BS EN 50600-2-4:2023 - Page 2

Information technology. Data centre facilities and infrastructures. Telecommunications cabling infrastructure | Status: Current

1 Scope Thisdocumentspecifiesdesignprinciplesforinformationtechnologyandnetworktelecommunicationscabling (e.g. SANandLAN) inaccordancewithEN 50173‑5, baseduponthecriteriaandclassificationsfor “availability” and “physicalsecurity” withinEN 50600‑1. Thisdocumentaddressesthetelecommunicationscablinginfrastructuresusedindatacentres. Itdescribes:

1. a) fordesign, theapplicationofgeneric cablingstandardsintheEN 50173 series;
2. b) forinstallationspecification, planningandpracticesandqualityassurance, theapplicationofstandardsintheEN 50174 series (andrelatedstandards).

Inaddition, thisdocumentspecifiesrequirementsandrecommendationsforthefollowing:

1. 1) generalinformationtechnologycablingtosupporttheIToperationofthedatacentre;
2. 2) telecommunicationscablingtomonitorandcontrol, asappropriate, powerdistribution, environmentalcontrolandphysicalsecurityofthedatacentre;
3. 3) otherbuildingautomationcabling;
4. 4) pathways, pathwaysystems, spacesandenclosuresforthetelecommunicationscablinginfrastructures.

Safetyandelectromagneticcompatibility (EMC) requirementsareoutsidethescopeofthisdocumentandarecoveredbyotherstandardsandregulations. However, informationgiveninthisdocumentcanbeofassistanceinmeetingthesestandardsandregulations.