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My first server rack cable management disaster at McKinley Middle School
Last Tuesday I had to rerack a whole server at my school's IT closet after a teacher accidentally unplugged the wrong power cord. Three years of tangled cables from the previous tech made it impossible to trace anything. I spent 6 hours color coding and labeling every single line with a label maker I borrowed from the office. Has anyone else dealt with a mess where you just have to start from scratch?
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skylerrobinson21d ago
Man, 6 hours just for labeling sounds like a lot when you could have probably just spent an hour with a cable tester and some zip ties to get it functional. Not saying it wasn't a mess, but sometimes people overthink these things.
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robertb4721d ago
Heard some network guy say labeling saves hours later when something breaks.
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miles27921d ago
Did you actually see the before photo or just guessing it wasn't that bad?
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