Intermediate distribution frame
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Intermediate distribution frame (IDF): In a central office or customer premises, a frame that (a) cross-connects the user cable media to individual user line circuits and (b) may serve as a distribution point for multipair cables from the main distribution frame (MDF) or combined distribution frame (CDF) to individual cables connected to equipment in areas remote from these frames.
IDFs are used for telephone exchange central office, customer-premise equipment, Wide Area Network (WAN), and Local Area Network (LAN) environments, among others.
In central office environments the IDF may contain circuit termination equipment from various auxiliary components. In WAN and LAN environments IDFs, can hold devices of different types including backup systems (Hard Drives or other media as self-contained or as Raid Arrays, CD-ROM, etc.), Networking (Switches, Hubs, Routers), and Connections (Fiber Optics, coaxial, category cables) and so on.
Care must be taken when using an IDF as a ground for additional equipment. In 2010, a large United States based software company suffered telecommunications problems as a result of contractors grounding welding equipment to an IDF supporting employee's telephone systems[citation needed].
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This article incorporates public domain material from the General Services Administration document "Federal Standard 1037C".
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