摘要
Information technoLogy cabling is one of the - normally hidden - elements of the IT infrastructure of a modern organization. You only miss it, when it is not working! Since 1995, CENELEC has been serving its stakeholders with European standards (ENs) for the design of generic cabling systems that provide a future-proof IT cabling infrastructure to enterprises. What started as a single document, has evolved into a series of six ENs addressing cabling in offices, industrial premises, homes and computer rooms of data centres. The most recent update of series EN 50173 reflects the Latest development in high-speed protocols with data rates up to 40 Gbit/s.