scope:

This focused set of TIA Standards enables the planning and installation of a structured data/phone cabling system for data centers and computer rooms. The topology specified in this set is intended to be applicable to any size data center, including single tenant enterprise data centers and multi-tenant Internet hosting data centers. Supporting Standards for pathways & spaces, administration, bonding & grounding, outside plant and building automation systems are included. These Standards specify a system that will support generic telecommunications cabling in a multi product, multi vendor environment and are the foundation for data center cabling infrastructure throughout the world. This set includes:

• TIA-568-C.0: Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises
• TIA-569-C: Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces
• TIA-606-B: Administration Standard for Telecommunications Infrastructure
• TIA-607-B: Generic Telecommunications Bonding and Grounding (Earthing) for Customer Premises
• TIA-758-B: Customer-Owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard
• TIA-862-A: Building Automation Systems Cabling Standard
• TIA-942-A: Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers
• TIA-5017:  Telecommunications Physical Network Security Standard