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Cable Management is the term used to describe how one cables up an infrastructure.

When using cable management, one wants to achieve a tidy cable setup. Often they make use of:

  • cable retainers
  • cable colors
  • labels

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Good cable management:

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Cable Management

I was given the task of (re)organizing cables in one of our racks, and I have never done this before. What system/equipment do you use to organize your cables? The rack I have is 23" and has 19" equipment installed in it. Not all equipment has…
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Do you really need cable management for a cabinet with just switches and patch panels?

We are about to start wiring out a building expansion and our vendor has laid out the racks in the following configuration: Option 1 1U Fiber patch panel 2U Cable Manager 2U 48 port Patch Panel 2U Cable Manager 2U 48 port Patch Panel 2U Cable…
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Heat shrink cat5 cable labels

I'm looking for some feedback from someone who has used heat-shrink labels for cable management/identification in a server room environment. Specifically, I'm looking at the Brady IDXPERT printer with something like the XPS-375-CONT (.645" x…
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Recommendations for fiber optic cable and connectors in outdoor 1000 ft. run to get internet connection to main building

I need to connect two buildings where building A has an internet connection and building B has a cat6 network with a bunch of people working inside. The buildings are about 1000 ft. apart. There are some general ideas about doing this on this…
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Organizing cabling from patch panel to switches

The cabling between our patch panel and switches isn't a complete nightmare (like this), but is far from well organized. As we add new wall jacks, or office moves happen, cables get moved on the patch panel; in a given cable bundle, one cable may go…
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Patch Panel Cable Tangle

Possibly the noob-est question ever (I'm a developer stepping in to do some sysadmin stuff): I have a 48-port patch panel bolted to a wall about 10 feet from where my rack is. Right now there's a bundle of ~26 ethernet cables going from the patch…
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Acquiring location - need cable map/toning/testing done in house...tools needed?

I was going to ask "best approach?" but I figured it would be closed. I know how to tone/test a cable...but I'm looking for tools, ideas, approaches that will make the following project manageable and quickly done. PROJECT: We have a new location…
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Any thoughts on 6 inch ethernet patch cables?

It seems like no matter how strict and careful we are in our closets when we set them up, they eventually turn into a giant knot. In part I blame the fact that we've got a rather large number of people who go into the closets and move things…
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How to know maximum curvature degree on UTP cable?

I don't know if here is the right place to ask this question. Well, I want to know how to calcule (or if it is on a standar) the maximum curvature degree for UTP cat. 6 cables?
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Lightning/surge risk of Ethernet cable run inside an exterior wall

In a previous question, I had planned a Cat6 (Ethernet) cable run outside a home, adjacent to a coax run. I was advised against it, and I'm interested in taking that advice. Now I'm considering running the cable inside an exterior wall. (I mean…
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Label Scheme for Rack Mounted Equipment

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 | U-Number | Server Interface Number (such as…
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Wall jacks to patch panel?

OK, I'm by no means a seasoned networking pro and I had no say so in the design of our current server room which is in dire need of an extreme makeover. Basically, in our server room we have 12 wall plates with 4 RJ-45 ports on each - 48 total…
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What is the easiest way to attach sata cables to the backplane of a 1U super micro case?

It seems that the raid controller breakout cable thats designed for the backplane makes its incredibly difficult to cable it. The right angle bend sata cables need to bend down, making it very difficult to attach them. Is there an easier way? Should…
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Cable management in cabinet and between cabinets

We currently have three cabinets that over time have turned into a spider web. These racks host Servers (power an ethernet connections in the back). Network switches, Firewalls, Routers etc. (all have power interfaces in back and networking in…
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Ethernet cables along with power cords in Dell Cable Management Arm

Recently I read that placing together Ethernet cables and power cords is not a good thing (many sites and good-practice articles says that). For…
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