Shielded Copper Cabling Resource Center

Benefits of Shielded Cabling:

Market Drivers

• 10GBASE-T performance headroom ensures solid 10Gb/s application support
• Extended lifecycle means lower total cost of ownership
• Growing market adoption
• National Electric Code (NFPA 70) stipulates shielded twisted pairs

Simple Installation

• Z-MAX 6A Shielded systems can be terminated faster than competitor systems
• Shielded construction less sensitive to installation practices than UTP
• Fast and simple grounding

Resists Interference

• 100 times less susceptible to interference than UTP
• Superior protection against high frequency environmental noise
• Eliminates alien crosstalk so field testing is never required

Reduce Cabling Channels

• Reduce cabling channels by running multiple applications over single cable and outlet

PoE and PoE Plus

• Overcome performance-robbing heat generated by PoE and PoE Plus

Highest Performing

• Category 7A: Standards accepted, highest performing, most secure
• Z-MAX 6A Shielded Connecting Hardware Verified for ISO/IEC 11801 Category 6A Component Compliance

Category 7A: Standards accepted, highest performing, most secure

Category 7A Standard

The TERA plug and outlet connector internationally standardized as a plug and outlet interface in IEC 61076-3-104. It is specified as a normative reference in ISO/IEC 11801 as an allowed interface for class F (category 7) and class Fa (category 7a) links and channels. It is also specified as a normative reference in ISO/IEC 15018 as an allowed interface for home electronic systems (HES).

The following standards overviews are available in our online library:

• ISO/IEC 11801 2.0:2002 (Generic cabling for customer premises)
• ISO/IEC 11801 2.1:2008 (Amendment 1)
• ISO/IEC 15018 (Generic Cabling for Homes)
• IEC 61076-3-104 (plug and outlet interface)

Top Reasons to Deploy Category 7A TERA

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US/NATO specified TEMPEST-level data security

TERA is the only copper cabling system to meet US/NATO specified TEMPEST-level data security

WHITE PAPERS: Government Levels of Security Enhanced with TERA Cabling System

Z-MAX 6A Shielded

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Category 7A TERA

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