Number 506
Subject: Uniform Wiring for Voice/Data
Effective Date: October 27, 1997
Revised: April 27, 2009
All new construction, remodeling, and extensions to the Campus telecommunications/data communications infrastructure will comply with the Uniform Wiring specifications adopted when the Intecom Telephone System was installed, subject to revision based upon technological advances. Maintenance of this infrastructure will be the sole responsibility of the Office of Information Technology.
The Uniform Wiring infrastructure consists of all cabling, wiring, electronics, UPS systems and switching equipment originating at the BDF (Building Distribution Frame) services and terminating at the wall plate in individual rooms/offices. In the case of voice communications, the telephone device is included.
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) will ensure that all new voice/data wiring installations comply with the Uniform Wiring specifications of the Facilities A&E Design Manual, and the Utah Fire Prevention Rules (the "Fire Code").The Office of Information Technology will install all necessary electronics (bridges, routers, switches, hubs, UPS systems, etc.) for these communications at the expense of the project and/or department. Maintenance and replacement of all installed communications infrastructure will be the sole responsibility of the Office of Information Technology with funding provided via installation fees and monthly service charges. User departments are not authorized to make modifications, repairs or between-room extensions to this system.
User-supplied networking infrastructure connected to the wall plate must conform to Design Manual and Fire Code restrictions and must be contained entirely within one room. Network access to multiple hosts or client machines connected to a single wall jack may be disabled because of security compromise at any one machine.
