Re-organizing cable management for client. Need help.
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@fredtx
Lots of Patience
Lots of Velcro
More Patience -
This article seems to have some valid points.
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That's easy stuff.
You don't need patience with this method, you need resolve.INVENTORY
- Figure out what is connected to what
- Figure out if ports on managed switches have different config
- Take "before" pictures
NEW DESIGN
- Decide the most logical place to put every rack item
- Determine if you need to add something, for instance patch panels, cable management or even a better rack
- Make a new rack layout drawing
- Guesstimate what patch cables you need and what length
- Don't color code (unless you are Google) - except maybe one cable that is "hot" (internet)
- Look at the power cables and decide what length you need, if you need an extra PDU etc.
- Get customer approval
ORDER
- Order the items you need
- Order MANY extra patch cables in 1 ft incremental lengths (cables are cheap, time is expensive)
- Get a roll of velcro
- Buy a labeller if you don't have one and labels to it
- Get a cable comb if you have many cables that are run in parallell (don't look like it from the pics)
RIP OUT AND REPLACE
- Plan a date to do it
- Shutdown everything
- Rip out every cable and throw them away
- Cut of any zip ties, leave them on the floor
- Move around things if needed, according to the new design
- Add any new rack items
- Connect everything and mark the new patch cables it with a labeller as you do it - if you want it to be labelled
- Do it in a logical order that you have decided before hand
- Use the right length patch cable for everything
- Use the right length power cable for everything
FINISH
- When everything is done - power up and verify that everything is working
- Clean up, sweep the floor, throw away old cables
- Take "after" pictures
- Leave the extra patch cables for the customer, so they have them at hand when things needs to be added or reconnected
This is an example of what you want:
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@pete-s
I appreciate the help!!
I definitely have something to work with now!
Thank you thank you!
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Use Patchbox. Also, use the free rack planner tool at Patchbox also.
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Saw this and thought it was a good idea
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@hobbit666 never do anything permanent like this
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@jaredbusch said in Re-organizing cable management for client. Need help.:
@hobbit666 never do anything permanent like this
Its not permanent just snip the cable
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@hobbit666 said in Re-organizing cable management for client. Need help.:
@jaredbusch said in Re-organizing cable management for client. Need help.:
@hobbit666 never do anything permanent like this
Its not permanent just snip the cable
lolJust snipping the cable seems easy until you make a mistake and slice the cable. When I have to do cable management, I'm 100% on the velcro strip train. Nylon cable ties have always ended up being a pain for me.
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Yeah i would still use Velcro just thought that was nice to look at.
Maybe if they had a Velcro version. -
Could try something like this-
