Cable/Rack
A Structured Cabling System is the foundation of your infrastructure. Transporting data is like building a highway. The performance of the network is largely dependent on the Cable Plant Design. Harmonix Technologies only uses the highest quality of products and services, from design to implementation. Our quality of work is bar none.
A well-planned structured cabling system becomes an asset rather than a liability in a growing and changing environment.
The Need for Increased Bandwidth
Emerging bandwidth-intensive applications – like voice over IP, IP-based videoconferencing and digital audio and video – are becoming reality. Businesses expect their information technology (IT) investment to impact their bottom line; to increase sales, decrease operational costs and improve product quality. Now, more than ever, information plays a vital role. The successful delivery of that information within and across enterprises – globally – is an absolute necessity. To that end, a reliable, high-performance IT cabling foundation is the key to overall network reliability.
“Structured cabling is the foundation of a successful Intelligent Building Network and the basic investment on which all other network equipment depends.”
What is Cable Plant Technology?
Understanding cable plant technology and capabilities is a key component when designing the cable plant layout. Following are questions to answer when determining the cable plant:
- Does the business require high bandwidth capabilities?
- What network topology design will be deployed (i.e., fabric switching or traditional switching)?
- What are the advantages and implications of using certain cable media types?
- What are the distance limitations of the design?
- What configuration will be used for access level switching (i.e., top of rack, end or row, middle of row or centralized)?
- What will be required in the future?
The world has changed. The way we work, the way we shop and entertain, the way we communicate, travel – the way we live – are all drastically different than just a few short years ago. Technology is better than it has ever been. Communication is faster and expectations have never been higher. Today, information for virtually everything is at our fingertips and tomorrow’s technology is limited only by our imagination.
In this ever more demanding world of increased expectations and requirements, the pace of technology has not slowed. Our appetite for improving our lives and our businesses continues to drive forward. Now, more than ever, businesses need to focus on the IT basics – the supporting infrastructure that will bear the load and distribute your vital business information globally.
Estimates and basic assessments are free of charge by contacting Harmonix Technologies
At Harmonix, we design our structured cabling solutions to support the future requirements of multi-service networking. We work exclusively with category 6 cabling and fiber backbone elements. We seek to design and deliver an IT infrastructure that will serve your strategic business needs now and into the future. Our heritage is providing the highest quality, best performing structured cabling systems available. We are specialists at what we do and we do it better than anyone else.
Harmonix Technologies offers the most comprehensive product set in the industry – all of which support advanced applications for today and tomorrow. Combined with the industry’s best warranty and support services, Harmonix is the smart choice for complete network cabling solutions. IT is the very foundation of your business. Your IT foundation is built first on the physical layer of structured cabling. If you want to protect your IT investments build a solid foundation with the capacity to support the needs of future multi-service networking. A solid structured cabling system, built to handle future applications, is your best way to insure the other layers of your network will function at maximum efficiency.
Emerging bandwidth-intensive applications – like voice over IP, IP-based videoconferencing and digital audio and video – are becoming reality. Businesses expect their information technology (IT) investment to impact their bottom line; to increase sales, decrease operational costs and improve product quality. Now, more than ever, information plays a vital role. The successful delivery of that information within and across enterprises – globally – is an absolute necessity. To that end, a reliable, high-performance IT cabling foundation is the key to overall network reliability.
“Structured cabling is the foundation of a successful Intelligent Building Network and the basic investment on which all other network equipment depends.”
Get Rid of Your Rat’s Nest!
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Did you know that over 60% of network downtime and productivity losses are caused by cabling infrastructure? At Harmonix, we design our structured cabling solutions to support the future requirements of multi-service networking. We work exclusively with category 6 cabling and fiber backbone elements Our analysis of your existing cabling infrastructure is being offered to help in diagnosing current or impending problems. An RCDD communications cabling professional will perform a site survey of your existing cable plant based on current EIA/TIA and IEEE standards. Sample testing will be performed on the cabling infrastructure to determine compatibility with existing standards along with visual inspection of horizontal cabling, backbone cabling and equipment rooms for proper terminations, support, environment, and other EIA/TIA standards of installation. Areas of inspection:
| Telecom Closets and Main Cross-Connects | Horizontal and Backbone Cabling |
|---|---|
| Proper grounding of Racks | Proper ceiling support |
| Termination of telecommunications cables | Cable Pathways |
| Labeling standard | Fire stopping |
| Cable management and support | Bend radius |
| Environmental conditions | Termination |
| Work area outlets (WAO) | Labeling |
| Testing | *All tests and visual inspections will be on a random basis. No guarantees accompany this analysis |
| Proper termination | |
| Labeling |
* Site must be in the surrounding area or travel costs will be applied
Cabling is like the foundation of a house all the other elements added from the physical layer up are only as good as the foundation they are based upon. Layer 3 Switching and Multiservice networks running Voice, Video, IPTV, IP Surveillience, Building Controls and Data must be built on a solid cable plant pysical layer. At Harmonix, we qbelieve that a quality solution begins with the structured cabling element. We take particular pride in the dress out of our MDF and IDF closets. We seek to square away the cabling to the T.
Cable/Rack Partners
