Washington Elementary School District Data Network Project: Sunnyslope School
Equipment Requirements and Costs

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The equipment required

 

  • Routers - 1 x School Router (2600) + 12 x 7200 WAN routers + 1 x Firewall router (2600)
  • Hubs - 50 x small hubs + 150 x large hubs (9 port minimum)
  • Switches - 7 in total for Sunnyslope School (see IDF/MDF list below for port requirements)
  • Patch panels (see IDF/MDF and classroom list for port requirements)
  • Patch cords (see IDF/MDF and classroom list for port requirements)
  • Cabinets - minimum of 1 per IDF and 1 per classroom. Size and quantity determined by the accommodation required.
  • Servers - 7 at Sunnyslope school.
  • UPS - Depends on the power output and the power requirements of the equipment to be protected. (workgroup and enterprise servers, school router and core/hub routers)(Look at equipment list)
  • Length of CAT5E cable
  • Length of multimode fibre. * Need to determine number of fibres in the cable - see below *
  • RJ45 outlets - 25 per classroom and 10 for admin = Total 1260.

Each Classroom (and there are 50) as indicated by (1) on the plans requires:

 

  • 1 x Lockable cabinet,  to contain:
  • 3 x Hubs (12 port)
  • 1 x Hub (4 port)
  • 2 x Patch Panels as required to terminate 29 CAT5E cables.
  • 29 x Patch Cords.
  • 32 metres (approx) of trunking from cabinet to workstations.
  • 150 metres of CAT5E cable from cabinet to workstations.
  • 29 x RJ45 wall sockets.
  • 25 x Patch Cables from wall sockets to workstations.

Sunnyslope school will require:

 

  • 325 x PCs (refer to Desktop Equipment Details)

The 3 hubs will require in total, for the WAN connections only:

 

  • 12 x Core Routers (7200) + 1 x Firewall Router (2600) 

IDF in Maintenance Storage Building will require (3 classrooms served):

 

  • 1 x cabinet to contain:
  • 1 x Patch panel(s) to terminate a) 12 x CAT5E cables + b) all the fibres in the cable.*
  • 1 x Switch capable of terminating 12 x CAT5E patch cords + the backbone fibres.
  • 12 x CAT5E Patch Cords.
  • 1 x Fibre Patch Cord. 

IDF in NW Classrooms will require (5 classrooms served):

 

  • 1 x cabinet to contain:
  • 1 x Patch panel(s) to terminate a) 20 x CAT5E cables + b) all the fibres in the cable.*
  • 1 x Switch capable of terminating 20 x CAT5E patch cords + the backbone fibres.
  • 20 x CAT5E Patch Cords.
  • 1 x Fibre Patch Cord. 

IDF in Building 400 will require (10 classrooms served):

 

  • 1 x cabinet to contain:
  • 2 x Patch panel(s) to terminate a) 40 x CAT5E cables + b) all the fibres in the cable.*
  • 1 x Switch capable of terminating 40 x CAT5E patch cords + the backbone fibres.
  • 40 x CAT5E Patch Cords.
  • 1 x Fibre Patch Cord. 

IDF in Building 300 West will require (7 classrooms served plus 10 individual devices):

 

  • 1 x cabinet to contain:
  • 2 x Patch panel(s) to terminate a) 38 x CAT5E cables + b) all the fibres in the cable.*
  • 1 x Switch capable of terminating 38 x CAT5E patch cords + the backbone fibres. Also 1 x CAT5E patch cord to the router and 6 x 100 mbit/s ports for the 6 servers.
  • 38 x CAT5E Patch Cords.
  • 1 x Fibre Patch Cord. 

MDF in Building 300 West will require:

 

  • 1 x Cabinet(s) to contain:
  • 1 x 2600 router.
  • 1 x Modem type
  • 6 x Servers.
  • 6 x UPS

Note: Assume that all equipment rented from the telephone company that is associated with the WAN connections will be installed in a cabinet that is supplied by the telephone company for their exclusive use. The functions of the IDF and MDF should be amalgamated to reduce the number of cabinets required.

IDF in the Computer Lab will require (7 classrooms served):

 

  • 1 x cabinet(s) to contain:
  • 2 x Patch panel(s) to terminate a) 28 x CAT5E cables + b) all the fibres in the cable.*
  • 1 x Switch capable of terminating 28 x CAT5E patch cords + the backbone fibres. Also 1 x 100 mbit/s port for the workgroup server
  • 28 x CAT5E Patch Cords.
  • 1 x Fibre Patch Cord.
  • 1 x Workgroup Server.
  • 1 x UPS. 

  

IDF in Building 200 will require (7 classrooms served):

 

  • 1 x cabinet to contain:
  • ? x Patch panel(s) to terminate a) 28 x CAT5E cables + b) all the fibres in the cable.*
  • 1 x Switch capable of terminating 28 x CAT5E patch cords + the backbone fibres.
  • 28 x CAT5E Patch Cords.
  • 1 x Fibre Patch Cord. 

IDF in Multi-Purpose Building will require (11 classrooms served):

 

  • 1 x cabinet to contain:
  • ? x Patch panel(s) to terminate a) 44 x CAT5E cables + b) all the fibres in the cable.*
  • 1 x Switch capable of terminating 44 x CAT5E patch cords + the backbone fibres.
  • 44 x CAT5E Patch Cords.
  • 1 x Fibre Patch Cord. 

 

* Need to determine number of fibres in the cable

All equipment can be found in the equipment list