I agree you are always best to get professionals to fit the cabinets out. Failing that try not to group the switches too far from the patch panels I always try to get the switches put in between the patch panels to minimise the cable run distance. Cheers chrisl -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Malczewski [mailto:jmalczewski@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 16 July 2004 6:04 AM To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT: Layout of a Comms Cabinet If you ARE going to do this yourself, get either some wax-covered twine, or get a lot of velcro wire-ties. You'll want to make it all look nice and pretty. The cable management is nice, but sometimes you need a little management before you get to those... -----Original Message----- From: Nick Smith [mailto:nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:29 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT: Layout of a Comms Cabinet Get some cabling engineers with their own hats. Whenever I try to do this stuff, I do it badly; I'm not an electrician, not a cabling person. They have very different skills to mine. A racing driver may vaguely understand his engine; but he is not the person employed to work on it. Nick -----Original Message----- From: Angus Macdonald [mailto:Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 15 July 2004 10:38 To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT: Layout of a Comms Cabinet Get yourself some sort of tight-fitting hat. I always end up tearing my hair our when a project like this comes up. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Rance [mailto:Steve.Rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 15 July 2004 10:30 To: Windows2000 Mailing List (E-mail) Subject: [windows2000] OT: Layout of a Comms Cabinet Hi Guys, Have to design the internal layout of a new comms cabinet for our new office. There are a total of 155 cat5e ports, that will be serving 60 phone lines with the rest being data. The following has been ordered, any advise or tip on the best configuration within the cabinet to provide a clean and tidy solution. QTY Description 1 47u cabinet 3 48 way Distribution Panel 1 24 way Distribution Panel 3 24 port switches 1 1U Sonicwall Firewall 1 1U Cisco Router 1 Cisco Router (800 Series) (not rack mountable) 1 48 way Voice Panel 1 24 way Voice Panel 1 10 way PDU 60 1 metre patch cable (voice) 70 1 metre patch cable (data) 8 Cable Management Thanks, Steve ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm Gallai'r e-bost yma gynnwys gwybodaeth gyfrinachol a/neu ddeunydd hawlfraint. 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