Module 1: Introduction to Structured Cabling System (SCS)

• Brief history of SCS
• Basic copper and fibre transmission
• Copper and fibre cabling
• Single and multimode fibre
• Step/graded index multimode fibre
• Difference between commercial wiring and data center cabling
• Development of standards
• Role of standards
• ANSI/TIA 568 standard
• Common standards
• The new usage of cabling to support smart building

Module 2: Horizontal and Administration—Commercial Building

• Standard diagram recap: ANSI/TIA-568
• Functional elements and example
• Scenario A: Determine the number of work areas
• Scenario B: Determine the number of user locations
• Zone wiring
• Administration: Interconnect and cross-connect
• Angled and flat panels
• Creating a cabling schematic design
• Convert schematic into physical lay-out
• Calculating the material list

Module 3: Horizontal and Administration—Data Center

• Standard diagram recap: TIA-942
• Basic, reduced, and typical data center setups
• Traditional three-layer network design and spine and leaf network design
• Select termination hardware
• Administration design
• Top of rack (ToR), end of row (EoR), and spine and leaf cabling design
• Network and cabling resiliency
• Create cabling schematic design for ToR and EoR
• Convert into patch panel/rack layout
• Calculate the material list for ToR and EoR

Module 4: Building Backbone—Commercial Building

• Backbone diagram
• Calculate the copper backbone requirements per telecom room (TR)
• Calculate the fibre backbone requirements per telecom room
• Summarize the building backbone requirements
• Recognized cables
• Backbone patch panels
• The maximum backbone distances
• Create cabling schematic design
• Converting the schematic design into patch panel/rack layout

Module 5: Building Backbone—Data Center

• TIA-942 based backbone topology
• TIA-942 backbone requirements
• Recognized backbone cable
• ToR, EoR, and spine and leaf
• Backbone distance estimation
• Resiliency of backbone cable routes
• Creating cabling schematic design
• Converting the schematic design into patch panel/rack layout
• Field and fusion termination for fibre connectors
• Pre-terminated fibre trunk and copper cables

Module 6: Architectural Considerations

• ANSI/TIA-569-D cable pathway and spaces
• Common requirements for the rooms
• Definition of the rooms
• Entrance room/demarcation
• Ceiling and floor pathway types
• Cable trays, basket, ladder, conduit
• Inner duct, sleeve, and slot
• Calculating pathway size
• Cable run best practices
• Grounding and bonding
• Separation distance requirements for copper cabling to power cabling
• Fire stopping
• Fire rated barrier
• Fire rated jacket cable

Module 7: Campus and Outdoor Backbone

• Common campus cable installation and cable types: aerial cable, direct-buried, underground in-conduit
• Outdoor cable installation planning
• Lightning and surge protection
• Approved ground for surge protector
• Creating a schematic diagram
• Converting a schematic into a physical layout

Module 8: Site Inspection and Testing

• Visual site inspection notes
• Installation common issues
• Copper testing standard
• Permanent link, channel, patch cord, MPTL testing configuration
• Fibre testing standard
• Tier 1 and 2 certification
• Fibre connectors
• Fibre link definition
• Fibre testing steps
• Fibre inspection and cleaning
• Calibrating the test sets
• Setting up mandrel for testing
• OM3/4/5 fibre testing—encircled flux
• Fibre loss budget calculation
• G.657 bend insensitive fibre
• Optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR)

Module 9: User Acceptance and Warranty Program

• User acceptance general procedures
• Basic documentation—commercial building
• Basic documentation—data center
• Basic documentation—testing reports
• Patching records (database)
• Sample testing
• Operation training
• Warranty program from cabling manufacturer

Module 10: Daily Operations

• Main tasks in cabling daily operations
• The cabling administration standard
• Typical model for ANSI/TIA-606
• Common causes of cable mess
• Good cable management
• Examples of labels
• Automated infrastructure management (AIM)

Module 11: Other Cabling Considerations

• PoE+ and PoE++
• PoE+ and PoE++ requirements on cabling
• PoE+ and PoE++ arc e‑ect on RJ45 jack
• Fibre + copper cabling
• Industrial cabling environments
• Cabling in Industrial use

Module 12: How to Select a Cabling Manufacturer 366

• Always use the latest standard cabling
• The importance of end-to-end solution
• Third-party testing certificates
• Special design features/functions
• Good local support partner/contractor

Module 13: Cabling Updates on ANSI/TIA-942-C

• Cabling highlights on ANSI/TIA-942-C
• Micro edge data center (μEDC) denition
• Micro edge data center cabling