I must say I’m a but ashamed of this pictures. This rack is the core of our network. What you’re looking at is all the connectivity to our servers and SAN, our internet connection and firewalls, and all of the point to point circuits connecting the remote sites. Fortunately, it’s better than it used to be. I had the opportunity to do a lot of cleanup back in December when we installed the SAN, which also involved replacing our core switch.

As you can see a lot of progress has already been made. Unfortunately, I can’t simply rip it all apart and start over like I would with an IDF closet. All of our connectivity to EVERYTHING goes through this rack, so it had to be done in small steps late in the evenings or on weekends. The goal is to have everything cabled with proper length cables all bundled neatly with proper cable management in place. Cables are also being color-coded so that we can identify cables that care general LAN traffic from SAN, voice, Wireless and DMZ connectivity.