How do you solve a problem like Woodcrest? - Page 2

Burble · 23-11-2006, 14:21

Spend a few hundred grand with Dell and free stuff is yours!

Daz · 23-11-2006, 14:22

Buy stuff like this from Dell:

And they'll give you loads

Bought and filled half that rack 4 months ago, filled the rest last week. Got tons of stuff on those 2 orders

Burble · 23-11-2006, 14:23

I'm not the only one to use yellow dymo tape on the servers then

Daz · 23-11-2006, 14:25

Evidently not

Labelling properly is one of my pet peeves. Every cable on the back of that rack is labelled, at both ends. Power, CAT5, KVM - everything. And colour coded. Red CAT5 - primary LAN, yellow - secondary LAN, purple CAT5 - KVM etc

Burble · 23-11-2006, 14:28

It annoys the hell out of me when stuff isn't labelled, even more so when I have to start trying to identify what cable does where. One of my guys learnt the hard way that if the cabling isn't sensible then it'll all be pulled one and done again.

Primary cat5 = green, secondary cat5 = red, DRAC = grey, ISDN = orange and so on.

Daz · 23-11-2006, 14:29

Good to know it isnt just me

Our ISDN is black. Phones blue, twinax green, printers orange... there's another one which escapes me right now.

Oh, and grey for hosts, of course.

[edit]Wireless kit, that's on something else.

Burble · 23-11-2006, 14:39

It may seem a bit anal, but it makes good sense. I've spent too much time having to pull cables to find where they go and have occasionally pulled the wrong cable. Oops.

Twinax? Bloody hell, haven't seen any twinax stuff for years.

Will · 23-11-2006, 14:40

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Originally Posted by Burbleflop

I'm not the only one to use yellow dymo tape on the servers then

Nope but we use different colours so that they match and don't stick out to much in publically viewed areas. But in the back of racks we label it with just any type be it white or black or yellow...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daz

Evidently not

Labelling properly is one of my pet peeves. Every cable on the back of that rack is labelled, at both ends. Power, CAT5, KVM - everything. And colour coded. Red CAT5 - primary LAN, yellow - secondary LAN, purple CAT5 - KVM etc

Ditto. Only because it's so bloody important on a yacht as all the cables disappear in waterproof/fireproof glands and there's no way of finding out which it is otherwise. Also we have to deal with engineers and yachties that aren't particularly great with IT so it has to be ultra simple. Also it makes coming onto a site so much more simple rather than having a GA or a spreadsheet with all the connections on it.

We normally use Orange for PoE, Yellow for APs, Green for PABX/Telephony, and so on and so forth. It makes sense really and life a lot easier!

Daz · 23-11-2006, 14:45

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Originally Posted by Burbleflop

Twinax? Bloody hell, haven't seen any twinax stuff for years.

Hooks up to an 810 AS400 here, we've still got some green screens around the factory, and a couple of big twinax printers. It's easier to route it over CAT5 and use a balun or two than get twinax run all over the shop.

23-11-2006, 14:22	#12
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Buy stuff like this from Dell: And they'll give you loads Bought and filled half that rack 4 months ago, filled the rest last week. Got tons of stuff on those 2 orders __________________ apt-get moo

23-11-2006, 14:25	#14
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Evidently not Labelling properly is one of my pet peeves. Every cable on the back of that rack is labelled, at both ends. Power, CAT5, KVM - everything. And colour coded. Red CAT5 - primary LAN, yellow - secondary LAN, purple CAT5 - KVM etc __________________ apt-get moo

23-11-2006, 14:29	#16
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Good to know it isnt just me Our ISDN is black. Phones blue, twinax green, printers orange... there's another one which escapes me right now. Oh, and grey for hosts, of course. [edit]Wireless kit, that's on something else. __________________ apt-get moo

23-11-2006, 14:21	#11
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Spend a few hundred grand with Dell and free stuff is yours!

23-11-2006, 14:23	#13
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	I'm not the only one to use yellow dymo tape on the servers then

23-11-2006, 14:28	#15
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	It annoys the hell out of me when stuff isn't labelled, even more so when I have to start trying to identify what cable does where. One of my guys learnt the hard way that if the cabling isn't sensible then it'll all be pulled one and done again. Primary cat5 = green, secondary cat5 = red, DRAC = grey, ISDN = orange and so on.

23-11-2006, 14:39	#17
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	It may seem a bit anal, but it makes good sense. I've spent too much time having to pull cables to find where they go and have occasionally pulled the wrong cable. Oops. Twinax? Bloody hell, haven't seen any twinax stuff for years.