ER/TR Audit - Final Version - 11/04/2023

• Site Name

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• INSTRUCTIONS
  
  1. Complete all sections
  2. The auditor is expected to document all issues and to obtain photos of failures within each response.
  3. Pictures are required in some sections and questions to document responses.
  4. Most questions may be tapped to open the media dialogue.
  5. The auditor is expected to visit the CD's, ER's and ALL Telecomm Rooms. Separate UPS or PBX rooms may support the ER/TR's, These too should be reviewed.
  
  IT MAY BE PRUDENT TO TAKE some PICTURES OF THE ROOM AND MAJOR EQUIPMENT AHEAD OF TIME, THEN ADD FROM THE CAMERA ROLL LATER.

• Building Name

• Floor Level

• Comms Room Code

ER/TR Room Details

• Room Type

  Select Campus Distributor Equipment Room Telecommunications Room Closet/Cupboard Cabinet in Shared Space Other

  • Campus Distributor
  • Equipment Room
  • Telecommunications Room
  • Closet/Cupboard
  • Cabinet in Shared Space
  • Other

• Provide details of rack/cabinet type ie 12RU wall mounted cabinet

• Take photos of the TR in a 360 fashion to depict the layout of the room and major equipment. Minimum of seven photos required (each wall, floor, ceiling and outside the entrance/s.

  Media

Room Service Area & Structural Details

• Are there any structural issues with the room

• Is the ER/TR Floor space greater than or less than 10.2m2

  <10.2

  >10.2

• ER/TR floor area (m2) - Provide the room area and mark-up the floor plan (LengthxWidth)

• ER/TR Area being Serviced.
  Upload floor plan with cabling zone/boundaries shown

• Service Area (m2) - Provide mark-up floor plan of the area the TR is servicing showing cabling zone limits

  >3000

  <3000

• Ceiling Height (m) >=2.4m

  >2.4

  <2.4

• Provide ceiling height

• Provide ceiling height

• Ceiling type

  Conventional Fixed Ceiling

  No Ceiling ie Slab

  T-Bar Ceiling with tile

  Other

• Ceiling Finishes

  Fire retardant finish

  unsealed

  other

• Floor Finishes

  Anti-static

  Concrete - sealed

  Concrete - unsealed

  Carpet

  Other

• Wall Finishes

  Fire retardant finish

  sealed

  unsealed

  Other

• Does the room have plywood backboard fitted to 25% of the overall length of the room

  Yes

  No

• Room is not located near hazardous services or adjacent to wet areas or within 1m of EMI source

  Adjacent to wet area

  Electro Magnetic Interference

  Other

  None

• Provide details of other hazardous service, take photos and mark-up on plan

Room Security & Access

• Provide detail of room entry door/s dimensions (width & height)

• Security System: Does the room have unauthorised access detection?

  Yes

  No

• Provide details of the room entry method

  Swipe Card

  Key

  Swipe Card & Key

  Other access method

  unsecured

Room Rack/Cabinet Quantity & Clearances

• Number of racks/cabinets in the room

• Spare Capacity (%) - detail the room spare capacity (ie can more racks/cabinets be installed)

  >30%

  < 30%

• Front Rack Clearance (mm) - provide the clearance in front of each rack (900mm deep require 900mm or greater, 1200mm deep require 1200mm or greater. Add a note for each rack/cabinet & mark-up floor plan

  >900

  <900

  >1200

  <1200

• Rear Rack Clearance (mm) - provide the clearance at the rear of each rack, 900mm or greater - Add a note for each rack/cabinet & mark-up floor plan

  >900

  <900

• Side Rack Clearance (mm) - provide the side clearance for each rack at the start and end of each row, preferred 150mm from wall and min 900mm for the last rack

  >900

  <900

• Provide side clearance measurement for the first & last rack in each row

• Provide side clearance measurement for the first & last rack in each row

Room Environmentals

• Is the cooling system adequate for the room

  Yes

  No

• Provide details of why the cooling system isn't adequate

• Detail the cooling system type

  Select Dedicated HVAC units (Split system) Building HVAC/Ducted Extraction fan temporary cooling no cooling

  • Dedicated HVAC units (Split system)
  • Building HVAC/Ducted
  • Extraction fan
  • temporary cooling
  • no cooling

• Cooling System Power Supply

  Essential & UPS

  Essential only

  UPS only

  Other

• Provide details of how the cooling system is powered

• Cooling System Capacity - Provide details of the cooling system in KW or BTU's

  Capacity in KW or BTU

  Unable to determine capacity

• Provide cooling capacity

• Does the room have high temperature detection?

  Yes

  No

• Room Temperature ('C) - Room temperature is between 18C and 24C degrees. <br>Specify temperature outside of this range.

  <18

  Range 18-24

  >24

• Room humidity is between 30% and 55% non-condensing, measured at 1500mm AFFL

  Yes

  No

Room lighting

• Lighting Level (lux) - Provide details of lighting lux levels at the front of racks/cabinets

  >500

  <500

• Lighting Level (lux) - Provide details of lighting lux levels at the rear of racks/cabinets

  >500

  <500

Room Power & Earthing Details

• Does the room have power loss detection?

  Yes

  No

• Standby Generator Power Supply

  Yes

  No

• Communication Room Power Supply

  Essential & UPS

  Essential only

  UPS only

  Other

• Are there any clearance issues around the electrical switch boards?

  Yes

  No

• Take photo's of the Electrical switch board/s door closed, door open close up of breakers and record card

• Electrical Switchboard Physical Capacity - does the electrical switch board have enough physical space capacity to add more circuits

  Yes

  No

• Electrical Switchboard downstream supply capacity fit for purpose

  Yes

  No

• UPS Type

  Building based UPS supply

  Room based UPS supply

  Rack/cabinet based UPS supply

  None

• Is the UPS fit for purpose

  Yes

  No

• Provide details of why UPS is not fit for purpose

• UPS Total Capacity - Provide UPS capacity

• UPS Spare Capacity - provide details of UPS spare capacity

• Earthing System Type

  Select CES - Communications Earthing System TRC - Telecommunications Reference Conductor Other

  • CES - Communications Earthing System
  • TRC - Telecommunications Reference Conductor
  • Other

• Provide details of earthing system

• Earthing system compliant

  Yes

  No

• Provide details of why earthing system is not compliant

• Provide details of where the communications electrical earth system is connected to ie room Essential DB or room UPS DB, other

Fire suppression & Detection

• Fire Suppression and Detection Fit for purpose

  Yes

  No

• Fire Detection Method

  Select VESDA - Very Early Detection Apparatus Conventional smoke detector Other None

  • VESDA - Very Early Detection Apparatus
  • Conventional smoke detector
  • Other
  • None

• Fire suppression method

• Are there any Fire rated penetrations

  Yes

  No

• Are the Fire penetrations compliant

  Yes

  No

• provide details of any fire penetrations within the room- certified or uncertified & list any noted issues

• Does the room contain fire suppression sprinklers?

  Yes

  No

BEMS & Other Non-ICT Equipment

• BEMS infrastructure located in room

  Yes

  No

• BEMS system details - Provide details of what BEMS systems are in the room ie Nurse call, Access Control etc

• BEMS system Connection Method - ie connected by multimode, single more or copper

  Single mode

  Multimode

  copper back-bone

  Other

• List non-ICT equipment located in room- provide details of other equipment such as controllers, DAS etc

OH&S

• OH&S Issues?

  Yes

  No

• No cables, boxes, unused equipment, paperwork, or other items found on the floor or stored in the room.

• OH&S Issue Details

• Equipment Located near Pipes? No equipment shall be located directly below or within 1200mm of any pipes containing water or liquid material

  Yes

  No

Rack/Cabinet Size Details

• Take photos (with doors open) 1. Front of rack or cabinet - top to bottom min 4 photos 2. Rear of rack or cabinet - top to bottom min 4 photos

  Media

• Provide measurement details of all racks / cabinets in the room (width, depth and height in RU)

• Rack/cabinets labelled correctly

  Yes

  No

• Provide details of missing or incorrect labelling and take photos

• Provide details of spare capacity for all racks in the room (in RU's)

Rack/Cabinet Earthing Details

• Does each rack/cabinet contain an earth bonding strip?

  Yes

  No

• Identify which racks/cabinets don't contain an earth bonding strip

• Is each rack/cabinet bonding strip connected to the CET?

  Yes

  No

• Identify each rack/cabinet that doesn't have a bonding strip connected to the CET

• Detail of rack/cabinet items connected to the earth bonding strip

  Yes

  No

• Provide details of items connected to the earth bonding strip

• Provide details of items NOT connected to the earth bonding strip

• Cable tray/ladder connected to earth

  Yes

  No

Rack/Cabinet Power Details

• Detail the installed power distribution in the rack/cabinet

• Current rating for each power feed

• Do all the rack/cabinets have two suitably rated, captive power outlets one from the UPS & one from essential power supplies?

  Yes

  No

• Identify which rack/cabinets don't have two suitably rated, captive power outlets

• Do all the racks/cabinets have two vertical power rails complete with at least six 10A three pin Australian sockets, eight C13 and four C19 IEC socket outlets each fitted?

  Yes

  No

• Provide details of power rails

• Identify which rack/cabinets don't have spare capacity and also record spare capacity for each power rail including socket type

Horizontal Cabling Details

• Is the room utilising crossconnect wall mounted terminations? 110/210 termination

  Yes

  No

• Provide photo's and brief details of 110/210 terminations

• Provide details of any spare capacity on installed Class EA F/UTP &/or Class EA S/FTP patch panels, provide rack/cabinet ID, RU location and number of spare ports

• Patch panel spare capacity

• Provide deatails of the class of cabling in each rack, provide a brief description of how many patch panels ie Rack X 3xCat5 5xCat6

• Class of Cabling

  Select Cat 3 Cat 5 Cat 5e Cat 6 Cat 6A Cat 7

  • Cat 3
  • Cat 5
  • Cat 5e
  • Cat 6
  • Cat 6A
  • Cat 7

• Provide the total number of data outlets serviced by this room. Number of patch panels x number of ports per patch panel in each rack/cabinet

• Number of Data Outlets

• Cabling Vendor/Manufacturer - provide the details for cabling vendor list all if there is more than 1

Copper Backbone Cabling Details

• Is there any backbone copper cabling?

  Yes

  No

• Provide the details of incoming copper backbone cabling (number of pairs) and the details of tie cabling to racks/cabinets including how many pairs per port on voice patch panels

• Details of the backbone copper cabling

• Is there rack/cabinet tie cabling?

  Yes

  No

• Details of rack/cabinet tie cabling

Fibre Backbone Cabling Details

• Provide details of fibre cabling, provide type (OM1 OM3 OS1 OS2 etc) provide number of cores for each cable, provide FOBOT details and connector type (SC, LC etc)

• Details per rack/cabinet of existing fibre including type

  Select OM1 OM3 OM4 OS1 OS2

  • OM1
  • OM3
  • OM4
  • OS1
  • OS2

• Provide photo's and comments per FOBOT

ER/TR Drawing checklist

• Room dimensions Door height & width Ceiling height Dimensions between wall and major equipment

• I have updated the ER/TR drawing to show equipment, dimensions, and overall layout per documented requirements.

• I have completed rack/cabinet elevation drawings

• All Entrances to ER/TR identified.

• Rack/cabinets marked on plan

• Fire suppression & detection identified

• Electrical switch boards

• Copper backbone IDF's

• Rack/cabinet elevations

• HVAC location & type

Signature

• I took pictures of all identified issues

• I completed all questions and documented recommendations.

• Sign name to signify completion of audit

  Sign