| SCS IMPLEMENTATION TIPS Look at the layout first: Enterprises need to keep the physical layout and
structure in view during procurement. An implementation plan can typically have
these components vertical cabling; horizontal cabling, the backbone media and
user points.
When enterprise locations are spread over two or more nearby buildings, it
calls for external cabling. Internal cabling takes care of intra-building needs,
and can be across various floors (vertical cabling) or floor-wise (horizontal
cabling).
Map requirements to technologies: Costs can be optimized, without
compromising on the performance, by opting for different levels and types of
technologies. For example, it's better to install a fiber-optic backbone to
interconnect the buildings. Additionally, there can be some coupling with
multi-paired copper telephone cables for the connection of buildings with the
public telephone network and the provision of internal lines/services between
buildings.
Internal cabling needs special attention: Internal cabling should be designed
in such a way that it's able to meet present as well as future needs. This is
because the internal cabling is much more complex than external cabling and an
improper plan can make a future expansion a big nightmare. In other words, the
infrastructure should be fully extendable, especially in terms of technologies.
Ensure robustness: Robustness of a structured cabling solution should be high
on the buyer's priority. That comes from the solution's ability to
facilitate smooth and uninterrupted heterogeneous traffic while ensuring high
network uptime.
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