Chapter 8: Design and Documentation Outline:

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8.1 | Basic Network Design and Documentation

8.1.1 | General design process
8.1.2 | Network design issues
8.1.3 | General network design process
8.1.4 | Network design documents

8.2 | Planning Structured Cabling: Wiring Closet Specifications

8.2.1 | Overview of wiring closet selection
8.2.2 | Size
8.2.3 | Environmental specifications
8.2.4 | Walls, floors, and ceilings
8.2.5 | Temperature and humidity
8.2.6 | Lighting fixtures and power outlets
8.2.7 | Room and equipment access
8.2.8 | Cable access and support

8.3 | Planning Structured Cabling: Identifying Potential Wiring Closets

8.3.1 | Topology as floor plan
8.3.2 | Selecting potential locations
8.3.3 | Determining number of wiring closets
8.3.4 | Identification practice

8.4 | Planning Structured Cabling: Selection Practice

8.4.1 | Building description
8.4.2 | Closet A
8.4.3 | Closet B
8.4.4 | Closet C
8.4.5 | Closet D
8.4.6 | Closet E
8.4.7 | Closet F
8.4.8 | Closet G
8.4.9 | Closet H
8.4.10 | Closet I
8.4.11 | Closet J

8.5 | Planning Structured Cabling: Horizontal and Backbone Cabling

8.5.1 | Catchment area problems
8.5.2 | MDF location in multi-story building
8.5.3 | Example of where you would use multiple wiring closets
8.5.4 | Cabling for MDF and IDF connections
8.5.5 | Backbone cabling media
8.5.6 | TIA/EIA-568-A requirements for backbone cabling
8.5.7 | Maximum distance for backbone cabling

8.6 | Planning Structured Cabling: Electricity and Grounding

8.6.1 | Differences between AC and DC
8.6.2 | AC line noise
8.6.3 | Electrostatic discharge
8.6.4 | Grounding electrical current in computer equipment
8.6.5 | Purpose of grounding computer equipment
8.6.6 | Safety ground connections
8.6.7 | Safety ground connection problems

8.7 | Planning Structured Cabling: Cabling and Grounding

8.7.1 | Causes of ground potential problems
8.7.2 | Networking devices and dangerous circuits
8.7.3 | Faulty ground wiring problems
8.7.4 | Avoiding potentially dangerous circuits between buildings
8.7.5 | How fiber optic cable can prevent electrical shocks
8.7.6 | Reasons for using UTP for backbone cabling between buildings

8.8 | Design Practice No. 1: Wiring Plan for Ethernet Star Topology LAN

8.8.1 | Overview
8.8.2 | Main building: first floor
8.8.3 | Main building: second floor
8.8.4 | East building: first floor
8.8.5 | East building: second floor
8.8.6 | West building: first floor
8.8.7 | West building: second floor

8.9 | Design Practice No. 2: Multiple Earth Ground Problems

8.9.1 | Overview
8.9.2 | Company A: MDF location
8.9.3 | Company A: backbone media
8.9.4 | Company A: IDFs and ICCs
8.9.5 | Company A: HCC locations
8.9.6 | Company A: drawing horizontal cabling runs
8.9.7 | Company B: MDF location
8.9.8 | Company B: backbone media
8.9.9 | Company B: drawing horizontal cabling runs

8.10 | Network Power Supply Issues: Power Line Problems

8.10.1 | Power problem classifications
8.10.2 | Normal mode and common mode
8.10.3 | Typical power line problems
8.10.4 | Sources of surges and spikes
8.10.5 | Surge and spike damage
8.10.6 | Surge and spike solutions
8.10.7 | Sag and brownout solutions
8.10.8 | Oscillation solution

8.11 | Network Power Supply Issues: Surge Suppressors and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Functions

8.11.1 | Surge sSuppressors: networking device locations
8.11.2 | Surge suppressors: for power panel locations
8.11.3 | UPS: for certain LAN devices
8.11.4 | UPS: for certain electrical problems
8.11.5 | UPS: components
8.11.6 | UPS: differences in UPS features
8.11.7 | UPS: description and operation

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