Post Migration Cabling, Auditing and Recording?
A great job completed by the team on this one as unusually it was reverse engineered. Â Most clients we work with have a pretty good idea of how their kit needs to be connected after a migration, but due to this client using the migration as a catalyst to rebuild the servers and complete a network refresh, we created the build docs and implemented our standards after the installation. Â
The equipment you see below was relocated and racked and then cabled by the client over the weekend. Â After testing and post migration verification the rack was handed over to us, along with an "as built" patching schedule, to completely re-cable to our QuadConnect standard.
As you can see from the before and after shots, there's a vast improvement to the cabling which will in turn improve the manageability and maintenance of the devices and improve the airflow and efficiency of the equipment. Â In addition to the cabling overhaul, we created a complete asset register, labelled all equipment, created a patch schedule, updated the rack diagrams and labelled & clipped all data cables. Â This was all completed in one day. Â We would have preferred to have used a colour other than black for the Cat 6 and power cables but these elements were outside our control.
All in, the client is very happy with the finished result and has the reassurance of having a manageable set-up reinforced with a solid DCIM build document.














