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Cabling Standards

This page is designed to keep track of all the random things that I like to have as a cheetsheet or quick reference, because otherwise, I need to keep looking them up.

Network Cable Colors - ANSI/TIA-606-B

  • Orange - Demarcation Point
  • Green - Network Connection (Customer side of Demarc)
  • Purple - Common Equipment (Computers, LANs, etc)
  • White - Terminations of Building Cabling Subsystem 3
    • Main Crossconnect (MC) to Intermediate Crossconnect (IC)
  • Gray - Termiantions of Building Cabling Subsytem 2
    • Intermediate Crossconnect (IC) to Horizontal Crossconnect (HC)
  • Brown - Campus Interbuilding
  • Blue - Horizontal Cabling / Terminations of Cabling Subsystem in TS
    • Termination of station telecommunications mediate required only at TR and equipment room end of cable
  • Yellow - Alarms, Security, Telephone, or Energy Management
  • Red - Key Telephone sysetms in areas with health hazards