r/cableporn • u/cmillard11 • Oct 07 '23
From 💩 to 🤌🏻 Before/After
11 new switches, DAC cables, and 6-inch patch cables make all the difference.
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u/othugmuffin Oct 07 '23
fingers crossed don’t be daisy chained
Nice work, the 6 inch patches clean up everything so nicely, glad that’s becoming the norm.
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u/CombJelliesAreCool Oct 08 '23
My first IT job was at a shoe strings and bubblegum budget style call center, supporting the representatives. That's exactly how it was setup there, one of the network admins went to upgrade some firmware on a switch or an access point or something(not 100% sure what it was), dude said that he had upgraded that same firmware on multiple other devices before but this time when he did it, the uplink halfway up these daisy chained switches just didn't come back up, it knocked down 40% of the call center before I traced it out and unplugged and replugged the transceive, it was unifi stuff just like this.
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u/cmillard11 Oct 08 '23
They are daisy chained right now, but I am pushing for an aggregation switch to home run everything back to.
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u/Scandium90 Oct 07 '23
48U rack from APC, 42 isn’t enough or you plan to add more in the future ?
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u/cmillard11 Oct 08 '23
This was one of three racks. The other two were also cleaned up and new UPSs are part of another project.
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u/windows10_is_stoopid Oct 07 '23
Thats very nice and all but that can't all be one network right ? Im guessing there are a few VLANs there? Was this patched with the infrastructure in mind or do you just do 1:1 patching to the switches and put whichever VLAN you need on that port? That'd take a while. Also are they all just daisy chained or do you have a core switch?
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u/cmillard11 Oct 08 '23
It actually is a flat network, surprisingly, and a large one. It's either a /23 or /22.
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u/windows10_is_stoopid Oct 08 '23
Now that I think about it, it makes sense you would wire it up that way with very short patch cables and basically 1:1 to the switch. If it wasn't all on the same network that would be a nightmare organising any sort of VLANs.
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u/windows10_is_stoopid Oct 07 '23
And another question, are these thin cables usable for PoE devices such as phones over any meaningful distance ? What about APs?
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u/cmillard11 Oct 08 '23
They're actually CAT6A and fully rated for PoE. No issues at all for phones or APs. They are the Monoprice SlimRun CAT6A patch cables. I started using them a few years back and I love them.
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u/windows10_is_stoopid Oct 08 '23
Interesting. Unfortunately my boss will never trust these enough for me to order some and replace our normal cables with these. What a shame!!
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u/pwrcontest Oct 07 '23
Those double port patch panels seem pretty cool. Especially for 2 drops at the same location. What brand are those patch panels?
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u/NMi_ru Oct 08 '23
The biggest surprise for me was to find the same pp/sw/pp system on the first picture.
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u/GenVonKlinkerhoffen Oct 08 '23
I see so much unused switch ports, looks like an expensive solution to just patch everything whether something is attached to the other end or not. Or, and I hope this is the case, this was taken during the weekend and on Monday morning all those ports will have a link.
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u/MinnSnowMan Oct 07 '23
Nice work. What knucklehead thought the “before” was good?
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u/windows10_is_stoopid Oct 07 '23
The people who think like : "alright I only have a 5m long cable, I'll replace it next time I gotta install one" And the next time they go there it's the same story.
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u/devangchheda Oct 08 '23
Nice work. How much time did it take from start to finish?
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u/cmillard11 Oct 08 '23
About 4 hours. Had to move the fiber LIU to the back of that same rack first to make room for the switches.
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u/Darwing Oct 08 '23
You completely rebuilt it that’s not even the same equipment but good job nonetheless
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u/CareBear-Killer Oct 08 '23
I worked with a guy who thought the spaghetti was perfectly fine. "Only we see it". "It doesn't affect performance".
"Murders are only caught when a body is found" Thankfully he's moved on to a different role elsewhere and just handled the admin and not the physical installation. As a server admin I could have the racks wired as good as possible and that man would vomit all over it.
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u/KwarkKaas Oct 07 '23
What are soo many ports used for?
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u/goinAn Oct 07 '23
Wired data access ports, wireless APs, cameras, access controllers, take your pick?
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u/cmillard11 Oct 08 '23
They had data pulled everywhere, and it's a fairly large space. Multiple data outlets per room, and cubicles throughout.
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u/White_Rabbit0000 Oct 12 '23
Wow that is quite the transition. It’s like going from a 20 dollar whore to a 300/hr escort
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u/therealjoe12 Oct 07 '23
Muaw. Chefs kiss.