Specifications

Technology Upgrade Cat-6 Cabling 28 1600-9
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supported by drop ceiling wires.
E. Firestopping is required at all riser conduits and all pass thru’s.
1. Each cable tray penetration of a wall shall be firestopped after cable installation. Use
pillow type firestop to allow additional cables to be installed in the future.
2. Where riser conduits pass through floors, the area between the concrete and the
conduit shall be firestopped. This shall be completed with a putty or liquid firestop
product. Fill in the space with mineral wool, and then install the firestop on top. All
firestop shall be of sufficient thickness to secure the rating required by code.
3. After final cable installation, install a putty firestop around all cables where they enter
and exit conduit pass thru’s and conduit risers.
4. All firestop shall be installed to provide the fire rating as described by local fire code.
5. It shall be the responsibility of the Contractor to verify that all conduits, walls, and
raceways required to be firestopped have been firestopped.
F. CAT-6 patch panels shall be installed between patch cord organizers in the racks.
1. Panels shall be installed to provide minimal signal impairment by preserving wire pair
twists as closely as possible to the point of mechanical termination. The amount of
untwisting in a pair as a result of termination to the patch panel shall be no greater
than a 1/2 inch (13 mm).
2. Panels shall be installed according to manufacturer’s instructions and properly
mounted to a rack, cabinet, bracket, or other appropriate mounting device.
3. Panels shall be installed such that cables terminated to the panel can maintain
minimum bend radius of at least 4 times the cable diameter into the IDC contacts.
Cables shall be terminated on the panels such that there is no tension on the
conductors in the termination contacts.
4. Each patch panel shall have 2 rear cable organizers for routing cable from the vertical
cable ladder to the patch panel. 1 organizer for each row of 24 cables.
5. The label for each outlet on the panel shall be the same as the wraparound label on
each end of the cable.
6. Each label shall line up directly below or above the outlet on the panel. Misaligned
labels will not be permitted.
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