Cable Management

[Anonymous user]

Hi Guys,
I am in need of some tips on cable management. Right now I have two racks each with about 15 servers in them. I have 2 switches installed in each rack that the servers feed into. I am looking for ways to neatly patch the servers into the switches. Do you usually make your own cables for this? If pre-made cables are to be purchased how do you get them to be the right size and look neat. Also do you guys use the server cable arms?
Thanks.

[BillP]

I never use cable-arms in my installations. I find that they generally block the air-flow and I don't find really advance the cause of cable management. Over the last 20 years, the number of times I've needed (wanted) to pull a server foward while it is still running, I can probably count on one hand. Normally I shut the server down before pulling, and so I just take a few extra seconds to install a standard service cable-extension set I keep in my kit.

As for cable-patching the servers in a rack - generally I hand make cables to run from the server to a patch-panel, where the outlets are all numbered etc, but patching from there to other devices (switches etc) I generally use off-the-shelf cables.

[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

Have you tried to use spiral wraps to bundle your cables first. Spiral wraps and [server racks|http://www.cabletiesandmore.com/RacksEnclosures.php] usually comes along with each other to mount the equipments and also to tightly secure the cables of the devices.