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Information technology - Cabling installation
Part 2: Installation planning and practices inside buildings
August 2000

Foreword
Contents
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions and abbreviations

3.1 Definitions
3.2 Abbreviations

4 Safety requirements

4.1 Prerequisite
4.2 Protection against electric shock
4.3 Fire and chemical hazard
4.4 Explosive gases
4.5 Optical fibre hazard
4.6 Separation requirements for metallic cabling

5 General installation practices for metallic and optical fibre cabling

5.1 General
5.2 General precautions
5.3 Pre-installation practices
5.4 Preparation of cable route
5.5 Cabling practices
5.6 Cable management systems
5.7 Temporary labelling
5.8 Installation of closures
5.9 Termination practices

6 Additional installation practice for metallic cabling

6.1 EMC-Considerations
6.2 Balanced transmission
6.3 Screening
6.4 Mains power distribution systems
6.5 Segregation of circuits
6.6 Cable containment
6.7 Earthing and bonding
6.8 Filtering
6.9 Protection against very low frequency fields
6.10 Electrical isolation components
6.11 Surge protective devices
6.12 Protection against lightning
6.13 Protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD)
6.14 Corrosion

7 Additional installation practices for optical fibre cabling

7.1 General
7.2 General precautions
7.3 Pre-installation practices
7.4 Optical fibre cable practices
7.5 Final assembly of closures
7.6 Termination practices

Annex A (informative): Coupling mechanisms and countermeasures

Bibliography