Standards & Guidelines for Telecommunications Wiring & Installation
Montana State University - Bozeman
- 0 CatCard Installation Prep Standards
- 1. Telecommunications Rooms
- 2. Telecommunications Room Termination Equipment
- 3. Telecommunications Workstation Outlet Termination Equipment
- 4. Telecommunications Horizontal Cabling and Support Structure
- 5. Telecommunications Cable
- 6. Installation Guidelines for Telecommunications Cable
- 7. Termination of Telecommunications Cables
- 8. Testing of Telecommunications Category 6 Cables
- 9.Telecommunications Labeling and Documentation
- 10. Telecommunications Backbone and Riser Cables
- 11.Grounding and Bonding
- 12.Telecommunications AutoCAD Drawing Legend
This document defines the standards used for voice and data wiring in buildings used
by MSU departments. All telecommunications wiring will be performed by the University
Information Technology (UIT) or contracts administered by UIT. Throughout the document
the word shall is mandatory. Where the word preferred is used, we would like it done
this way and it would be expected in new building construction. The terms cabling
and wiring are used interchangeably. For more details about the industry telecommunication
standards, which MSU complies with, see the TIA/EIA Commercial Building Telecommunications
Cabling Standards as follows:
- Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling 568-B.1-5
- Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces 569-B
- Commercial Building Grounding (Earthing) and Bonding Requirements for Telecommunications J-STD-607-A
- Customer-owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard TIA-758-A
All communication wiring contractors must be a Commscope Uniprise Partner and must
register their Commscope wiring installation for the 25 Year Performance Warranty
for the copper installations and be a Corning Network Preferred Installers to provide
Corning 25-year fiber optic cable warranty. For a list of certified contractors visit:
https://cpp.commscope.com/directory/search?q=montana
The telecommunications network system contains cable, connectors, electronic equipment,
and routing materials for MSU provided data services and equipment throughout a building.
Data cables are routed together from each individual telecommunications workstation
outlet to a telecommunications room within 76 meters (250ft), preferably on the same
floor.
All new workstation outlets are either a double-gang box with two (2) Commscope Category
6A four-pair, 24-gauge Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cables, or a double-gang box
with four (4) Commscope Category 6A four-pair, 24 gage Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
cables. Double-gang boxes can have a single gang mud ring attached for a single gang
faceplate. All outlets are terminated and tested to Category 6A standards, pinout
T568A. All outlets including Power Over Ethernet (POE) devices (Wireless access points
and POE clocks) will be Commscope Category 6A four-pair, 23-gauge Unshielded Twisted
Pair (UTP) cables.
Some existing buildings have older standard cable and equipment, Category 5, 5E, or
6. These will be replaced by the newest standard of cable and equipment when remodeling,
renovations, or new construction is done. Therefore, some Telecommunications Rooms
will temporarily have a combination of cable and equipment types.
MSU has selected Corning single mode for its fiber optics cable, patch panel and connector
standard. All fiber shall be terminated in LCAPC.
MSU has selected Cisco for its data electronic equipment; Aruba Networks for wireless
equipment; and APC for telecommunications room UPS equipment. The UPS must be sized
appropriately for the equipment load. Any building with a generator shall have a
30 AMP 220 dedicated outlet tied to the emergency generator and mounted on the Telecommunication
Rack.
The University Information Technology (UIT) Communication Wiring group designs, installs,
tests, certifies, and maintains outside plant and inside building cabling, communication
outlet equipment, and telecommunication room racks, patch panels, and wire management
components. They also ensure that all NEC (National Electric Code) and Building Code
requirements are met regarding wall and ceiling penetration sealing and fire-stopping.
UIT’s Networking group specifies the network equipment and fiber optic termination
arrangement for each telecommunication room. UIT Communication Wiring terminates
and tests the fiber optic cable while Networking configures and installs the network
switches and installs the necessary fiber patch cables and other accessory equipment
to activate the network connections. Facilities Services electricians or contracted
electricians install conduit, raceway, cable trays, j-hooks, electrical and raceway
boxes, racks seismic bracing and any other rough-in work required.
All equipment that will connect to the MSU network, whether hard wired or wireless,
needs to meet UIT Networking requirements.
All new MSU buildings shall have a pathway installed for communication infrastructure.
If construction connects to the MSU tunnel our pathway shall connect through the tunnel.
If the building does use the tunnel a minimum of two trade size four conduits shall
be installed for feeding communications cables into all buildings on the MSU campus.
Before installation the size and number of conduits must be authorized by UIT. Before
network services can be turned on in a new building all copper and fiber optic infrastructure
must be installed, terminated and tested. All test results shall be handed over to
the MSU NSG (Network Services Group) and all Telecommunications rooms shall be clean
and dust free with the doors on an MSU key lock. Power shall be in place on the racks.
At this point MSU NSG can install switches to supply network services.
ATS smart podium locations require a minimum of 6 network cables feeding to the Telecommunication
Room. Additional cables and needs to be determined by UIT-ATS.
Aux-IT is responsible for specifying Cat Card reader specifications
MSU-Bozeman University Information Technology
Communication Wiring Design Guidelines
Created: June 20, 2013
Modified: September 1, 2023