Do any of our fellow nanog members have experience with cable management on 6509/6513 cisco switches? We're upgrading infrastructure in some of our facilities,.. and until it came to cable management, the switches seemed to be a great idea... 8 48port blades.. pose a challenge.. or a

On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Positively Optimistic wrote: problem..

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If you can choose your rack equipment, you should look at Ortronics Might Mo 10. It is very stable and has plenty of cable management options. They are kind of a cross between a two post and a cabinet. Basicaly the side cannel is 16.25 inces deep. Unfortunatly, the 6500 has slot spacing that doesn't line up with rack U's so most cable management will not work perfectly. The Might Mo can handle the density but make sure you use the largest vertical channels you have room for. You probably are not interested in doors but in locations where this is desired, the doors over the vertical channels hinge both wasy and remove easier than anything I've seen. You probably want to look at the air baffles since the 6509/6513 have right to left airflow rather than front to back. One fo the features in the Mighty Mo 10 is the ventilated side channels and available baffles. The airflow can actualy be one of your biggest challenges if you have 6509/6513's in adjacent cabinets. The warm air from one can blow into the input of the switch to the left. You could also look at using the WS-C6509-V-E chassis with front to back airflow and built in cable management. From: Brian Dantzig Senior Network Engineer Medline Industries, Inc. bdantzig@medline.com