TIA-942

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) ANSI/TIA-942-A Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data
Centers[1] is an American National Standard (ANS) that specifies the minimum requirements for structured cabling work defined in
TIA/EIA-568, and is often cited by companies such as ADC Telecommunications[2] and Cisco Systems.[3] The standard was updated
with an addendum ANSI/TIA-942-A-1 in April 2013 from the TR-42.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling
Subcommittee, the formulating group that oversees development of the standard.[4] The Telecommunications Industry Association
does not offer certification programs or certify compliance to TIA standards. In many cases, there are other organizations and
consultants that can provide those services. However, TIA does not certify these organizations or consultants. This is similar to how
organizations like ISO operate where they rely on Certification Bodies to ensure that there is oversight over organizations performing
such activities.

On October 15, 2015, the TIA TR-42.1 Subcommittee voted to start the revision process of ANSI/TIA-942-A. The standard will
undergo updates during 2016. The new version of ANSI/TIA-942 which will be labelled as ANSI/TIA-942-B is slated for release in
July 2017.

The ANSI/TIA-942-A specification references private and public domain data center requirements for applications and procedures
such as:

Network architecture
Electrical design
File storage, backup and archiving
System redundancy
Network access control and security
Database management
Web hosting
Application hosting
Content distribution
Environmental control
Protection against physical hazards (fire, flood, windstorm)
Power management

References
1. "TIA-942" (http://www.tia-942.org). TIA-942 Global Registry. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
2. "TIA-942 Data Center Standards Overview"(https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235600/http://www .te.com/conten
t/dam/te/global/english/industries/enterprise-network-solutions/knowledge-center/documents/enterprise-white-paper-t
ia-942-data-center-standards-overview-102264ae.pdf)(PDF). ADC. January 31, 2006. Archived fromthe original (htt
p://www.te.com/content/dam/te/global/english/industries/enterprise-network-solutions/knowledge-center/documents/e
nterprise-white-paper-tia-942-data-center-standards-overview-102264ae.pdf) (PDF) on December 30, 2013.
Retrieved Dec 30, 2013.
3. "Data Center Top-of-Rack Architecture Design" (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps967
0/white_paper_c11-522337.pdf)(PDF). White paper. Cisco Systems. April 18, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
4. "TIA Issues New Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard on Data Center Switch Fabrics in Order to Support
Cloud Computing Growth"(http://www.tiaonline.org/news-media/press-releases/tia-issues-new-telecommunications-i
nfrastructure-standard-data-center). News release. April 9, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

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