Re: Patching between Racks

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On 11 July 2011 23:33, James Poplawski <jb.poplawski_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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