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Vol 11 No4 2004
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f there’s something you can count on in
the IT industry, it’s change. Driven by
constant innovation and an ever evolving
marketplace, the IT industry stands still
for no one. Successful companies thrive
on change using experience, ingenuity
and determination to stay ahead of the
pack.
With the recent amalgamation of ADC
and KRONE, we too are changing.
KRONE’s history has been a long and
distinguished one with over 75 years of
service, continually producing innovative
products to meet customer and
marketplace expectations.
One obvious change is that our two companies
will become one, leveraging the most from
existing brands and products that make up our
collective portfolio. We’re also discovering the
many great synergies that this will bring to you
our valued customers.
ADC and KRONE share over 145 years of
combined experience in the IT industry. On page
3, Bob Fitzgerald reviews the history of these two
extraordinary companies and their enduring
ingenuity.
The applications for KRONE’s latest technology,
CopperTen
™
, are continuing to grow and on page
5, Rob Milne discusses the importance of storage
area networks and the emergence of the Internet
SCSI SAN solution.
Also inside, Peter Meijer provides a cabling
standards update and presents an interesting
article on KRONE CopperTen that answers
questions now being generated in the
marketplace about this new technology.
Daniel Jackson introduces KRONE’s new
Category 6 Angled Patch Panel range, designed
to save you time and space.
On page 12, we look at how Mitsubishi Motors
have solved a remote connectivity problem with
the installation of a portable TereScope solution,
as well as GHD Pty Ltd’s recent deployment of a
now highly-prized HIGHBAND
®
25 Patch By
Exception solution.
We look forward to the remainder of 2004 and
are excited about the opportunities our new
partnership with ADC will bring, not only for
KRONE, but for you our customers.
Sincerely
Craig Jones
Managing Director
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CHANGE: A KEY DRIVER FOR SUCCESS!
New milestone for KRONE, new direction for success
Business Articles
10 Cabling Standards Update
Customer Stories
12 Free Space Optics Provides Remote
Solution for Mitsubishi
14 HIGHBAND 25 Simplifies Patching for
Leading Engineers
Industry News
6 The Need For Speed The SAN
Product News
9 HIGHBAND Category 6 Angled Patch
Panel
KRONE News
3 At Your Service!
3 Manufacturer of the Year
4 A Shared History of Innovation
11 Save Time, Train Online
16 Club KRONE Member Profile
Editor: Joanna Parsons
Art Direction: Nora Collins
Website: www.krone.com.au
Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au
CONTENTS
Copyright © 2001 KRONE Australia Holdings Pty. Limited
A
t KRONE our customers have always come
first and this year has been no exception, as
we continually aim to improve our service and
increase market share into new areas.
With the recent release of MIS magazine’s, Top
100 IT Users in Australia, it was pleasing to note
that KRONE’s position as the leading
connectivity supplier to those major clients has
continued to strengthen. KRONE proudly has
major installations in over 70 percent of these
accounts including Toyota, BHP, IAG,
Department of Defence, Westpac, etc.
Over the past few months, we’ve continued to
expand our services to the marketplace in an
endeavour to meet the increasing demands of our
customers. We are providing a dedicated team of
sales executives and engineers aimed at servicing
the needs of consultants and large-scale projects.
Customers will also note that we’re continuing
to improve our service internally, with the recent
decentralisation of our help desk to each of our
individual state offices. Our new internal sales
people will now be able to support your needs
from a local perspective, providing a more
personalised line of support.
With a strong first half already on the board,
we’re now looking forward to the second half of
2004 to continue implementing new strategies
and meeting the needs of the marketplace in an
effort to secure contracts and grow the KRONE
brand. I’m confident, that with a strong customer
focus and a dynamic sales team, coupled with
local support, that KRONE will continue to lead
the market.
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RONE Australia’s ongoing commitment to manu-
facturing excellence was recently recognised at the
Central Coast Manufacturers’ Association’s (CCMA)
2004 Innovation Awards.
Presented by The Honourable Ian Macfarlane MP,
Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, KRONE
received a record four awards including Large
Manufacturer of the Year.
Other awards included Innovation in Marketing,
Innovation in Training and Innovation in Product
Design, recognising KRONE’s combined expertise in the
successful design, development and marketing of
innovative connectivity products.
KRONE’s Daniel Johanson also received an individual
High Commendation, during the evening, for the
CCMA’s Apprentice/Trainee of the Year.
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AT YOUR SERVICE!
KRONE continues to improve customer focus and strengthen market share
MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR!
KRONE celebrates local industry accolades
By Trevor Kleinert, RCDD,
National Sales Manager
Premis
NET
, Manager
Fibre Optics Division,
KRONE Australia
O
n 18 May 2004, the KRONE Group became a
part of ADC Telecommunications Inc. This
was indeed a major milestone for two companies
that have had a very similar history over the past
70 years or so.
If the two founders of the companies, Gustav
Krone and Ralph Allison, were alive today I
suspect that they would be pleased, as they were
both engineers who had a high expectation for
quality, performance and value. Both were
inventors who looked outside of the box to find
solutions that satisfied and exceeded customers’
expectations.
Let’s now use Jules Verne’s time machine to
take a trip back through time and explore the
history behind these two pioneering companies.
Just like the movie, let’s start from today and work
backwards
BURSTING OF THE BUBBLE
The last five years has been somewhat of a roller
coaster for the industry and all its players. Both
KRONE and ADC have ridden through the
turmoil, first growing with the bubble and then
coming to grips with the downturn. In recent
times, focusing on their key customers and core
business, and at the same time managing to
provide leadership in the marketplace with such
products as KRONE’s CopperTen
™
10 Gigabit
Ethernet solution, and ADC’s Fibre to the Home
solution that is currently being deployed by
operators in the U.S.
DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Setting our dial back to the beginning of the
digital revolution, it is interesting to see that both
companies played an integral part in their
respective fields. ADC has been one of the leaders
in the digital central office with fibre and copper
digital cross connect systems. ADC played a
significant part with new operators in the
Australian market. Much of the optical
distribution frame and digital cross connect
installed during the 1990s period was supplied
and installed by ADC. At the same time, KRONE
supplied the majority of digital distribution frame
equipment for the incumbent operator in
Australia.
In this digital age, both companies diversified
from their traditional telco markets into other
evolving digital markets such as the software and
enterprise LAN networks.
COMMUNICATIONS FOR EVERYONE
Turning the clock back further to the 70s. This was
an era when telephone and communications were
changing from a luxury item for a few, to a
household necessity for everyone. This was also a
time when network expansion in the western
world was at its peak. Both KRONE and ADC were
there. KRONE had just invented the renowned LSA-
PLUS
®
module, and this product was fast providing
the road to productivity gains for connecting the
mass of cable needed for network growth in the
era. At the same time, ADC had invented the
Bantam Jack which in itself is an industry standard
and has been used from carrier cross connect
systems through to jackfields and patching in the
broadcast industry. This was a period of expansion
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A SHARED HISTORY OF INNOVATION
A historical correlation of two extraordinary network connectivity companies
and their enduring ingenuity.
By Bob Fitzgerald,
VP Regional Director,
Indo-Pac Region, ADC
ADC and KRONE
present day facilities.
for both companies in their traditional home
markets of Germany and the United States. It was
also a time when they ventured out beyond their
traditional borders into the world markets and
established their global footprint.
BAKERLITE ERA
We now wind back the dial to the Bakerlite Era.
These were the days when connectors were built
like battleships. Both KRONE and ADC were
experts in the modern field of materials such as
bakerlite plastics and solder connection
technology. In the U.S., ADC was building jacks
and jackfields for the audio and broadcast
industry. Meanwhile, in Germany, KRONE was
manufacturing solder blocks and bakerlite
telephones for the German Bundespost. Both
companies had reached a level of critical mass,
where they had an established product line,
sound engineering and a name in their respective
markets. No doubt the founders of each company
had a vision for the future whereby one day
engineering materials would progress beyond the
bounds of bakerlite.
FOUNDING DAYS
Now we go all the way back to the early 30s
where we find two engineers, one in Berlin,
Germany and one in Minnesota in the U.S. The
furthermost thing in their minds would have been
the fact that 70 years later the companies that
they each founded would merge into a single
world leading entity. No doubt they were both
looking for a way to realise their dreams. They
had both been drawn towards the market for
electrical apparatus, as they believed that this was
the way of the future. It is hard to say just what it
was that led them to find their
successful product starts, but suffice
to say they were persistant and
successful.
As the wheel of time continues to turn we are
facing yet another exciting era. It would be nice
to have a time machine that looks forward, but
alas, we can only look backwards and reflect on
what was. But, what we can carry forward are
the lessons from the past and the combined 145
years of the history and experience of the
two companies founded by Gustav Krone and
Ralph Allison, engineers and entrepeneurs
extraordinaire!
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Above: ADC’s early manufacturing facility.
Right: ADC’s very first product, the audio meter.
Berlin 1930
Fa-Me-Ku ( a factory
for metal and plastic)
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n the last issue (June/July 2004) of Network
News I outlined one of the future drivers for high
speed, 10 Gigabit networking in the horizontal;
Grid Computing. The grid computer environment
however, may still be a few years away from mass
acceptance and deployment by IT departments,
so I believe it salient to discuss a technology which
is readily available now and beyond the early
adopter stage. I would restate however, that
while technologies like Grid Computing maybe a
few years off yet for many, if an investment in
structured cabling solutions is being made now, it
will probably be in place for at least the next five
years and most likely up to ten; when
technologies like Grid Computing will be
mainstream.
A branch of distributed computing however,
that is now moving to extensive deployment
within the IT department is the Storage Area
Network, or SAN. Up until now, disk storage is
predominately directly attached (DAS) to the
server that requires the information from it to
process. In this form the storage is held captive
behind servers and is typically only accessible by
the server that is attached to it. This means that
the server and the applications that run on it
determine the capacity and utilisation of the data
stored on its attached storage subsystem.
Invariably these days in a reasonable sized IT
department there will be many servers performing
different functions. Some servers will be
approaching crisis with near full disks and other
servers with plenty of available capacity for that
server’s applications.
The other important issue with respect to
directly attached storage is reliability in regards to
accessing the stored data. Disk drives are complex
electromechanical devices built to very fine
tolerances. They quite often fail. There is a whole
science regarding the provisioning of redundant
arrays of disks on servers to provide failover
capability and good seek performance, this is
called RAID. Depending on the RAID solution
employed many disks can be duplicated on a
single server in mirrored and striped
configurations. This increases the number, cost
and complexity of drives required for each server.
Ultimately however, no matter what the level or
types of RAID systems used, backups of data are
still required to be taken of the data onto
removeable media which can be taken offsite to
guard against circumstances of total disk
subsystem failure and site disaster recovery
requirements. In a department which has multiple
servers, this requires different backup scenarios
and the handling and managing of large
quantities of media of potentially many different
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THE NEED FOR SPEED:THE SAN
Applications for 10 Gigabit UTP Technology
By Rob Milne, Business
Development Manager,
KRONE Australia
“Riding the IP wave of technology
development and enhancements like
the introduction of 10 Gigabit
Ethernet, iSCSI provides a logical
unified infrastructure development
path for corporations and service
providers alike.” - Adaptec.
Server
SCSI
Discs
Discs
Discs Tape
Tape
Tape
IP
Network
Clients
Direct Attached Storage
SCSI
SCSI
Server
Server
types. Indeed servers in a distributed computing
environment may not be in one central location,
but scattered across a campus environment. The
whole backup process can be very resource
intensive. In the new digital economy storage
backup has become an increasingly difficult task.
There are only 24 hours in a day and many of
those hours are consumed with real-time
transactions with the storage. This constant
access to storage has reduced the amount of time
a server can be off-line to do backups.
Storage area networks address many of the
challenges facing IT managers as the demands for
storage capacity continue to grow exponentially.
These challenges include how to deploy storage
as efficiently as possible and how to centrally
manage it, while providing the highest level of
data availability. Through high-speed dedicated
storage networks, the SAN aims to centralise all
storage within the enterprise or data centre into a
virtual pool. This virtual storage pool can then be
provisioned to the server and application
requiring the data. This centralised pool of
storage resources offers high performance and is
transparent to the host operating system. Storage
Area Networks (SANs) are growing rapidly
because they solve IT department problems. The
SAN approach offers many storage management
advantages, including the ability to:
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Do backups without the degradation of
performance for network users
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Provide load balancing for each server
resource requiring data
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Ease the growth and management of the
shared storage pool
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Share backup devices
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Reduce downtime
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Manage computing resources separately
from the storage resource
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Manage the storage resource easily and
efficiently
Up until early 2003, the advantages to be
realised from a SAN implementation were limited
to very large organisations as the network
architecture behind the SAN was based on
expensive, and storage protocol specific Fibre
Channel technology. Concerns about
interoperability, the cost of Fibre Channel SAN
implementations, and the need for highly trained
IT staff and specialised Fibre Channel network-
management tools have spurred interest in the
potential of IP-based storage networks,
particularly with the emergence of 10 Gigabit
Ethernet.
In February 2003, the Internet Engineering
Taskforce (IETF) ratified an important new
standard called iSCSI. Considered one of the most
crucial technologies to pave the way for speedier
storage area network deployment, iSCSI is an
Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking
standard for linking data storage systems. iSCSI
carries SCSI storage commands over IP to
facilitate data transfers over intranets and to
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SAN Solution
Storage
Tape
Backup
Server
Server
Server
Switches/
Hubbs
Switches/
Hubbs
10Gb IP
Network
Clients
manage storage over long distances. Now that IP
networks are more commonplace, iSCSI can be
used to transmit data over local area networks
(LANs), wide area networks (WANs), or the
Internet. iSCSI is of course another technology
that has come about as a result of IP convergence.
Like other converged IP technologies the iSCSI
protocol results in lower cost and ease of use as it
takes advantage of the large installed Ethernet
TCP/IP environment, including silicon, boards,
switches, management software and trained
technicians.
Limited budgets have forced IT managers to do
more with less. iSCSI SANs help IT managers meet
their budgetary constraints by allowing them to
add storage when needed without having to
significantly increase resources to manage the
storage. In addition, the flexibility to add storage
on the fly eliminates the guesswork in deploying
storage for anticipated growth and allows IT
managers to fully utilise the storage investment.
iSCSI SANs provide all the same benefits as any
storage area network. This means that users can
consolidate storage, configure storage logically
rather than physically, backup storage with no
LAN impact and add storage by simply plugging
storage into the existing infrastructure.
One of the biggest attractions of iSCSI is its
promise of linking storage facilities over long
distances. The expectation is that the technology
will facilitate the rise of the SAN market by
offering new capabilities and better
performance of storage data transmission.
Because iSCSI uses standard Ethernet switches
and routers to move data and link storage
facilities over any distance, companies won’t
have to upgrade their infrastructure in order to
implement iSCSI.
By using the existing Ethernet infrastructure,
iSCSI SANs eliminate the distance barrier from
the application system to the storage.
Eliminating distance barriers means that remote
sites can be more seamlessly linked to the data
centre. iSCSI SANs enable mission critical
applications, disaster recovery through remote
backup and restore allowing for business
continuance. In addition, iSCSI SANs allow for
data centres to be linked to each other and to
mirror data across geographically disperse
locations.
As can be imagined storage access requires very
large transfers of data quickly and reliably. Large
volumes of data need to be moved across the
network between SANs, applications and other
computing resources with minimal latency.
Critical to the success of iSCSI connected SANs is
10 Gigabit Ethernet which provides the necessary
network links, reliability, and bandwidth for
carrying large amounts of storage data over both
LANs and WANs involving private and public IP
networks covering varying distances. In the LAN,
copper based 10 Gigabit Ethernet will provide the
high speed transport medium to enable cost
effective deployment whereas fibre based 10
Gigabit Ethernet will be the key enabler across the
campus and the WAN.
iSCSI is now mainstream technology with
storage products available from all the major
storage vendors like IBM
®
, EMC, Hitachi and HP.
Microsoft
®
embraced the technology when it
released iSCSI support software for Microsoft
Windows
®
client and server environments in June
2003 and provides iSCSI drivers for Windows
Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP
Professional. All major networking vendors such
as Cisco
®
and Intel
®
have IP switching and NIC
products for iSCSI including Fibre Channel to
iSCSI switches.
The adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet will
make high speed SANs truly viable and
accelerate the growth of distributed
computing architectures of which the SAN is
an important piece. KRONE’s development of
CopperTen
™
for 10 Gigabit Ethernet has paved
the way for cost effective deployment of this
important new technology onto copper based
LANs. KRONE’s fibre based 10 Gigabit products
facilitate the deployment of iSCSI beyond the
copper based LAN.
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iSCSI SANs help IT managers meet their budgetary
constraints by allowing them to add storage when
needed without having to significantly increase
resources to manage the storage.
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he new KRONE Angled Patch
Panel has been designed to
provide ease of installation,
superior Category 6 performance
and is the perfect solution for
network racks with limited space.
SAVE TIME
The angled panel improves the efficiency of 19”
data cabinets, neatly directing patch cords to
either side of the rack, preventing the occurrence
of tangled cords and simplifying any adds, moves
and changes.
SAVE SPACE
With patch cords now effectively directed to
either side of the rack, horizontal cable managers
become obsolete, creating space for additional
panels and active equipment. Increased capacity
saves valuable office space in building and floor
distributor rooms. In fact, by using the new
angled patch panel, you can fit twice as many
panels in the one rack.
The angled panel will sit flush with your current
19” rack equipment. Ideal for use with active
equipment or existing panels, the angled panel
can be easily retrofitted into most commercially
available 19” cabinets.
GUARANTEED PERFORMANCE
Guaranteed to provide optimum performance,
the Angled Panel has been engineered to exceed
international Category 6 cabling standards.
The
angled design
of the ports maintains the
specified Category 6 bend radius of the
patch cords, preventing possible signal failure
caused by over bent patch cords.
EASE OF INSTALLATION
The innovative knife-edge pair separator on
KRONE’s angled panel allows installers to leave
cable pairs twisted at their original rate during
installation. The knife-edge ensures each pair is
secured into their respective positions without the
need for untwisting. The clamping ribs then
secure the wire in place before termination with
the KRONE tool.
Maintaining the minimum amount of untwist
right up to the point of termination ensures that
the transmission performance is not compromised.
Not having to untwist each pair helps reduce
the installation time and eliminates the need for
an additional cable manager.
ACCESSORIES
PATCH CORD MANAGEMENT ARM
Patch cord management arms can be fitted
on both sides of the patch panel (replacing
the panel end cap) to further reduce
the possibility of tangled patch cords.
19” COVER LABEL
This 19" cover hides patch cords and
provides further labelling for two
panels, so that, when patched, panels
and port locations can be easily identified.
The cover clips securely onto the cable
managers without the need for any
tools and can be easily removed
when panel maintenance or
patching is required.
The KRONE Angled Patch Panel
and accessories are now available.
Call 1800 801 298 for ordering
details.
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PRODUCT UPDATE
Space-saving HIGHBAND
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Category 6 Angled
Patch Panel
By Daniel Jackson,
Product Manager,
KRONE Australia
TRANSMIT AT 625 MHZ FOR 100
METRES
KRONE, now part of ADC Telecommunications,
Inc. has developed a new cabling technology
that is far ahead of the defined Category 6 cable
(specified to 250 MHz). KRONE cable,
CopperTen, can transmit at 625 MHz, over 100
metres. How did they do it? They’ve done
something innovative, by changing the design of
the recognisable UTP cable, kept the termination
issue at bay and retained the same jack footprint
as the RJ-45!
THE COPPERTEN UTP CABLE
What problem does this new cable solve?
Q
It can support 10-Gigabit Ethernet
transmission speeds for the full 100 metres.
Q
Because Category 5 and 6 will only be able
to run 10-Gigabit Ethernet at 35 and 55
metres, the IEEE has already determined that
neither are suitable solutions for the full 100
metres and that a new cabling standard
must be developed.
Q
Limited frequency range
Q
Channel-to-channel cross talk
Q
High attenuation losses
What is different about the CopperTen cable?
Q
It is specified to 625 MHz
Q
It dramatically reduces Alien Cross Talk (AXT)
for both Near End and Far End
Q
Construction differences:
-No two conductors can ever become
parallel to each other
–Pairs have higher twist rates than normal
Category 6 cable
-The cable is elliptical (oval) with a special
‘star’ divider
-The cable is then twisted along its length
What does this difference bring to the user?
Q
The copper cabling system has a guaranteed
carrying capacity of 18-Gigabits over 100
metres. (The Shannon Capacity)
Q
Independent verification of the system’s
performance
Q
A bandwidth specified through to 625 MHz
(versus the previous 250 MHz for Category 6)
Q
Protection against alien crosstalk
Q
A passive infrastructure that exceeds critical
capacity thresholds as proposed by various
active equipment participants
Q
A choice when selecting between various
passive infrastructures
Q
Usable for horizontal cabling and floor
interconnect cabling
Where is the work going on regarding
copper UTP supporting 10 Gigabits?
Q
IEEE 802.3an (10GBASE-T Task Group)
Q
Look to later in 2004 for a possible new line
code decision. The new line code (such as
MLT-3) will allow the modulation of the
energy to deliver recognisable (in packets) 1s
and 0s.
Q
Equipment manufacturers should be
developing 10-Gigabit active ports ovr the
coming two years.
What hardware is available?
Q
CMR-rated cable
Q
Patch cords (reliable)
Q
Jacks
Q
Patch panels
How do you see this being justified for
purchase?
Q
10-Gigabit will be needed for future, higher
bandwidth applications.
Q
It supports storage devices, server farms and
can save $$$ versus fibre
Why should I consider CopperTen for my
infrastructure now?
Q
Since this solution exceeds capacity
thresholds of various active equipment
participants, this will ensure that you have a
choice when selecting between various
passive infrastructures. That’s the mantra we
hear that is so important today, making sure
people have a choice among products. This
is a revolutionary cable and once you
understand how it works and what it brings
to the table, you may want it.
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Below is an example of the development of
next generation cabling to handle active
equipment as it evolved. Perhaps the
migration to 10 Gigabit over UTP will be no
different. There may be benefits to
preparing for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, by
upgrading an existing horizontal cabling
system within the walls and ceilings of a
building.
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CABLING STANDARDS UPDATE
We answer your questions on CopperTen
™
.
By Peter Meijer, JP BE
MSc, RCDD,
Technical Training
Manager and
Industry Liaison,
KRONE Australia
CABLING TYPE EVOLUTION
IBM Type 1 to UTP
In the late 80s and early 90s, IBM token ring had
significant market share. While many resisted the
push away from the shielded type 1 cable,
nearly 30% of the market chose UTP cables
even before it became a standard.
Ethernet 100BASE-5/2 Coax to UTP
Even as the topology debate continued, the cost
advantages and flexibility of UTP drove the
change from Ethernet 100BASE-5/2 coax several
years before Ethernet was standardised.
Category 3 to Category 5
Many customers paid a 40% premium for
Category 5, despite a solution (100BASE-T4) that
enabled Category 3 to operate at 100BASE-T
speeds. Customers chose to avoid constraining
the bandwidth of their infrastructure.
Category 5 to 5e
The possibility of Gigabit Ethernet drove 35% of
the market to choose Category 5e before a
standard existed in order to ready their
infrastructure for then unavailable technologies.
Category 5e to Category 6
Today, nearly 35% of the market installs
Category 6 cabling for reasons including improved
throughput, bandwidth and future proofing.
Availability of Category 6 cables preceded the
ratification of a cabling standard by four years.
CopperTen Q&A associate contribution by Jay Ribera, Senior
Sales Engineer, KRONE Inc.
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SAVE TIME
TRAIN ONLINE!
Now you can save time by training online!
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RONE Australia’s online training website,
www.kronetraining.com, is open for business, 24
hours a day, seven days a week. Aimed at providing
you, the installer, with a timesaving, cost effective way
to obtain vital cabling knowledge and skills.
KRONE’s flexible online learning environment
provides users with the opportunity to train for
certification without being away from the job.
The web-based program includes online tutorials
and self-assessment tasks plus a one-day practical
classroom session covering installation, testing and
final written exam.
Recognised by leading industry authorities, KRONE
Training delivers knowledge about achieving Class D
and Class E performance while utilising Category 5 and
Category 6 copper-based components.
Acquiring a KRONE certificate of competency has
never been easier! Simply register online, select and
pay for the course of your choice and within minutes
download training manuals and be on your way
towards accreditation.
Further information on KRONE’s online learning
initiative and other course options can be found at:
www.kronetraining.com.au.
Highlights of the recent TIA TR 42
committee meetings:
TR-42.7 COPPER CABLING
COMPONENTS
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Review of the draft TSB 155 (guidelines
for field testing) for 10 Gigabit
operation
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Review of the draft TIA 568-B.2,
Addendum 10 for cabling to support
10 Gigabit operation
Q
Addendum 9 to TIA 568-B.2 (Category
6 Balance) went to another ballot
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Addendum 7 to 568-B.2 (Non RJ-45
Connector Reliability) was redefined
B
ased at Clovelly Park in Adelaide, Mitsubishi
Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) is one of
Australia’s largest manufacturers. Earning hundreds
of millions of dollars from sales of vehicles and
components each year, the company is now in the
process of preparing for the manufacture of an all
new vehicle for release in 2005.
An essential part of that process is ensuring the
right technology is in place to ensure operational
efficiencies and enhance transparency across the
organisation.
Recently Mitsubishi Motors faced the challenge
of providing communications for short-term
projects in remote buildings where access to LAN
connectivity was non-existent.
Mr Dirk van de Reep, MMAL’s Manager of
Communications & Mainframe Services explains,
“Our property at Tonsley Park spans over 150
acres with a number of buildings located some
distance from the main corporate LAN. In some of
these areas, they are used to house special
projects that have a finite life span.”
In most instances MMAL would have laid
additional fibre cabling to these locations, but
given the extensive concrete areas on site and the
limited timeframe of the project, it was decided
that an alternate, more cost-effective
solution was needed.
After researching several possible
options, which included microwave
and wireless, the TereScope system
was deemed to be a flexible solution
that would provide both the
bandwidth and security required, as
well as being easily adaptable for any
future remote connectivity
requirements.
The PAL (Passive Air Link) TereScope
systems are the ideal solution for short
distance connectivity, providing
cableless optical communications
without the need for remote
powering to outside units. The
TereScope itself is an optical
transceiver that can be mounted onto
rooftops, providing fibre-like
connection speeds.
Offering data rates of 100 Mbps, at
distances of up to 380 metres, the PAL
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Mitsubishi Motors solves interim LAN connectivity requirements with
a portable TereScope
®
solution.
By John McEwen, South
Australian Sales
Executive,
KRONE Australia
Mitsubishi’s Tonsley Park manufacturing
facility.
TereScope easily met Mitsubishi Motors’
projected specifications and bandwidth
requirements.
The TereScope offered full duplex
connectivity that could be rapidly
deployed to expand existing networks
and meets MMAL’s interim requirements.
The installation of the TereScopes took
approximately one week to complete
with Mitsubishi’s own on-site
maintenance electricians able to quickly
mount and install the units at
predetermined locations on building
rooftops. The final configuration was also
completed in-house by MMAL’s
Communications Group.
Mitsubishi Motors Australia has now
installed two KRONE 100 Mbps
TereScope systems at their Tonsley Park
operation. Mr Van De Reep said, “The
initial installed unit was very much a pilot.
Once the technology was proven, we
purchased a second set.”
To date, the TereScopes performance
has proven to be successful.
Once completed, Mitsubishi Motors’
new information technology business
process system is expected to help the
company deliver products to the
Australian market even faster and allow
the manufacturer to maintain its edge in
a highly competitive industry.
After the seemingly successful
deployment of the TereScopes, Mr van de
Reep confirmed MMAL is now
considering the purchase of additional
TereScopes for their main vehicle
assembly plant to meet future
communications infrastructure
requirements.
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REMOTE SOLUTION FOR MITSUBISHI
TERESCOPE
®
1
SERIES
All optics wireless link
FEATURES
100 Mbps
Distances up to
380 metres
Easy to install
Portable
Immune to EMI/RFI
License free
Secure transmission
Full eye safety Class 1M
Robust, weatherproof
design
APPLICATIONS
Point-to-point LAN
extension
Access connectivity
Cellular networks
Mesh networking
LAN/MAN environments
Disaster recovery
Difficult terrain
Fibre backup
Temporary link
The TereScope offered full
duplex connectivity that could
be rapidly deployed to expand
existing networks and meets
MMAL’s interim requirements.
One of two TereScopes now deployed at the
Tonsley Park facility.
By Mark Blake, Victorian
Sales Executive, KRONE
Australia
G
HD Pty Ltd is an international professional
services company, providing leadership in
management, engineering, the environment,
planning and architecture. Wholly owned by
senior staff, GHD is one of Australasia’s largest
and longest established companies of multi-
disciplinary consultants. GHD’s operations actually
began over 75 years ago.
GHD’s large integrated network of over 2300
personnel and over 50 offices in Australia, the Middle
East, Asia, New Zealand and the Americas ensures
that clients benefit from their specialist capabilities.
GHD ranks in the world’s top 50 engineering
firms, helping to improve quality of life around
the globe.
GHD Melbourne, where the company began, is
the powerhouse of their Victorian network of five
offices. Visitors to GHD Melbourne’s new office in
busy Lonsdale Street can experience first-hand the
work of GHD’s architects, project management
and environment teams.
GHD managed the design and delivery of its
new space, located in the $600 million landmark
QV office complex. The building is a triumph in
environmental efficiency, utilising the latest in
lighting and ventilation technology and
environmentally friendly building materials and
fixtures.
GHD Director and Victoria Manager Peter
Wood said, “From the movement-sensitive
lighting, to the workstations made with recycled
plastic and steel, our new Melbourne
headquarters are a working example of how
design and efficiency can be combined with
excellent results.”
In keeping with the new state-of-the-art
premises, GHD’s IT team were envisaging a next
generation network solution that would not only
provide performance, but flexibility and ease of use.
To meet these requirements GHD chose a
KRONE HIGHBAND 25 Patch By Exception (PBE)
solution for both data and phone.
When hardwired, the HIGHBAND 25’s centre
patch port allows for look both ways testing and
the unique ability to re-direct circuits by simply
inserting a patch cord. This process, called Patch
By Exception (PBE), allows the user to quickly re-
direct circuits for temporary transfer, and active
testing without taking the circuit down or
inhibiting performance. If the change is to remain
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25 SIMPLIFIES PATCHING FO
A new HIGHBAND 25 Patch By Exception installation provides GHD with clean
lines and the ability to patch “at the drop of the hat”.
“The standout was the pre and post
sales support, to both myself as the
purchaser and the installer, it has
been excellent.”
Mr Hans Damen, GHD’s Vic/Tas IT Manager with the newly
installed HIGHBAND 25.
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