Why is Structured Cabling Important? (Benefits of Structured Cabling)

Why Structured Cabling?
Structured cabling is used throughout the world, but why? What is the significance of structured network cabling and why is it so important today?

00:00 Why is Structured Cabling Important?
The importance of structured cabling. A structured cabling design for your infrastructure allows all linked hardware to work over a common data cabling system. It builds a complete telecommunications infrastructure. You can then use this infrastructure for your telephone services, transmitting data through your computer network, or for other purposes such as CCTV, AV, Access Control, and BMS where you may need cabling.
Structured cabling involves designing and building the best practices for your telecommunications infrastructure.

01:14 What is structured wiring?
Described as building or campus telecommunications cabling, structured cabling is an infrastructure that consists of several standard components, such as patch panels and multi-fibre or multi-copper data cables. Regardless of manufacturer, the industry standards are ratified to provide a certain system performance to match the chosen cabling infrastructure to install. Furthermore, this system standard will be able to handle the transmission of all hardware systems equally regardless of system type and function
02:23 Structured Cabling vs. Conventional Cabling
An alternative to structured cabling is something called "point-to-point cabling", which you can also call "conventional cabling". This would be where each system has its own dedicated data cabling and doesn't link together.
For example, the following systems might have their own dedicated data cabling
• Computers
• Telephones
• CCTV
• Audio Visual
• Access Control
• BMS
• Alarms
• WIFI
02:56 The main difference between the two is when the main distribution area is used for structural cabling. In structural cabling, there is the main distribution area, or communications room, where all the cables in your structural cable network come together. This makes it easy to make any changes, additions, or adjustments with just a few patch bones.

04:00 Who needs structural wiring, and where and where do you need structural wiring?
Which businesses require structural cabling? If your business has a computer network and/or telecommunications system, you will require structural cabling. Furthermore, you should install cables throughout your entire cable structure.

04:49 What Does Structured Cabling Look Like?
The overall data cabling system consists of the following elements
• Data Cabinets
• Patch Panels
• The physical data cable and its standard (Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a, Cat7, Cat8)
• The backbone links connecting multiple cabinets
• The user outlet module
• The Patch leads to connect the cabling to active hardware
The cabling will run from the central cabinet or multiple cabinets in larger spaces to each outlet regardless of hardware. For example, an outlet will be the same for a PC, Telephone, or CCTV camera.
The single cable from a central point is called a "Star Network". This way if one cable is damaged the whole system isn't compromised.
The cables terminate at individual outlets at the user end. At the cabinet end, they terminate onto 24 or 48 port "Patch Panels". This combines outlets into compressed panels to fit inside data cabinets.
Patch leads are used on both ends to connect to active hardware. At the user end a patch lead will go from the outlet module to the PC, Telephone, etc.
06:20 Benefits of Structured Cabling.
Again, the organization is the keyword here. The advantages of a well-organized cabling system are:
• Movement, augmentation, and transformation within the same user space. Multiple systems can use a single cabling outlet
• Time-saving; With structural cabling systems, cable and port tracing becomes an easy task. This logical, organized approach not only makes the changes easier but also saves you time.
• Aesthetics. Never underestimate that an organized cabling system will look much better than several systems installed with their own dedicated wiring. This is especially true at the cabinet and patch panel end where they can be combined and patched in a common system
• One of the most important benefits of structured cabling is that it can reduce human error and time-lapse. In a structured cabling system, if there is a disconnection or damage on a single port, the whole system isn't affected.
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