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    Is there anyway to clean up the cabling behind the rack?

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    • NattNattN
      NattNatt
      last edited by NattNatt

      Cable ladder down the wall, velcro to that in nice neat runs.

      And re-arrange the layout so its patch panel, switch, patch panel, switch etc, means you don't have stupidly long cables and its easier to find what goes where etc...

      Plus why the oversized patch panels?! We have 48-port ones that are 1u, why do you have 24 ports that are 2u 😕

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        Alex Sage @NattNatt
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        @NattNatt said:

        Plus why the oversized patch panels?! We have 48-port ones that are 1u, why do you have 24 ports that are 2u 😕

        Fixing that tomorrow! 🙂

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          Alex Sage @NattNatt
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          @NattNatt said:

          Cable ladder down the wall, velcro to that in nice neat runs.

          Link?

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          • NattNattN
            NattNatt @Alex Sage
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            @aaronstuder 0_1457090698995_UCB35X200.JPG

            Like that - apparently it's a "Cable Basket" not a ladder, same thing though, attach to wall with a bit of a gap (use wooden batons to space it a bit) and then attach to that 🙂

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            • hobbit666H
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              Welcome to my world and head ache lol
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              • NattNattN
                NattNatt @hobbit666
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                @hobbit666 said:

                Welcome to my world and head ache lol
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                Twitch

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                  Deleted74295 Banned @hobbit666
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                  @hobbit666 said:

                  Welcome to my world and head ache lol

                  That is a pretty special kind of head-ache.

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                  • hobbit666H
                    hobbit666
                    last edited by

                    It's a "work in progress" project.
                    Need to get an electrician in to sort some power sockets out, then I can re cable the power to the UPS's then sort the VMWare Hosts to the Dell Switches, the vmotion and SAN connection. Then once the "inside" cabling is tidy and done tackle the "outside" visible stuff lol.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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                      @aaronstuder said:

                      To do that I need to re-punch everything right?

                      Not for what I mentioned, just phyisical clean up. You'd need to repunch to make a HUGE improvement, but with some little hooks and ties you could clean up with is there without undoing stuff.

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                        Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        Not for what I mentioned, just phyisical clean up. You'd need to repunch to make a HUGE improvement, but with some little hooks and ties you could clean up with is there without undoing stuff.

                        Don't do anything half way. So once I start I am repunching everything 🙂

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                        • NattNattN
                          NattNatt @Alex Sage
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                          @aaronstuder said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          Not for what I mentioned, just phyisical clean up. You'd need to repunch to make a HUGE improvement, but with some little hooks and ties you could clean up with is there without undoing stuff.

                          Don't do anything half way. So once I start I am repunching everything 🙂

                          Then plan ahead, get a weekend booked out and label label label...find what patch goes to what port in what switch, find out if theres a way to tidy it up (IDK if you have VLAN's on ports etc) then rearrange to patch, switch, patch, switch config, shorter patch cables, colour-coded if possible, and do it once, properly 😉

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                          • Mike DavisM
                            Mike Davis
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                            Monoprice.com search for hook and loop:
                            http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=5828
                            you can get it in different colors if you want to separate out your voice and data, by floor, etc.

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                            • jyatesJ
                              jyates
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                              I would use Velcro wraps. You can organize them and get them out way, and still replace cables as needed. If I were you, I'd just fake a fire to get everyone out of the building and unplug everything and untangle them.

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                                scottalanmiller @jyates
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                                @jyates said:

                                I would use Velcro wraps. You can organize them and get them out way, and still replace cables as needed. If I were you, I'd just fake a fire to get everyone out of the building and unplug everything and untangle them.

                                I love velcro wraps. Look great, easy to use, no chance of slicing cables and you can modify them whenever you need.

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                                  coliver @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  @jyates said:

                                  I would use Velcro wraps. You can organize them and get them out way, and still replace cables as needed. If I were you, I'd just fake a fire to get everyone out of the building and unplug everything and untangle them.

                                  I love velcro wraps. Look great, easy to use, no chance of slicing cables and you can modify them whenever you need.

                                  Plus you can get them for a similar price to zip-ties.

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                                  • JoeyJakubiakJ
                                    JoeyJakubiak
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                                    I love these http://www.discount-low-voltage.com/Enclosed-Cable-Managers

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                                      Alex Sage
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                                      Where do I find super short cables? Any suggestion on length?

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                                        Jason Banned @Alex Sage
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                                        @aaronstuder said:

                                        Where do I find super short cables? Any suggestion on length?

                                        Various lengths.. and Cables to go is where we get them

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                                          Alex Sage @Jason
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                                          @Jason Shouldn't they all be the same?

                                          Here is my layout:

                                          Punch
                                          Switch
                                          Punch
                                          Punch
                                          Switch
                                          Punch.

                                          I should never going going more then 1U away?

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                                            Jason Banned @Alex Sage
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                                            @aaronstuder said:

                                            @Jason Shouldn't they all be the same?

                                            Here is my layout:

                                            Punch
                                            Switch
                                            Punch
                                            Punch
                                            Switch
                                            Punch.

                                            I should never going going more then 1U away?

                                            Your still going to different sides of the switches, if you route through a cable manamgnet tray it will need to be different lengths.

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