Re: patch panel vs all punch-down for Cat6509 zone distribution cabinet?

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:02:12 -0600, Harv <harvester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Carl Navarro wrote:

You bring all the cables down the same side of a patch panel. Ya see
the 4 screws that hold the panel to the rack? They can be removed.
Two screws on the BACK of the panel will hold the panel to the rack
backwords. wOW, LOOK. all those jacks are now in the back and the
wires are in the front.

No thanks for the sacrasm. I think I listed your suggestion as my
option "A"; I've done that for a couple of years. But cable dressing on
the RJ45 side of the panels has never looked as neat as dressing on the
110A side, where every cable is exactly the right length.


You know, I thought of that too, but then, when I looked up the
switch(which appears to be obsolete) on the internet, I wondered how
9 modules would derive 288 ports?

When we do data cabling, we mount the proper number of switches in the
rack and use Cat-5e patch cords to patch panel mounted in the same
rack. Isn't the Cisco a huge switch? Why would anything change?
Why would you hard cable the ports to the house cable in any fashion?
If you move a port, you would either have to do it in software, or
move the patch cord, which is where this conversation started.

You're already looking at 15U for the switch, and another 12U for the
house cable patch panel without wire management. If you're looking
for a clean installation, you might fit that in a single cabinet, but
the result would not be pretty by the time you add backup, a shelf,
routers, etc. A pair of racks with the house cable on one and the
patch cords coming off the switch through the management rings would
look bad, but it is a pretty clean installation.

You could always put a door on the cabinet :-)

Carl




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