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

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.

The main reason would be to make each cable just the right length, to avoid slack in the patch cables. If I buy cables in 1-foot lengths, each cable is somewhere between perfect and 9 inches too long, each cable a bit more or less than the one next to it.


Buy a piece of slotted raceway and mount it where the slack can be hidden. Any time you do something like this it's very likely the universe will change and you'll get to rewire.

Say the switch hard fails and needs to be replaced.
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