One of my year-end projects for the home lab server rack has been cleaning up some cabling, introducing a patch panel, and rerouting some cabling. This video shows the time lapsed footage of this process and the end results of the project for now. I hope you guys enjoy! Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit Introduction to new cable management project for the home lab - 0:00 No patch panel or other cable management - 0:28 Phased approach to cleaning up the server rack - 0:30 Repositioning network equipment - 0:58 Introducing the time lapse video 1, repositioning network equipment - 1:47 Removing another Panduit unit and dropping down some of the network equipment - 2:40 Lowering the 10 gig switch and moving other equipment up - 3:25 Going over next steps in phase two of cleaning up the server rack - 3:57 Looking at the new patch panel with built-in keystones - 4:45 No punchdowns requireed - 5:25 10 gig rating on the patch panel - 5:30 Looking at the Panduit cable management for Twinax - 6:30 Discussing the plan for Twinax cable management - 7:40 Talking about the plan with the patch panel - 8:00 Looking at tension bar on the back of the patch panel - 8:12 Installing the new patch panel in the server rack - 9:12 Installing in the slim run patch cables - 9:27 Working on the side of the rack bundling up the cable on the side - 10:00 Looking at the end result - 10:35 Concluding thoughts on the cable management project for the home lab server rack - 11:59 Take a look at my list of home lab gear: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/home-lab/ Supermicro VMware home gear: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2020/06/supermicro-vmware-home-lab/

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