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Can you replace and relocate that patch panel as part of the project?
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I love the Beavis and Butthead Fire idea!I would do a ladder rack cable tray system to get the cabling from the patch panel to the rack. The stress of all those cables hanging down, I'm surprised you...
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Wow, haven't seen a patch panel setup like that. As for cable management...Definitely shorter cables, a mix of the RO8-19-F1, some finger ducts, and d-rings...Cable Management | Rackmount Solutions...
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I agree with most the advice you have been given.1: Work a few things at at time not all at once.2: I would run the cables from the patch panel to the servers overhead rather than what appears to be a...
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Thanks guys, I really appreciate it! If I do anything with the patch panel on the wall, I will just get rid of it entirely and put in a rack mounted patch panel. Our T1s are actually in a small room...
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Patch panel could be extended to a proper 2-post rack, where it should be, and the switches should also be. Make sure you use both vertical and horizontal cable management. That fiber needs to be...
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One cable at a time...That's the mantra I repeated daily when I inherited this network rack at my last job. Over a span of a month, I was able to clean it up all by myself.
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http://www.cableorganizer.com/ Opens a new windowThis is another great source for cable management solutions.
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Having the patch panel that far away is not optimal but you can still have a nice clean looking installation, I have seen a few. Correct cable length is the key and I would plan out where the cables...
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WWJ5D wrote:One cable at a time...That's the mantra I repeated daily when I inherited this network rack at my last job. Over a span of a month, I was able to clean it up all by myself.Wow, this is...
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Blair Groves wrote:Patch panel could be extended to a proper 2-post rack, where it should be, and the switches should also be. Make sure you use both vertical and horizontal cable management. That...
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WWJ5D wrote:One cable at a time...That's the mantra I repeated daily when I inherited this network rack at my last job. Over a span of a month, I was able to clean it up all by myself.I have seen that...
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Briser_fae_the_broch wrote:WWJ5D wrote:One cable at a time...That's the mantra I repeated daily when I inherited this network rack at my last job. Over a span of a month, I was able to clean it up all...
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Do a Google search for "Network Cable Installation" in your area. Nothing beats somebody tackling a job like this that does it for a living. Most good ones will work around your schedule and needed...
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You are lucky this was only one cabinet and not 7. I had to deal with 7. UGH!
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I agree first things first, medium length cables, with a variety of colours is your starting point. There is no way out of having to re-cable this job but you'll be future proofing for any...
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CrimsonKidA if you wanna hire a contractor to help let me know! :)
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Adding to others, run your patch cables up and over (through a raceway).
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How about running a bunch of long patch cables from the wall area, and make a neat bundle that crawls around the wall and then back in behind into your rack. Then using pass through connectors,...
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I thought more about this... I would just chalk it up as a loss. Burn it down, till the land. But make sure you do it at while everyone is using the network so they appreciate how much IT impacts their...
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