Cable Management for ProCurve 5308 or 4108 switch

[Scott Cuomo]

Can anyone share how they are handling cable management for these units? We are going to have a 5308 pretty well loaded up and I'm trying to figure out how to dress 100 + cables over 5U. If anyone can recommend products or methods (or a pic of your setup) I would be very grateful.

Thanks.

[Les Ligetfalvy]

I use different coloured jumpers for each module and I label each jumper at both ends by the module/port (e.g. A-16) using Brady labels. The jumpers are permanently assigned to their respective port.

I do not constrain the jumpers with D rings as it would hamper the hot-swap of a module. As they are, I can yank a bad module with all the jumpers attached, hot plug a replacement module and then move the jumpers across one by one.

In fact, I keep hot-swap in mind when mounting the switches as well. The two RPSs are accessible and the entire switch rests on a shelf of some sort so that one person can effect the swap. Over the past year I have had to hot swap out more than 30 modules, a handful of switches, and a couple of RPSs.

[Vlad_3]

I make so.

[Scott Cuomo]

Thank you, Les and Vlad.

[Les Ligetfalvy]

My wiring closet is not nearly as tidy looking as Vlad's but at least I can swap out a module in record time with one hand tied behind my back.