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Label Scheme for Rack Mounted Equipment [closed]
Given a lot of the users on here have vast experience, what is the best way to label individual cables for equipment mounted in a rack?
I was thinking something like:
Port Number of Switch | ...
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Difficulty racking HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
We're an all Proliant shop with around 50 servers, mostly DL360s and DL380, from G5's through G7's. We just got our first two G8's in and went to rack them. We were stunned to find out that the new ...
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What is the proper way to manage cabling behind patch panels?
I have a 4-post 19" rack with a 72-port 2U quickport patch panel where horizontal structured cabling terminates. The cables are bundled and enter the rack at the rear. From the back of the rack, ...
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Does UPS Rack Position Matter
Short version of question:
Is there any reason a UPS (or any other device) should be at a particular level in a rack.
Long version (with explanation):
I have a full height rack with two servers, ...
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Why do rack switches have their ports on the front?
I've ordered some rack hardware from Dell. A 42U rack, a 3U EqualLogic SAN, two 1U PowerConnect 5424 switches, three 1U PowerEdge servers, and some other stuff such as a tapedrive, firewall, UPS, etc.
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Specialized Mounting Brackets
We are currently upgrading our tower based build server to a new 19" rack mounted unit for our software development team.
Our new rack server has a maximum depth of 22 inches. So to accommodate this, ...
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Cable Management Policy
We've all seen good and bad examples of cable management.
What are objective, measurable requirements that can be used in a policy to maintain cabling order in the rack/server room/data center?
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