{"id":9069,"date":"2015-10-19T10:39:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T09:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/?p=9069"},"modified":"2015-10-19T10:39:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T09:39:17","slug":"small-server-room-cabling-front-to-back-patch-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/?p=9069","title":{"rendered":"Small server room cabling &#8211; Front to Back patch panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A typical issue for administrators of small server rooms (perhaps only one or two racks) is keeping cables tidy between servers (which have their network ports on the back) and network switches (which have their network ports on the front).<\/p>\n<p>One way of reducing this problem is to have a patch panel at the front of the cabinet and a patch panel at the rear; this way your patch leads can be significantly shorter as well as making it easier to trace cables. In my implementation of this design the final 6 ports of the rear patch panel are dedicated to the KVM (which uses a USB\/VGA to network cable adapter) to further simplify the cabling.<\/p>\n<p>The photos and Visio drawing below show how things are organised now and how they will be in the not so distant future with up to 4Us of space allowed for a network switch directly above the front server patch panel.<\/p>\n<p><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view\n\t ngg-ajax-pagination-none\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-6f50bf5ca33ef9a67fc36bf83d7397a5-1\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"117\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/WP_20151019_09_47_56_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"The front...using an old Cisco 24 port switch, plenty of free space for something bigger when we replace our network infrastructure.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/WP_20151019_09_47_56_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/thumbs\/thumbs_WP_20151019_09_47_56_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1014\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Front\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"The front...using an old Cisco 24 port switch, plenty of free space for something bigger when we replace our network infrastructure.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"wp_20151019_09_47_56_raw\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6f50bf5ca33ef9a67fc36bf83d7397a5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Front\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Front\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/thumbs\/thumbs_WP_20151019_09_47_56_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/WP_20151019_09_48_16_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"The back, 5 of the 6 ports for the KVM are being used by the orange cable. A lone port being used for testing purposes; once everything is patched in we could be using up to 12 ports.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/WP_20151019_09_48_16_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/thumbs\/thumbs_WP_20151019_09_48_16_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1012\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Back\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"The back, 5 of the 6 ports for the KVM are being used by the orange cable. A lone port being used for testing purposes; once everything is patched in we could be using up to 12 ports.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"wp_20151019_09_48_16_raw\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6f50bf5ca33ef9a67fc36bf83d7397a5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Back\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Back\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/thumbs\/thumbs_WP_20151019_09_48_16_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/New-Server-Room.png\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"How things will be; note the 2U of high difference between the front and the back patch panels. We are currently running 5 physical servers (all towers and all sitting on the floor) in the server room but these will be consolidated down to just 3 all of which will be rack mounted.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/New-Server-Room.png\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/thumbs\/thumbs_New-Server-Room.png\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1013\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"New Server Room\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"How things will be; note the 2U of high difference between the front and the back patch panels. We are currently running 5 physical servers (all towers and all sitting on the floor) in the server room but these will be consolidated down to just 3 all of which will be rack mounted.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"new-server-room\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6f50bf5ca33ef9a67fc36bf83d7397a5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"New Server Room\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"New Server Room\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/thumbs\/thumbs_New-Server-Room.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/WP_20151019_11_05_13_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"The current mess of cables into the 3 hosts which will eventually end up mounted in the rack.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/WP_20151019_11_05_13_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/thumbs\/thumbs_WP_20151019_11_05_13_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1015\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"The mess\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"The current mess of cables into the 3 hosts which will eventually end up mounted in the rack.\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"wp_20151019_11_05_13_raw\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6f50bf5ca33ef9a67fc36bf83d7397a5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"The mess\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"The mess\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/wp-content\/gallery\/server-room-patch-panel\/thumbs\/thumbs_WP_20151019_11_05_13_Raw.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A typical issue for administrators of small server rooms (perhaps only one or two racks) is keeping cables tidy between servers (which have their network ports on the back) and network switches (which have their network ports on the front). One way of reducing this problem is to have a patch panel at the front of the cabinet and a&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/?p=9069\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,11],"tags":[290,291,292,293],"series":[],"class_list":["post-9069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-servers","tag-cabling","tag-patch-panel","tag-server-room","tag-visio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9069"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9084,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9069\/revisions\/9084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9069"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myworldofit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=9069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}