Learn the conditions of your IT equipment spaces in 5 minutes.

Whether you know them as MDFs, IDFs, CERs, or some other acronym, the spaces dedicated to housing IT equipment are among the most important in your district when it comes to maintaining digital connectivity among and between systems such as security, instructional tech, and wireless.

This visual inspection of your closest Technology Room can be conducted in less than 5 minutes to give you an idea as to the current condition of some of your district’s most important spaces.

• Use the web-based Inspection form below supplying a name and email address to receive the results of the inspection.
• Use a hardcopy form printed from a PDF that does not require registration.

​For a quick visual reference, view our Technology Rooms Gone Bad web page.

What You’ll Need

• A hard-copy printout of this form in PDF format or this web page
• A pencil or pen if using the hard-copy form or a web-connected device for the web page
• A tape measure (min. 10’)
• A step ladder if the ceiling is not open to the deck above
• Access to your closest MDF, IDF, or other space housing IT equipment
• Permission from IT staff or district management to access the space if it is locked

Instructions
Go to a space in your building that houses IT equipment. Check the “Yes” box when any of the criteria below is observed and “no” if it is not.

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Valuable resources for your current or next technology project.

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