Network Infrastructure
Structured Cabling
- Cabling arrangements have a standard
- TIA/EIA-568 Commercial Building Wiring Standard
- Structured cabling
- Designed to maximize performance and minimize upkeep
Entrance facility
- Incoming network (Internet) connects with internal network
Demarc
- Demarcation point
- Device that marks where telecom service provider network ends and organization's network begins
- Most important device belonging to service provider is the demarc
MDF
- Main distribution frame/facility
- Centralized point of interconnection for LAN or WAN
- Also called MC (main cross connect)
- Can only be one per campus
IDF
- Intermediate distribution frame
- Provides intermediate connection between MDF and end-user equipment
- Can refer to racks holding equipment or room housing the racks and equipment
- Can be many IDFs connecting internal portions of a network
- TIA/EIA standard specifies at least one IDF per floor
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