Remote Cabinets

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These network cabinets function as distribution centers to locations in their vicinity. Each is directly connected back to the main network cabinet in the Computer and Telecommunications Room.

This cabinet is located immediately above the shipping office, where it services a number of PCs, printers and scanners. A lot of EDI traffic is generated here, so a dedicated trunk line was required. (Note the orange innerduct tubing just above the cabinet.)

The network and phone cables travel down to the offices within the four-inch conduit. Network drops were required at various point throughout the manufacturing area. These drop came back to this cabinet (from drops within an 80m radius). Phone trunk lines connected this cabinet back to the main Computer and Telecommunications Room. Phone and modem BIX blocks were mounted on the back wall within the cabinet.

The engineering and plant management offices are located in a two story tower within the manufacturing area. The engineering staff generated a great deal of network traffic, due to the large CAD files they worked with.

Both cabinets were lockable, and had double hinges. In addition to normal access to the front, you could swing the entire stack of rack mounted equipment out. This enabled us to mount the phone and modem BIX blocks on the rear inside wall, and to access the back of the switches.
We mounted the isolated ground outlets on the inside, so when the cabinets were locked, no one could unplug the equipment by mistake.

Copper link lines between these remote cabinets provided a Standby Link. Under normal network operating conditions, the Main Link (the fibreoptic cables) carries the data. If a signal loss is detected, the Switch immediately enables the standby port so that it carries the data. (The main port is then disabled.) See the Network Plans page for a diagram.

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Last modified: Monday, May 08, 2000