What Are The Recommended Network Cable Color Scheme?

Asked By A Williams 30 points N/A Posted on - 09/02/2016

I am working on a networking project that's why I want to know the recommended color scheme for the network cables and their different application?

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Answered By M Martha 0 points N/A #92843

What Are The Recommended Network Cable Color Scheme?

See color scheme depends on the application of the networking cable that you are using it for, here are some of the color scheme and their applications

02	white	1st Level Backbone (MC/IC or MC/TC Terminations)
03	red	Key Telephone Systems
04	gray	Second Level Backbone (IC/TC Terminations)
05	yellow	Miscellaneous (Auxiliary, Security, Alarms, etc.)
06	blue	Horizontal Cable Terminations (a.k.a. Station Cable)
07	green	Network Connections (customer side of demarc)
08	purple	Common Equipment (PBX, Host, LANs, Muxes)
09	orange	Demarcation Point (Central Office Terminations)
60	brown	Interbuilding Backbone (Campus Cable Terminations)

 

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