Specifications

Site Requirements and Preparation
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Racks and Cabling
General Cabling Overview
The diagram in Figure 13-9 highlights the key components with respect to cabling for
your voice network.
Figure 13-9 Cabling Overview
Starting from the lower left in this diagram, the telephone cabling is organized as
follows:
• A telephone jack (RJ-11) is provided for each telephone.
• Telephone cabling (Category 3 or better) is terminated on the telephone jack and
runs back to the equipment room to a modular connector (RJ-21X) on a telephone
patch panel.
• The telephone patch panel provides a flexible cable management solution for the
telephone cabling. The patch panel has RJ-21X connections for the telephone
cabling and RJ-11 connections on the front.
• Patch cords are connected from the telephone patch panel (RJ-11) to the voice
switch patch panel (RJ-11).
• The voice switch patch panel provides a flexible cable management solution for
the voice switches. The patch panel has RJ-21X connections running to the voice
switches and RJ-11 connections on the front.
Starting from the right in Figure 13-9, the trunk cabling is organized as follows:
• The digital (T1/E1) and analog trunks are terminated on a punch-down block.
• The digital service is further terminated at a service provider demark with an RJ-48
connector.
An RJ-48 cable from the T1/E1 demark connects to the ShoreGear-T1 or
ShoreGear-E1.