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

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    • scottalanmillerS
      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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                  • travisdh1T
                    travisdh1 @Jason
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                    @Jason said:

                    @aaronstuder said:

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

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

                    C2G and Monoprice are my "need a bunch of cables" sources.

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                      Alex Sage @Jason
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                      @Jason It such a short run, do I really need something to manage the cables?

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                        Jason Banned @Alex Sage
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                        @aaronstuder said:

                        @Jason It such a short run, do I really need something to manage the cables?

                        It looks so much cleaner if you put a trey in between the switches

                        http://www.panduit.com/wcs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Panduit_Global%2FPG_Layout&cid=1345564328963&packedargs=classification_id%3D1555%26item_id%3DNCMH2%26locale%3Den_us&pagename=PG_Wrapper

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                        • travisdh1T
                          travisdh1 @Alex Sage
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                          @aaronstuder said:

                          @Jason It such a short run, do I really need something to manage the cables?

                          If it is really just 1u away, then probably not with appropriate length cables. Anything longer and you'll want velcro/ties and possibly cable trays as well.

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                            Jason Banned @NattNatt
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                            @NattNatt said:

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

                            This!

                            That what we do in our IDFs (well our contractors, we don't do it). All of our IDFs have approx 480 Cat6a runs to them and then the IDFs uplink with 4 Fiber Pairs to the MDF.

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                              Alex Sage
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                              @Jason That look really nice!

                              I will never have that much cable.

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                              • travisdh1T
                                travisdh1 @Jason
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                                @Jason mmmm, cable porn

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