Comments on: Network cable management done wrong http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:46:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ed Stoneberger http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-198481 Ed Stoneberger Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:55:15 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-198481 You don't have to have a messy network with Neat-Patch. The right cables and the right manager in one kit. Organization is everything. You don’t have to have a messy network with Neat-Patch. The right cables and the right manager in one kit. Organization is everything.

]]> By: Dave http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-131144 Dave Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:43:36 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-131144 I have installed 2376 HP servers in 2 data centers over a 33 month period. There a total of 4500 servers between these 2 data centers Models that I have installed include: DL360, DL380, DL385, DL580, DL585, and C7000 I have been told that my cabling is a work of art. I am asked why I install the patch cables so neatly. I give them 3 reasons. 1) It facilitates better air flow. I insist on right-size cables. This keeps the amount of cable in the cable management arm to a minimum which allows hot air from the back of the server to escape better. 2) Better operation of the cable management arm when extending the server out of the rack for service. One should be able to pull the server out 1000 times and the cabling remains neat and enacted. 3) It looks good. There is a sense of pride when your multi-million dollar data center looks like a multi-million dollar data center. Currently, I am working as an Analyst teaching others how to properly cable servers and teaching them about the vision of having the neatest data center on the planet. Dave I have installed 2376 HP servers in 2 data centers over a 33 month period. There a total of 4500 servers between these 2 data centers
Models that I have installed include: DL360, DL380, DL385, DL580, DL585, and C7000

I have been told that my cabling is a work of art. I am asked why I install the patch cables so neatly. I give them 3 reasons.
1) It facilitates better air flow. I insist on right-size cables. This keeps the amount of cable in the cable management arm to a minimum which allows hot air from the back of the server to escape better.
2) Better operation of the cable management arm when extending the server out of the rack for service. One should be able to pull the server out 1000 times and the cabling remains neat and enacted.
3) It looks good. There is a sense of pride when your multi-million dollar data center looks like a multi-million dollar data center.

Currently, I am working as an Analyst teaching others how to properly cable servers and teaching them about the vision of having the neatest data center on the planet.

Dave

]]> By: Tim Kendall http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-100581 Tim Kendall Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:40:21 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-100581 This is kinda like what my company's server room looked like when I came here 130 users going from the patch to the switch. Horrible mess, unfortunately it's still not perfect but it's getting there. Extremely hard to get everyone in the department to follow this new neat scheme especially when they're used to dealing with the mess. This is kinda like what my company’s server room looked like when I came here 130 users going from the patch to the switch. Horrible mess, unfortunately it’s still not perfect but it’s getting there. Extremely hard to get everyone in the department to follow this new neat scheme especially when they’re used to dealing with the mess.

]]> By: Joe http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-85096 Joe Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:30:38 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-85096 What's the point of tracing cables, if you have them labeled or at least listed in a matrix table (Sw port VS Patch panel port). Properly management and change record is what matters. The way your network cables look, reflect the kind of person you are. What’s the point of tracing cables, if you have them labeled or at least listed in a matrix table (Sw port VS Patch panel port). Properly management and change record is what matters. The way your network cables look, reflect the kind of person you are.

]]> By: Bryan Price http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-36281 Bryan Price Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:58:41 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-36281 My last job had 5 wiring closets and a server room. The server room was decent, but the wiring closets were out of hand. It didn't help that the closets were shared by two different divisions, one using Ethernet and the other TokenRing. My division was switching everything over to Ethernet when I left. I talked with my boss about getting the overtime approved to fix the wiring closets, preferably at the same time as the other division would have their techs available with overtime (this was a state operation, union job, nothing like being a network admin with a 7am-4pm job!) and getting the cable situation straightened out. I would have gone the custom clip-to-length route if we had actually done it with either velcro cable ties or wire ties too. Never got the OK, and then I got married and off to another state. My last job had 5 wiring closets and a server room. The server room was decent, but the wiring closets were out of hand. It didn’t help that the closets were shared by two different divisions, one using Ethernet and the other TokenRing. My division was switching everything over to Ethernet when I left. I talked with my boss about getting the overtime approved to fix the wiring closets, preferably at the same time as the other division would have their techs available with overtime (this was a state operation, union job, nothing like being a network admin with a 7am-4pm job!) and getting the cable situation straightened out.

I would have gone the custom clip-to-length route if we had actually done it with either velcro cable ties or wire ties too. Never got the OK, and then I got married and off to another state.

]]> By: Glenn Malcolm http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-17119 Glenn Malcolm Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:55:59 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-17119 You should come to Vietnam. The "plastic Fricken Cables" hold the IT industry together nevermind the network cables. Double sided tape also helps to hold switches down (or up depending where it is)! You should come to Vietnam. The “plastic Fricken Cables” hold the IT industry together nevermind the network cables.
Double sided tape also helps to hold switches down (or up depending where it is)!

]]> By: Anthony PIttarelli http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-12498 Anthony PIttarelli Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:24:45 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-12498 brutal! that third picture makes me want to vomit! Anthony PIttarelli brutal! that third picture makes me want to vomit!

Anthony PIttarelli

]]> By: V@sh http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-11041 V@sh Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:03:36 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-11041 Thats the dumbest argument I have ever heard.... If you do it right the first time, ie label switch ports in the switch, keep a spread sheet, or label the cables, then you wont have to worry about the "plastic fricken clips every 2 inches". Thats the dumbest argument I have ever heard…. If you do it right the first time, ie label switch ports in the switch, keep a spread sheet, or label the cables, then you wont have to worry about the “plastic fricken clips every 2 inches”.

]]> By: James Field http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-11017 James Field Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:52:40 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-11017 Cable ties! Ugh. "good" illustration no. one seems to be using black velcro ties...OK, they are undoable for rewiring. Cable ties in "good" example two are bad unless you are in some kind of high vibration environment that won't ever need modification or repair. Bad because you need dikes or a knife to remove them and they need replacing when the job is finished. Better is the green (cheap) plastic coated wire gardening ties that come on a spool with a built-in cutter. Cable ties! Ugh. “good” illustration no. one seems to be using black velcro ties…OK, they are undoable for rewiring. Cable ties in “good” example two are bad unless you are in some kind of high vibration environment that won’t ever need modification or repair.

Bad because you need dikes or a knife to remove them and they need replacing when the job is finished.

Better is the green (cheap) plastic coated wire gardening ties that come on a spool with a built-in cutter.

]]> By: samanathon http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-10848 samanathon Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:32:57 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-10848 <p><a href="http://www.patchsee.com/en/article.php3?id_article=4" rel="nofollow">Here's the video for Patch-See cables</a> - very cool!</p> <a href=”http://www.patchsee.com/en/article.php3?id_article=4″ rel=”nofollow”>Here’s the video for Patch-See cables</a> – very cool!

]]> By: Weldon Wade http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-10836 Weldon Wade Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:25:44 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-10836 You can use new Patch-See cables as well, which have a clear optical cable inside. Basically, attach a light to one end, the other end lights up to show you it's destination. A bit more per cable, but a dream to trace! Weldon You can use new Patch-See cables as well, which have a clear optical cable inside. Basically, attach a light to one end, the other end lights up to show you it’s destination. A bit more per cable, but a dream to trace!

Weldon

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-10834 Anonymous Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:07:10 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/07/31/network-cable-management-done-wrong/#comment-10834 A 'fox and hound' works quite nicely when you're not sure of a cable or if you walk into an unlabeled, undocumented mess. A ‘fox and hound’ works quite nicely when you’re not sure of a cable or if you walk into an unlabeled, undocumented mess.

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