Going to try and install MeshCentral, plan is to control a few lab computers.

Wondering if your meeting about StarWinds is still going?

Going home woop woop

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

What time is it where you are?

4:32pm home 5:00pm

Trying to waste time until i go home in 30mins

Watched "Terminator 2" last night
Forgot how long it is

Thinking i've done nothing today......... and you know what .. I'm right

I'm sure I've done some sort of pass through with a graphics card.

On a live chat with EE to complain about signal

This is what i was dealing with:-

Apart from needed a shelf at the bottom for the two routers. Maybe shorter cables from Patch to Switch?
The 4 RJ45 parts on the side will be removed, these are old PSTN lines that are no longer needed.

What about power? Mount a surge strip underneath the cab? or leave it loose on the bottom towards the back?

Had a meeting about using Microsoft Teams as our unified comms system.

@scottalanmiller said in Equipment Placement in Rack:

The most important thing for traditional racks is that heavy equipment (like UPS units) goes all the way on the bottom and you fill bottom to top heaviest to lightest. So generally networking gear goes up top, servers go in the middle, and power and batteries on the bottom. Storage is generally below servers.

This is how i've always done "full" racks that have big equipment in

So if we take as any example a site i visited yesterday as they need a clean up. Currently in the cab is

Patch Panel
Switch
Avaya IP Office
2 routers loose on the bottom. Draytek 2860 and a Cisco 887

@scottalanmiller said in Equipment Placement in Rack:

I find it pretty typical to have firewall on top and switches either next or in the middle. Are you putting servers in this? Or only networking gear?

In most of our sites No. They generally have just Patch panel, switch, router (not rack mountable/doesn't come as one) maybe 2.

Some sites may have something special, like a phone system.

@scottalanmiller said in Equipment Placement in Rack:

This was asked in "Anything Goes" but is a real, serious question so I forked it out.

Did wonder if to make separate topic

is there a standard for what goes where in a rack?
Especially smaller wall mounted ones?

Catching up on here and general work after being on site yesterday

@scottalanmiller Hope you and family are save.

@hobbit666 said in What Are You Watching Now:

Just watched "Back to the Future II"

Watch part 3 last night

At the docs for a review