Checklist for Designing of Local area Network

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS Local Area Network (LAN) SUCCESS THE

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Customer: Date: Thisdesign checklistcoversthebasicquestionstobeconsideredbeforebuildingyourLANbillofmaterials. CABLING

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Environment  Indoor ¨ o Highcrush Highcrushpotential– potential–recomme recommendarmoror ndarmororduct duct o Horizonta Horizontal–require l–requiresminimum sminimumgeneral generalrating rating o Floortofoor– Floortofoor–requires requiresminimumrise minimumriserrating rrating o Withinair Withinair-handling -handlingspaces– spaces–requires requiresminimumple minimumplenumrati numrating ng Indoor/Outdoor ¨ o Highcrush Highcrushpotential– potential–recommen recommendarmoror darmororduct duct o Horizontal Horizontal–require –requiresminimumg sminimumgeneralr eneralrating ating o Floortofoor– Floortofoor–requires requiresminimumrise minimumriserrating rrating o Withinair Withinair-handling -handlingspaces– spaces–requires requiresminimumplen minimumplenumratin umrating g Outdoor(allowedonly50texposedwithinbuilding) ¨ o Directburied Directburied–recomme –recommendarmoror ndarmororduct duct ¨ Industrial/Mining/Petrochemical/Tactical o Highcrush Highcrushpotential potential–recomme –recommendarmoro ndarmororduct rduct Fiber Requirements Existingbernetwork? ¨ ¨ Whatbandwidthneeded? ¨ Fiberdistance? ¨ Fibertype(s): o OM1 o OM2 o OM3 o OM4o OS2 CONNECTIVITY

Field Termination Method  No-epoxy/No-polish( No-epoxy/ No-polish(UniCam®)c UniCam®)connectors onnectors ¨ Hand-polished(Anaerobic)connectors ¨ Fusionsplicingpigtails ¨ Connector Type Existingelectronicsor Existinge lectronicsorpatchpan patchpanels? els? ¨ o Adaptersty Adapterstyle:___ le:___ Newelectronicsorpatchpanels(seehardwaresection)? ¨ o Adaptersty Adapterstyle:___ le:___ EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES

Termination Cablefan-outkits(ifusingloosetubeorribboncablewithconnectors) ¨ Consumables(iusionsplicingoranaerobicconnectors) ¨ ¨ Connectortoolkit ¨ Fusionsplicer Cable Access Cableaccesstools ¨ Testing End-to-endattenuationtesting? ¨ o Opticaltestse Opticaltestsett Transmit/receiverlevels? ¨ o Opticaltestse Opticaltestsett Eventlossmeasurements? ¨ o Optical OpticalTimeDomain TimeDomainRefectom Refectometer eter

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Indoor ¨ o RackMount RackMount ¨ Newrack? Newclosetconnectorhous onnectorhousing(patch ing(patchpanelhou panelhousing)? sing)? ¨ Newclosetc ¨ Connectorpanels?   oAdapterstyle(s Adapterstyle(shouldmat houldmatchconnectorty chconnectortype):_ pe):_______ ______ ¨ FusionSplicingPigtails?   oSplicehousing   oSplicetrays   oPigtails   oHeat-shrinks ¨ Armoredcable?   oGroundingkit ¨ Securityneeded?   oLockkit o WallM WallMount ount ¨ Newhousing? ¨ Connectorpanels?   oAdapterstyle(s Adapterstyle(shouldmat houldmatchconnectorty chconnectortype):_ pe):_______ ______ ¨ FusionSplicing?   oSplicetrayholders   oSplicetrays   oPigtails   oHeat-shrinks ¨ Armoredcable?   oGroundingkit ¨ NEMAratingrequired?   oChooseIndustrialoption ¨ Securityneeded? Outdoor ¨ o Distr Distribut ibution ion ¨ NewEnvironmentalDistributionCenter?   oCableentryportttings ¨ Connectorpanels?   oAdapterstyle(s Adapterstyle(shouldmat houldmatchconnectorty chconnectortype):_ pe):_____ ____ ¨ FusionSplicingPigtails?   oSplicetrays   oPigtails   oHeat-shrinks ¨ Armoredcable?   oGroundingkit ¨ Securityneeded? o SplicingClosur SplicingClosures es ¨ Splicesneeded?   oSplicetrays   oHeat-shrinks ¨ Howmanycablesareentering/leaving?

Repeat hardware section for every location where splicing or termination occurs.