Hands On #4

In Constant Hall, assume the building was wired into three telecommunications closets, one on the first floor (next to room 1005), and two on the second floor – one on the east side of the building (next to office 2145) and one on the west (next to office 2054). On the first floor:

  1. 52 ports connect to classrooms via category 5e cabling.
  2. 36 ports connect to the MBA and advising offices via category 5e cabling.
  3. One multimode fiber optic cable connects to the campus backbone.

On the east side of the second floor:

  1. 10 ports connect to classrooms via category 5e cabling.
  2. 170 ports connect to offices via category 5e cabling.

On the west side of the second floor:

  1. 2 ports connect to classrooms via category 5e cabling.
  2. 104 ports connect to offices via category 5e cabling.

Your task is to determine the materials necessary to complete the wiring of the network and what switches to install. Submit a materials budget, including the prices and links for:

  1. Enough keystone jack faceplates to have one in each office and classroom.
  2. Enough RJ45 keystone outlets to have two in each office and classroom.
  3. Enough 48 port patch panels in the equipment room and telecomm closets to terminate all of the cable runs to each office and classroom.
  4. Enough workgroup switches to make all of the outlets in the building live.
  5. A core switch (a.k.a. aggregation switch) with enough SFP ports to connect to all of the workgroup switches.

In addition, submit a diagram that shows: 1) how the three rooms will be interconnected via trunk lines and 2) where each switch goes. You must use professional quality, managed switches. Use a blank piece of paper with three boxes drawn on it

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