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Ethernet Trunking Standards

hi,

can some one please point me in the right direction with regards to the trunking standards/Trays of Ethernet and Fibre Cabling.

everything has a standard nowadays so I assume that Trunking/Trays has its own standard also!

if anyone can point me to other further information with regards to trunking it will be appreciated.

cheers

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pseudocyber

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cvsadmin

From what I know this usually is dependant on the router used, either Cisco or sun for example.

Are you doing vlan trunking?
http://www.itworld.com/Net/1750/NWW001113tech/

Look for standards on 802.3ad (link aggregation)

pseudocyber

>>trunking standards/Trays of Ethernet and Fibre Cabling.

Are you referring to cabling standards, port aggregation, or vlan trunking?

welsher

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no i'm not talking about link aggregation, i'm refering to the physical trunking of cables.
(I'm in the UK by the way if there are UK/Euro specific standards)

thanks

pseudocyber

The TIA/EIA & ISO communicate and coordinate on standards, but I believe there are some differences.

European Standards: ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
http://www.iso.org

There's, another one, CLEC or something ...

pseudocyber

Oh, also, of course the IEEE. Http://www.ieee.org

pseudocyber

British Safety Council (BSC) http://www.britishsafetycouncil.co.uk
BSI British Standards Institute http://www.bis-global.com
CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
http://www.cenelec.org
ICC International Code Council http://www.intlcode.org
International Electrotechnical Commission IEC http://www.iec.ch
ITU (This is a BIG one) International Telecommunication Union http://www.itu.int

pseudocyber

By the way, all of this is coming out of my BiSCi book from http://www.bisci.org The Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual (for the RCDD exam).

pseudocyber

Welsher, that enough standards & organizations for you? Is that what you were looking for?

Thanks,

PC.

welsher

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one thing i forgot to mention in the question was are there any standards or codes of practice for actual network installations?

what about various other standards such as standards for electro-magnetic interference and fire resistance for networking equipment?

I've bumped the points up to 500 with guarenteed A.

many thanks

pseudocyber

Yes, all the TIA/EIA standards that I first mentioned. In the US, there are several codes by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) who publishes the National Electrical Code (NEC).

welsher

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are there any UK/Euro specific standards for electro-magnetic interference and fire resistance for networking equipment

I'm having trouble finding the correct standards, can you provide some links please.

also I can't find the Installation standards/code of practice (UK) for fibre/cat 6/switches etc

thanks

welsher

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thanks for your help

pseudocyber

I am totally unfamiliar with local UK/Euro local requirements. I've given you all the links I have to US, European, and International organizations which govern these things. BiCSi is WORLDWIDE - and they defninitely have standards which are based on TIA/EIA, ISO, and CENELEC. However, the "local authority having jurisdiction" always trumps (has final decision) over all. Contact your local town/community/county/city/state governments.

Thanks for the points.