Ethernet Network Cabling
Providing commercial-grade Network cabling throughout a business facility involves the installation of connectors, connecting hardware, and cables using unshielded twisted pair (UTP), screened (foil) unshielded twisted pair (F/UTP), shielded twisted pair (STP), or multi-mode or single-mode fiber optics.
Unshielded Twisted Pair Wiring
UTP cables come in a variety of grades for many different applications. Category 6 UTP cable uses larger cable diameters to mitigate crosstalk in 10G BASE-T applications. Category 5e and 6 are also offered.
Screened (Foil) Unshielded Twisted Pair Wiring
Category 6A F/UTP cabling prevents alien crosstalk through a cable shield. The cable design resists deformation and allows less restrictive installation practices. The smaller cable diameter offers a greater pathway fill density. Connectors are available in flat, angled and keystone versions, and are designed with simple grounding in mind.
Fiber Optic Wiring
Fiber optic network cabling is the most common network connection for data centers, though F/UTP and S/FTP are gaining popularity. Fiber optic cabling is available in single-mode and multi-mode forms. A mode is the path a ray of light follows while traveling down a fiber cable. Multimode fiber allows more than one mode of light. Common multimode core sizes are 50 µm and 62.5 µm. Single-mode fiber allows for only one pathway, or mode, of light to travel within the fiber. The core size is typically 8.3-10 µm.
Copper cabling standards are designated as Category 5e, Category 6, & Augmented Category 6. This numbering system refers to the specifications defined by committees of ISO, ATM, TIA, CSA, CENELEC and JSA/JSI. The ANSI / TIA / EIA-568 standard, for example, is a telecommunications cabling standard for commercial buildings covering Category 5e, 6 and 6A.
Structured Cabling Systems
Network cabling and wiring systems rely on a variety of structured cable system components working in together. The weakest link in a cabling system represents its highest performance.
Some of the components of a cabling system include: floor-mount data racks, wall-mount data racks, data cabinets, patch panels, wire management, power distribution units (PDU), patch cables, cable troughs, & rack accessories.
ECS is a Network Infrastructure Cabling company located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.
ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc.
ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.