This is exactly what we did. We put 3 24 port panels. One panel to primary core, one panel to secondary core, and one panel to IP KVM. Works well for us.
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Brian Desmond <br...@briandesmond.com>wrote: > *The labeling I agree is far more important. Get a good label printer > that’s designed for cable labeling.* > > * * > > *Rather than pulling cable all the way down in to the racks, you might > want to think about putting a 24 or 48 port panel in the top (back) of each > rack and then running short patch cables from there. Then on the other end > you can cross connect to the switch or whatever. * > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *br...@briandesmond.com* > > * * > > *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 20, 2012 10:50 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Re-cabling**** > > ** ** > > As we have a redundant switched network our network team uses color coding > religiously. **** > > **** > > Off the top of my head it's something like:**** > > Blue for primary network, green for the secondary (for the teamed > networks) **** > > Orange for backup**** > > Red for rILO**** > > **** > > They also label all connections, both ends. They are not so concerned > with what the system name is, as switch/port it is connected to. **** > > **** > > Steven Peck**** > > http://www.blkmtn.org**** > > > > **** > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote:** > ** > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Tom Miller <tmil...@hnncsb.org> wrote: > > What are your preferences? Cable color by rack, system, type, etc? > It's > > just aesthetics but I'm looking for ideas.**** > > If you want it to look pretty, use the same color for each > rack/switch. Otherwise that's more confusing than helpful. > > Categorizing by VLAN or type of traffic makes some sense. E.g., > yellow is DMZ, blue is main LAN, green is SAN, etc. > > Using a rainbow spread to each rack makes some sense. Makes it > easier to tell cables apart when you're hunting for or tracing a > particular cable. > > There are some standards for cable sheath color coding, but the ones > I'm aware of are all facility-wide in scope. Most of your > in-datacenter cabling would be the same color under such schemes. So > I wouldn't call those helpful for this. > > -- Ben**** > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
