UFC 3-580-10
14 July 2004
Including changes 12 April 2005
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
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PURPOSE . This UFC will be used by the Navy and Marine Corps.
The Army and the Air Force do not have or require comparable criteria at this
time.
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\ Navy Medical Facilities must comply with the Defense Medical
Facilities Office (DMFO) criteria, including UFC 4-510-01, and are not normally
part of NMCI. /1/ This UFC was developed by DoN and the NMCI contractor
and adopted by both parties. (See paragraph 1-3.)
This UFC provides general guidance and planning information for
DoN construction and repair projects that will require Navy/Marine Corps Intranet
(NMCI) network connections. It also provides information on the planning
processes and general practices utilized by the current NMCI Contractor, EDS
during initial conversion to NMCI services. All Facilities Engineering Commands,
Engineering Field Divisions, Engineering Field Activities, Public Works
Commands (PWC), Public Works Detachments (PWD), Resident Officer in
Charge of Construction (ROICC) offices, Base Communications Officer (BCO),
G6 (USMC BCO), and other concerned parties in the process, should refer to this
UFC when designing, planning and/or preparing documentation for new
construction or renovation projects that will require operational NMCI support.
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SCOPE. This document cites and supplements existing
Government and Commercial standards and specifications governing
architectural, mechanical, and electrical requirements for design of NMCI
required Entrance Facilities (EF) and Telecommunications Room (TR) with their
respective Main Cross Connect (MC), and Intermediate Cross Connect (IC)
equipment. In order to accommodate the rapid advances in equipment and
installation practices, the industry standards should form the basis of the designs
for telecommunications facilities. These include ANSI / TIA / EIA 569-A,
Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces,
ANSI / TIA / EIA 568-B.1, Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling
Standard, and NFPA 70, National Electric Code. MIL-HDBK-1012/3
Telecommunications Premises Distribution Planning, Design, and Estimating is
to be used to provide specific Navy guidance on the methodologies to be
followed during design of the facilities, however the designs must incorporate the
latest applicable technological requirements in the current industry standards
cited.
This document is not to be used for design or planning of regional
server farm Facilities or Network Operations Centers (NOC). For regional server
farm facilities refer to the NMCI Facilities Field Handbook located under NMCI
Information on the EFDSOUTHWESTDIV website
(http://www.efdsw.navfac.navy.mil/05/05I/NMCI.htm. Appropriate NMCI subject
matter experts are available from the NMCI Contractor to assist Department of
the Navy (DoN) designers and planners upon request. Contact the base NMCI
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