Cat5e noise/ random failures

[Monkeh]

It looks to me that whoever did the original install under bid the job. The cabling needs to be punched down, secured and then short patch cords used for long term reliability. Terminating with a RJ45 directly into the service gear will be problematic long term.

Now that makes no sense why would you add another failure point of a patch pannel.

How many call backs have you had on a 110 IDC within an IDF assuming the cabling was tested? Zero?

... but there's nothing to terminate.

[DimitriP]

When it doubt, recrimp.

As for supporting the cables,  a zip tie supporting a velcro strip wrapped around each pair of cables on each server will take care of it.

[kingofkya]

It looks to me that whoever did the original install under bid the job. The cabling needs to be punched down, secured and then short patch cords used for long term reliability. Terminating with a RJ45 directly into the service gear will be problematic long term.

Now that makes no sense why would you add another failure point of a patch pannel.

How many call backs have you had on a 110 IDC within an IDF assuming the cabling was tested? Zero?

quite a few that were put in by the datacenter operators, but thats besides the point.  Why would you add another connection/failure point.

[blacksheeplogic]

quite a few that were put in by the datacenter operators, but thats besides the point.  Why would you add another connection/failure point.

Because they are highly reliable compared to long cables with RJ45 connectors. If there's a problem with the patch connection, it's easy to replace, the short patch cords are less troublesome and cheap to replace.

I realize some clients under invest. I've seen environments where unlabeled cables dropped down from the racks and disappeared under the raised floor.

[Monkeh]

quite a few that were put in by the datacenter operators, but thats besides the point.  Why would you add another connection/failure point.

Because they are highly reliable compared to long cables with RJ45 connectors. If there's a problem with the patch connection, it's easy to replace, the short patch cords are less troublesome and cheap to replace.

I realize some clients under invest. I've seen environments where unlabeled cables dropped down from the racks and disappeared under the raised floor.

There are no long cables!

Switch. Same rack. Patch cables.