[c-nsp] APC Cabinets - Cisco Gear

[Zoe O'Connell]

On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 10:36:50AM -0400, Paul Stewart wrote:
> Our 6509's have 3-4 48 port ethernet cards in them and currently the
> cable strain and organization of them is a mess.... Somewhere I seen a
> "cable trough" that hung out in front of the 6500's and took all the
> cable stress... Anyone know of something like this?  I've tried a google
> search and come up empty so far...  AND we need to be able to remove the
> cards of course too in case of a card swap etc....

If you've got the rack space, it's worth using RJ21 connectors and
having seperate patch panels with proper cable management. Only 4 cables
to disconnect when you change a line card too!

I've never looked to see if GigEth cards are available in RJ21 models
however.