EQUIPMENT CABINET ⋅ BUILDING A
Building A — the passage cabinet
Everything in Building A lands here: 42 Cat6A cables, 32 low‑voltage runs and one fibre from Building C. It sits in the ground‑floor passage at the rear — reachable from the courtyard without entering anyone’s dwelling.
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FOOTSCRAY
FOOTSCRAY
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The passage is a shared space. Upper‑floor tenants and their visitors walk past it every day. The cabinet must be properly lockable, and ideally in an enclosed cupboard rather than open on the wall.
Needs a dedicated circuit and several outlets ⋅ electrician’s job ⋅ agree the recess at framing, before lining
Needs a dedicated circuit and several outlets ⋅ electrician’s job ⋅ agree the recess at framing, before lining
What goes in the cabinet
Top to bottom, as it should be built. Heavy things low, patching at the top.
18U
cabinet height
42
Cat6A cables arriving
32
low‑voltage runs arriving
37/48
switch ports used
What arrives, where it lands, what it plugs into
Three media, three landing points. They are parallel paths, not a chain.
Equipment list — the cabinet
Everything that lives in this cupboard.
ITEM
SUGGESTED PRODUCT
QTY
NOTES
Core switch
UniFi USW‑Pro‑48‑PoE
1
1U ⋅ 37 of 48 ports used, 11 spare. 4 × SFP+, one used by the fibre to C
Patch panel
Cat6A, 48 port
1
2U ⋅ every field cable lands here and is never handled again
Fibre enclosure
FOBOT + LC/UPC patch lead
1
1U ⋅ lands F‑01 from Building C
SFP+ module
UniFi 10G single‑mode, LC/UPC — matched pair with C’s
1
In the switch. UPC, not APC
UPS
Rack or shelf mount
1
2U ⋅ keeps the switch, hubs and the link to C alive through a cut
Access hub
UniFi EAH‑8
2
Hub 1 perimeter, 6 doors ⋅ Hub 2 upper floor, 4 doors. Mains powered — no PoE draw
Hub battery
Lead‑acid, 32–48 V
2
One per hub. Size on the magnet holding current — electrician to confirm
Terminal strip
DIN rail, ~40 way
1
Every lock, exit sensor and door contact lands here, then jumpers to the hub
Cable management
1U brush or finger bars
3
Between panel, switch and FOBOT
Cabinet
18U, lockable, ventilated
1
Ground‑floor passage. Confirm the recess with the builder before lining