Structured cabling divides the entire infrastructure into manageable blocks and then attempts to
integrate these blocks to produce the high-performance networks that we have now come to rely on.
In addition to investment protection, structured cabling also provides administrative and management
capabilities
All cables originating from the different work locations are terminated on a passive
centralized cross-connect in the network room.
The advantages of Structured cabling are:
1.Consistency – A structured cabling systems means the same cabling systems for Data, voice
and video.
2.Support for multi-vendor equipment– A standard-based cable system will support
applications and hardware even with mix & match vendors.
3.Simplify moves/adds/changes– Structured cabling systems can support any changes within
the systems.
4.Simplify troubleshooting– With structured cabling systems, problems are less likely to down
the entire network, easier to isolate and easier to fix.
5.Support for future applications – Structured cabling system supports future applications like
multimedia, video conferencing etc with little or no upgrade pain.
