable will be determined at the planning stage, taking into consideration the amount of network traffic between closets, the distance between the telecommunications rooms and the difficulty of running other cables at a future date. A dedicated 20 amp circuit and 20 amp receptacle is required to power the active electronics located in each telecommunications room; it is preferred there be two dedicated 20 amp circuits. The receptacle shall be located on the side of or adjacent to the active electronic rack. If the power receptacle is to be mounted on the active electronic rack it shall be mounted vertically such that receptacle does not face up, to reduce dirt collection. The circuit and receptacle will have surge protection built into it. 1

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It is preferred that all telecommunications rooms be dedicated to telecommunications and be at least 10' by 11 in size. If the floor is 8,000 square feet, the telecommunications room may be 10 by 9; if the floor is 5,000 square feet, the telecommunications room may be 10 by 7. However, at times in existing buildings, telecommunications rooms must be shared with campus mechanical rooms, custodial closets and departmental spaces. If this is the case, it is preferred that for a telecommunications room which serves 128 or less jack locations (256 wires), there be unobstructed space of 6' by 7'. For a telecommunications room that serves between 128 and 256 jacks preferred space would be 6' by 9'. In locations where space or jack quantities are limited other options are available such as a single rack or wall mounted racks. If security is an issue, then enclosed lockable cabinet(s) may be installed. It is preferred there be at least one telecommunications room on each floor, stacked under each other, for ease in vertical distribution of riser cables. Temperature, humidity, lightning, ventilation, seismic zone, and security are environmental concerns that shall be addressed when selecting a telecommunications room. See TIA/EIA Standard 569-A Commercial Building Telecommunications Pathways & Spaces for more details in planning and installing telecommunications rooms.

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2.0 Telecommunications Room Termination Equipment 2.1 Termination floor racks, wall racks or cabinets shall be wide enough to accommodate termination patch panels that are 19" wide. Preferred mounting equipment is at least two Chatsworth floor racks (one for active electronics and one for passive terminations) with two Chatsworth vertical wire management units mounted in between the termination racks. Floor racks shall be bolted to the floor, to each other and braced to the ceiling or walls to meet earthquake seismic standards. Racks shall be grounded as per TIA/EIA Standard 607 Commercial Building Grounding & Bonding. Part numbers for Chatsworth racks are as follows: Chatsworth Relay Rack 46353503 Chatsworth Wire Management Unit 11729503

If it has been determined to use a wall- mounted rack, select the appropriate size of Swing Rack. If the telecommunications room is not in a secure area, lockable cabinets shall be used. Conduits holding cables must meet firmly at the cabinet and dedicated electrical outlet will be mounted inside the cabinet so no access can be gained to the equipment or cabling except through the cabinet door. For small installations, use a Wall Mounted Cabinet with 19 swing rack inside and deep enough for electronic equipment. For standard installation use 1 or 2 floor standing lockable cabinets. 2.2 AMP Netconnect patch panels shall be installed on the racks to terminate the Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) horizontal wiring. AMP patch panels are fully loaded kits as follows: AMP 64 Ports Patch Panel Kit 406367-1 AMP 32 Ports Patch Panel Kit 406365-1 AMP 16 Ports Patch Panel Kit 406363-1

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AMP inserts shall be used in the AMP patch panel. AMP RJ11 single inserts or AMP RJ11 dual inserts shall be used for voice, and AMP category 5e inserts or dual Cat 5e shall be used for data. If no insert is required, an AMP blank cover shall be installed. Part numbers for the inserts are as follows: AMP Category 5e Insert (data) 558908-1 AMP Category 5e Dual Insert (data) 557280-1 AMP RJ11 Single Insert 555611-1 AMP RJ11 Dual Insert 555614-1 AMP Blank Cover 555644-1

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Siemon Rear Wire Minders shall be installed on the back of the rack, and Siemon Wire Managers shall be installed to aide in dressing of the cables. For a 64-port patch panel 2 of each are needed, one above and one below the patch panel; for a 32 or 16 port patch panel one of each are needed. Part numbers for these Siemon products are as follows: Siemon Rear Wire Minders WM-BK Amp Wire Manager 558331-1

Layout of jacks in the rack patch panel shall duplicate the workstation jacks with voice terminated above data. 2.5 ITCs Network, Systems & Operations group will determine and specify the active electronic equipment and fiber optic termination equipment for each telecommunications room. They will also terminate and test the fiber optic cable, configure and install the active electronic equipment and install the necessary patch cables and other accessory equipment to activate the network connections.

3.0 Telecommunications Workstation Jack Termination Equipment 3.1 At each jack location AMP Netconnect components shall be installed. For each pair of cables an AMP ACO Connector Housing kit is needed. All conduit and surface raceway boxes at each workstation jack shall be deep models. If installation is in a single gang EMT or surfaceraceway box, an AMP Single Gang Faceplate is needed. If installation is in a double gang box, an AMP Double Gang Faceplate is needed. Part numbers for the AMP products are as follows: AMP ACO (Connector Housing Kit Unshielded) 406091-1 AMP Single Gang Faceplate 555650-1 AMP Double Gang Faceplate 555670-1

3.2 AMP inserts shall be used in the AMP ACO connector housing. AMP RJ11 single inserts or AMP RJ11 dual inserts shall be used for voice, and AMP category 5e or category 5e dual inserts shall be used for data. If no insert is required, an AMP blank cover shall be installed. Part numbers for the inserts are as follows: AMP Category 5e Insert (data) 558908-1 AMP Category 5e Dual Insert (data) 557280-1 AMP RJ11 Single Insert 555611-1 AMP RJ11 Dual Insert 555614-1 AMP Blank Cover 555644-1 3.3 Voice (white wire) is on the top; Data (blue wire) is on the bottom. Because both wires are enhanced category 5, the white and blue wires can be used for additional voice or data by changing out the inserts.

4.0 Telecommunications Horizontal Distribution Cabling Support Structure For ease of cable installation and future expansion in hallway or major distribution routes, cable trays are the preferred method for distributing the horizontal wiring from the telecommunications room. Cable J hooks may be used for distribution above suspended ceiling spaces from hallway or major distribution routes to room jack locations. Cable trays shall be designed to be filled to no more than 60% of the capacity, to allow for future cable installations. 4.1 Hooks shall be attached to building members with fasteners appropriate for the material. Wood screws or lag bolts shall be used for wood, wood screws with plastic anchors shall be used for plaster and concrete, and self-taping screws shall be used for sheet metal. Threaded metal hooks attached to threaded anchors are also acceptable. Unistrut may be used where necessary to support large bundles of cables or to provide attachment points for EMT or Panduit raceway. Unistrut all-thread hangers shall be mounted with threaded anchors. Large hooks that will carry the weight of many cables shall be attached with lag bolts, metal concrete anchors, or metal anchors with epoxy. The anchors shall extend into the mounting material at least 3 inches.

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Hooks shall be oversized so that additional cables can easily be installed in the future. Hooks shall be filled to no more than 60% of the capacity. Hooks shall be mounted no more than four feet apart. Closer spacing may be necessary in areas where cables are routed around corners or are in close proximity to other mechanical electrical systems. Where raceway, cable tray and conduit is used it shall be sized according to the list below. Raceway and conduit that is diameter is not allowed. Metal Wiremold raceway products shall no longer be used. Non-metallic Panduit products listed below shall be used. Use BiLine cable tray products. No more than 2-90 degree bends are allowed and none are preferred. Use sweeping bend products. The number of cables that can be installed in a conduit is limited by the allowed maximum pulling tension of the cables. A minimum fill ratio is 40% and 60% is preferred for future additions of cable. Surface Raceway, Cable Tray and EMT Conduit Surface Raceway-Panduit-Sizing

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Panduit Size LDP5 LDP10

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Cable Tray BiLine Products WB4CA Connector WB4RSPL Shield WB6CH Hanger WB514CB Clip WB6SP Clip WB408BE End WB12DOYZN Dropout 12 WB408 Basket B-Line Shields Shield WB204 Basket WB4CA Fitting EMT Conduit Sizing EMT Conduit Size Maximum Cables 3/4" 1" 1-1/4" 1-1/2" 2" 3 6 10 15 20

Panduit Part Numbers Non metallic 8 1-piece raceway Size 5 LDP5IW8-A Non metallic 8 1-piece raceway Size 10 LDP10IW8-A Mounting Strap LMD5IW-Q Single Gang One Piece Deep Box JB1DIW-A Double Gang Deep Junction Box JBP2DIW Coupler CFX - Size 5 CFX5IW-X Coupler CFX - Size 10 CFX10IW-X Inside Corner Fitting ICFC - Size 5 ICFC5IW-X Inside Corner Fitting ICFC - Size 10 ICFC10IW-X Outside Corner Fitting OCFX - Size 5 OCFX5IW-X Outside Corner Fitting OCFX - Size 10 OCFX10IW-X Right Angle Fitting RAFC - Size 5 RAFC5IW-X Right Angle Fitting RAFC - Size 10 RAFC10IW-X End Cap Fitting ECFX - Size 5 ECFX5IW-X End Cap Fitting ECFX - Size 10 ECFX10IW-X Tee Fitting - TFC - Size 5 TFC5IW-X Tee Fitting - TFC - Size 10 TFC10IW-X Drop Ceiling/Entrance End DCEFX DCEFXIW-X Right Angle Entrance End RAEFX RAEFXIW-X Reducer Fitting RFX - Size 10 to 5 RFX105IW-X Raceway Adapter - Size 5 CA5IW-X Pan-Pole Outlet Poles - Power & Commun PCPA11R20IW T45BIW8 T-45 Raceway Base - 8 ft. length T45CIW8 T-45 Raceway Cover 8 ft. length T45DIW8 T-45 Raceway Divider Wall 8 ft. length T45CCIW-X T-45 Cover Coupler Fitting (join 2 pieces) T45ICIW T-45 Inside Corner Fitting T45ECIW T-45 End Cap Fitting T45WC Offset Electrical Box T45EEIW T-45 Entrance End Fitting

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When cables are installed in sheetrock wall no box is required, but a mounting bracket shall be mounted securely in the wall. The preferred mounting bracket is an Arlington LV1 and LV2 for double gang. All conduit and surface raceway boxes at each workstation jack shall be deep models. This depth is required to accommodate the AMP jack. When a box is used as both a jack and pull box, the minimum box depth shall be 3-1/8". 7

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4.10 Cable in exposed finished areas shall be installed in raceway such as EMT conduit and Panduit. The preference is not to use surface raceway combining electrical and communications cabling. However, power poles may be necessary, in which case, use Panduit non-metallic products. 5.0 Telecommunications Cable 5.1 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) category 5 enhanced (5e) cable shall be used for horizontal wiring of campus buildings. Cable shall be Amp Incorporated category 5 enhanced, four pair, 24 gauge wire. Plenum rated cable will be used throughout a building if cable routing is in return air spaces. The following are the part numbers for 350 MHz cable: Nonplenum Enhanced Category 5 24 awg cable - blue - 5EXHNP4P24BL-S-ATD-PV Nonplenum Enhanced Category 5 24 awg cable - white - 5EXHNP4P24WH-S-ATD-PV Plenum Enhanced Category 5 24 awg cable - blue - 5EXHP4P24BL-S-ATD-AP Plenum Enhanced Category 5 24 awg cable - white - 5EXHP4P24WH-S-ATD-AP A minimum of two UTP category 5 enhanced cables shall be run to each jack. Occasionally a wall telephone location will have only 1 cable. One of the cables will be blue in color representing the data cable and one will be white representing the voice cable. The blue and white cables will be run as pairs, so if there are more then two cables there will be an equal amount of blue and white cables e.g. 8 cables run to a location, 4 will be blue and 4 white. The white cable goes to the top opening of the jack and the blue cable goes to the bottom opening of the jack. Patch cables should be of the same performance category or higher as the horizontal cables to which they connect. Patch cables should not be field terminated. Patch cables must be 14 feet or less at the workstation to jack location (the preferred length is 10 feet). A 3' to 14 patch cord shall be used in the telecommunications room from the AMP patch panel to the electronic equipment (the preferred length is one that just the right length from the active electronics to the patch panel port after dressing in wire managers). All patch cords shall be stranded conductor wire, certified for category 5 enhanced use. In no case shall the total distance from workstation to the patch panel exceed 90 meters. Bootless patch cables are preferred but booted are acceptable. The part numbers are listed below: 1499112-3 1499112-5 1499112-7 1-1499112-0 1-1499112-4

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Amp Cat 5 Enhanced (350 mhz) Patch Cord - Bootless- 3 feet Amp Cat 5 Enhanced (350 mhz) Patch Cord - Bootless- 5 feet Amp Cat 5 Enhanced (350 mhz) Patch Cord - Bootless- 7 feet Amp Cat 5 Enhanced (350 mhz) Patch Cord - Bootless- 10 feet Amp Cat 5 Enhanced (350 mhz) Patch Cord - Bootless- 14 feet

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The minimum horizontal cable bend radius, under no-load conditions, shall be four times the diameter of the cable. The maximum tensile loading shall not exceed 25 pounds on the cable. Cable ties shall not be installed as to place a strain on the cable jacket. Cables that serve several adjacent rooms shall be grouped together into bundles. A single large cable bundle is preferable to several small bundles. It is preferred that the cables be grouped in a way that reduces the quantity of bundles. Cables in service areas such as attics, crawl spaces, mechanical chases, and above lay-in ceilings shall be held in place with metal hooks or cable tray. The hooks shall keep cables neatly bundled and shall be located so as to reduce interference with future maintenance and construction projects. Cables shall be mounted at least 1' above drop tile ceilings, shall never lie on the ceiling, and shall always be supported. In areas where the installation of hooks is impossible, the cables shall be bundled with plastic tie-wraps spaced no more than four feet apart. The tie-wraps shall be tight enough to neatly bundle the cables together and loose enough to permit the pulling of individual cables within the bundle. Adhesive or electrical tape used for bundling cables during installation shall be removed once the cables are in place. This will allow the slack in individual cables to be more easily removed. It is preferred that pull string be left in conduits, cable trays and cable hooks to allow for future expansion. Pull string shall be left in places that will be difficult to access in the future. Cables that are part of a bundle shall be of uniform length. Uniform cable length is achieved by pulling on individual cables in a bundle after the bundle has been placed in the hooks, or raceway and before the cables are terminated.

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6.10 Cable bundles shall hang with minimal tension between the hooks. Check cable bundles to verify that individual cables do not have excessive tension or are supporting the weight of several other cables. 6.11 At vertical to horizontal transitions, cable bundles shall have a uniform loop containing one to three feet of recoverable slack. Additional hooks may be required to support this slack. 6.12 Long vertical runs shall require intermediate strain-relief hooks. These hooks shall support the weight of the cable between it and the next strain relief hook. One foot of slack shall be left at each strain-relief hook so as to insure proper loading of the hooks. 9

6.13 Four inches of recoverable slack shall be left at each drop box. 6.14 Twenty-four inches of recoverable slack in each cable shall be neatly bundled and placed in the wire management units located adjacent to the passive hub rack. 6.15 Slack or extra cable not mentioned in this section is unacceptable and shall be removed prior to termination. 6.16 Patch cables will be neatly dressed in wire managers from the patch panel insert to the electronic switch. The upper one-half of a 64 port patch panel will have patch cables go directly up to the horizontal wire manager, then right or left to the vertical wire manager, then up or down to the electronic switch. Use the electronic switch wire managers provided. The lower one-half of the 64 port patch panel will have patch cables go directly down to the horizontal wire manager, then right or left to the vertical wire manager, then up or down to the electronic switch.

7.0 Termination of Telecommunications cables 7.1 7.2 All cables shall be terminated. Pair twists shall not be untwisted more than 0.5 inches, and preferred .025 inches, from the point of termination. The cable jacket or outer sheath shall be left intact as close to the termination as possible. The voice cable (white) shall be terminated in the top opening of the jack and the data (blue) cable shall be terminated in the bottom opening of the jack. Cables will be neatly dressed with tie wraps at the rear of the patch panel onto Siemon Rear wire managers, but not tied too tightly.

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A type 2 tester shall be used to test each cable. Each cable shall be tested for distance, attenuation, NEXT, crosstalk, opens, shorts, pair polarity and connector pin-out and at a minimum meet the enhanced category 5 e standards requirements. A log will be prepared showing each type of test run on the each cable

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9.0 Telecommunications Labeling and Documentation 9.1 As-built drawings shall be provided and at minimum shall include cable routes, telecommunication room layouts and jack locations. Each jack shall be clearly labeled in both the telecommunications room and the workstation location with the workstation room number. If there are multiple jacks in a room, the numbering shall include a hyphen suffix designation, such as 232-1, 232-2, and will begin at the main doorway and proceed left to right around the room. Single jacks in a room shall be labeled with just the room number and will not have a hyphen suffix designation, such as 233, 234. If there are jacks located in the center of the room, after going around the exterior of the room, go up the middle from the main doorway. The label at the jack will be placed on either the top of the faceplate (if difficult to see the front of the faceplate), or on the top label indentation on the front of the faceplate. The label at the patch panel will be placed on the left side of the faceplate reading top to bottom next to the bottom (data) insert of each two-insert jack.

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10.0 Telecommunications Backbone cables 10.1 At the design stage, plans will be made to route the appropriate size indoor telephone backbone (tie or riser) cable from the building MDF location to the telecommunications room(s), if they are in different locations. The telephone backbone cable will be installed in conduit unless cable hooks or cable tray is used and will be concealed from public spaces. The telephone backbone cable will be terminated at category 3 telephone patch panels with RJ11 connectors. When Category 5 jacks are made active for telephone lines, a patch cord will be installed between the telephone patch panel(s) and the appropriate Amp patch panel RJ11 insert. Determine the appropriate patch cord length and dress it in the cable manager. The following patch panels are to be used: Amp 24 Port 557403-1 Amp 48 Port 557411-1 Amp 96 Port 557415-1

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entrance termination location in the building to the telecommunications room. Indoor fiber backbone cable will be used and installed in conduit, cable tray, or in innerduct in cable hooks in concealed spaces. A determination will be made as to whether combined multi-mode/singlemode, multi-mode cable only or single-mode fiber optic cable will be used. Terminations will be made to the fiber optic building entrance location equipment and in the telecommunications room active rack. Fiber optic cable will be tested after termination is made before the fiber is put into use. For both fiber optic outdoor and backbone cabling, Siecor aka Corning brand of cable is required (actual sizing of cable will be determined for each situation), and Siecor aka Corning panels and connectors are required at both the feed location and the terminating location, preferably in the telecommunications rack. Parts used are as follows: For combined multi-mode and single-mode fiber optic cable Siecor Fiber Panel FDC-005 For either indoor multi-mode or single-mode fiber optic cable Siecor Fiber Interconnect Center CCH-01U For more than 2 fiber optic cables use the WCH model of rack panel Siecor Fiber Panel WCH-04P or 06P Siecor Connecting Panels FDC-CP1P-25 for multi-mode Siecor Connecting Panels FDC-CP1P-38 Siecor Connecting Panels for WCH CCH-CP06-25T for multi-mode ST Siecor Connecting Panels for WCH CCH-CP06-38 for single-mode SC Siecor Unicam Connectors ST 95-000-50 for multi-mode Siecor Unicam Connectors SC 95-000-41 for single-mode For outdoor fiber optic cable, use Buffer Tube Fan-Out Kit Siecor Buffer Tube Fan-Out Kit 11.0 Telecommunications AutoCad Drawing Legend 11.1 The following Legend and symbols will be used on all telecommunication drawings and plans: Facilities Services CADD Manager or contracted architect/engineers will provide CADD drawings showing jack locations, major cable routing, and telecommunication rooms. Legend Single voice/data workstation jack with white 4-pair voice cable and blue 4-pair data cable in a single gang electrical box. FAN-BT47-12

Double voice/data workstation jack mounted in a two-gang electrical box.

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Cable bundle containing several voice and data cables.

Open circle at end of cable bundle designation indicates a horizontal to vertical transition of the cable bundle where cables proceed downwards from the transition.

Black dot at end of cable bundle designation indicates a horizontal to vertical transition of the cable bundle where cables proceed upwards from the transition.

Arrow at end of cable bundle designation indicates that various cable pairs in the bundle are distributed to voice/data workstation jacks in the areas near the arrows.

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Telecommunications room where all voice and data cables are

Information Technology Center (WIRINGamendNov02) July 2, 1996, amended April 9, 1997, amended February 23, 1998, amended April 21, 1998, amended September 9, 1998, amended October 7, 1999, amended January, 2002, amended December, 2002.

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