Re: Patching between Racks

Cabling doesn't fall under Cisco. Cabling standards like LEED or BISCI.

Pre-term are awesome in my opinion.
JB
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On Jul 11, 2011, at 3:24 PM, me you <anunda19_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a simple question, Where does best practice come from? is there a
> book best practice for Cisco networking? Why is going through a patch panel
> "best practice" and who's practice is it? I have seen people use the best
> practice excuse to back up all kinds of B/S, both good and bad.
>
> Just a though
> Rob
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Taufik Kurniawan <ktaufik_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Irfan,
>>
>> From rack to rack , recommended to use patch.
>> Equipment to patch within the rack.
>>
>>
>> But sometime, we violate this :)
>> for example if we want to VSS two Cat 6500 on the different racks
>> within Data centre. I go equipment to equipment :) using direct fiber
>> connection
>>
>> he he he [ don't follow this at your data centre ]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/07/2011, Irfan Sid <lifeoverip_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> We are designing a new Comms equipment room for our client. For
>>> Interconnectivity between core devices between two racks in the same
>> Comms
>>> room, is it best practice to go via a patch panel, (either in the same
>> rack
>>> or external patch panel). My collegue insists that all connections going
>>> from rack to another rack should go via a patch panel. My arguement is
>> that
>>> if we can connect them directly and cable run can be neatly run, then why
>> go
>>> via a patch panel. This will also reduce points of failures.
>>>
>>> What are the pros and cons for using patch panel in this case or is this
>> a
>>> data centre recommended best practice or something?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
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