well...this is embarrassing

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Dive into NetworkChuck's latest adventure as he tackles the chaos of his server room, transforming it from a tangled mess into an organized masterpiece with the help of Patchbox. Watch as he shares practical tips on server management, cable organization, and the importance of maintaining a clean IT environment. Whether you're a seasoned IT professional or just starting out, this video is packed with valuable insights and humor to keep you engaged. Don't miss the before-and-after transformation and learn how to avoid common server room pitfalls!
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*00:00* - Intro: The Messy Server Room
*00:43* - The Wake-Up Call: Thatchbox Sponsor
*01:30* - Community Server Room Disasters
*02:30* - Project Overview: Cleaning the Server Room
*03:45* - Initial Steps: Fixing Patch Panels
*05:00* - Rewiring Ethernet Cables
*06:30* - Struggles with Patch Panels
*08:00* - Moving Equipment During Work Hours
*09:30* - Unboxing the Patchbox
*11:00* - Installing DevMounts and Patchbox
*13:00* - Replacing the UniFi Switch
*14:30* - Configuring the New MicroTik Switch
*16:00* - Setting Up 80 Gig Connection
*18:00* - Cable Cleanup Begins
*19:30* - Moving Servers and UPS with Help
*21:00* - Configuring Cisco Switch with Intertooth
*23:00* - Final Cable Management and RGB Lights
*25:00* - The Big Reveal: Clean Server Room
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[@NetworkChuck]

Stop being embarrassed by your server room…get PatchBox: ntck.co/patchbox What Patchbox sent me: ➡➡ serv.linkster.co/r/e25zkf1QKq Dive into NetworkChuck's latest adventure as he tackles the chaos of his server room, transforming it from a tangled mess into an organized masterpiece with the help of Patchbox. Watch as he shares practical tips on server management, cable organization, and the importance of maintaining a clean IT environment. Whether you're a seasoned IT professional or just starting out, this video is packed with valuable insights and humor to keep you engaged. Don't miss the before-and-after transformation and learn how to avoid common server room pitfalls! 🔥🔥Join the NetworkChuck Academy!: ntck.co/NCAcademy ☕☕Need coffee? Check out NetworkChuck Coffee: networkchuck.coffee --Special thanks to intertooth for the awesome console cable: cdn.intertooth.com/en **Sponsored by Patchbox

[@JayPlaylists]

Chuck literally saving my marriage. “You see honey? If it happens to Chuck it can happen to anyone”. 😂

[@giovannimai8828]

How about a video regarding IRP, BCP & DRP? Do you have one?

[@KieranMahoney]

ever heard of a patch cable?

[@leester9487]

Do you use jumbo grames one the NAS side?

[@NetworkChuck]

@@leester9487 I do

[@20a10v]

"What's a dev mount?" "Devil Mountain?"

[@SM-1010]

Sometimes working in /dev is like climbing the devils mountain

[@jasontechlord]

@@SM-1010 Only if you are also attempting to climb the Ballmer Peak at the same time. Drink and code responsibly!

[@markarca6360]

That contain Linux device drivers.

[@pantherosgaming1995]

Kids say the most adorable and hilarious shit sometimes XD

[@TRIKY265]

You know kind of screws that are used for patch panel to type the you know the stuff But instead of screw they use this devil mountains it's kind of new generation screws with don't have to use screwdriver at all

[@mrcvry]

Make the LEDs green while everything is ok. Orange for warnings. Red for errors. Blinking red for fire. 😎

[@jam.bear.allday]

that already exists its a switch (ltt) gaming van

[@markarca6360]

​@@jam.bear.alldayNewer Ubiquiti UniFi switches (UniFi Switch Pro Max) has a feature called Etherlighting.

[@112Haribo]

I was laughing so hard at your kid's comments. "just say no to cage nuts, daddy."

[@JeffTiberend]

I was, too. Plus, his daughter is just a cutie pie.

[@FennecTECH]

I agree. Im slightly disappointed by his treatment of her interest in all of these things. Idk weather he was hamming it up for the camera of weather he is actually dismissive of her interest in the new gear.

[@TheBeardedITDad]

I think we have all been there.... Pour documentation, unlabeled wires... it get out of control quick and it can cost money!

[@kimregenold7017]

I actually use netbox at work and it’s so good

[@auriuman78]

Costs so much money it's dumb and it isn't equipment money either. Labor money costs way more than equipment money even though they're both money lol 😅 (edit) it's seriously something like for every minute you save by doing it the quick easy way, it's gonna cost you at least ten minutes to fix the right way later... So 15 quick fixes you save 15 min now and lost 3hr in 12 months from now, something like it.

[@wilandvollhardt3607]

Wanted to tell you to use netbox for documentation as well, but kim Beat me to it 😅 Its easy to install with docker. You can backup the database. And if you want smth to be changed in the racks you can plan it in the software before you change any hardware by labeling it as planned. That way you could also plan changes with ur team, so Alex has to move cables😂 oh, hi Alex 😊

[@Finbar_Monroe]

don't be embarrassed, I've seen FAR FAR WORSE, so don't take it to heart Chuck

[@Chechenre]

i hope nobody will ever see my old setup

[@tkrebs91]

Fun fact for anyone who doesn't work in the industry. The thing the patch panels lead to are called data drops. Also, if you really want your cable management under control, try Panduit (or similar) cable managers. Ladder management running from one rack to the other may be helpful as well. Also, when moving a UPS, pull out the battery first. It's like 2/3rds of the UPS's weight. I would highly recommend doing all of this during a maintenance window as well.

[@mcgarnacle21]

And use velcro cable ties so you can easily undo them if you need to replace a dead cable.

[@xoxoxo-42]

xoxoxo

[@nextleveljoe]

I would get rid of any patch panel i could, straight runs from device to device is soooo much easier to troubleshoot when needed. I manage an ISP.

[@eDoc2020]

@@nextleveljoe The whole point of a patch panel is that it keeps the solid-core in-building wiring secure and free from damage. Troubleshooting may be a bit easier directly terminating to devices but I don't want to be the one running a new cable when I could have replaced a patch cable.

[@sdfglkjhdfkjdhldskfj]

Cheapest Patchbox- £650. Lovely bits of kit, it seems, but £650 for making my 19" rack pretty is more than I am willing to pay.

[@ytmadpoo]

You could buy cases of different sized (and colored) patch cables for far less than that. It's nifty, but anyone who has to deal with cabling and cabinets probably has drawers of various sized patch cables. And if not, spend the $ on stocking up on those instead. It won't take up a rack unit either.

[@rschrader]

A fully populated PATCHBOX System comes with a frame and preloaded with 24 cable cassettes. For smaller needs, you can just buy a frame, and as many cable cassettes as you need (eg: 6 blue, 3 red, 2 white, 1 green and maybe a couple fibre cassettes). Less cost if you don’t need all 24 cassettes.

[@byondead]

Yeah, way too expensive. But im eyeing that 3rd hand. That would of helped me countless of times

[@magicmanchloe]

@@rschraderstill far too expensive. Their cheapest frame the 365, plus 8 cassettes will cost a little over $300 USD. A patch panel and 5 10 packs of multicolor mono price slim run cat6a patch cables ranging from 0.5 to 5ft will cost you around $115 USD. Patch box is more than 2.5x the cost with less cables. It only gets worse the more blades you add.

[@magicmanchloe]

The only way this makes sense is if you are company that needs to rearrange their server room on a regular basis, and you would have to pay an IT guy a boatload of money per hour so the time saved makes it worth it. That is a very unusual and specific scenario.

[@BSwitchGTG]

I was a network dev/analyst/grunt for 7 years before switching teams, and when I tell you that third hand dev mount device both brought back nightmare memories, and made me exceedingly jealous... That should be a grad gift for everyone when they leave an IT program, or get hired to a department. It's by far the best tech gadget I've ever seen, and I'm so sad to only learn about it now that I'm in a new tech life! Incredible!

[@madisonwentz1961]

"Say no to cage nuts, daddy" GOLDEN!

[@xraargu6212]

Pro tip. If you are running redundant power supplies to redundant backup power use one color cable for redundant backup A and another for B. This way you don't accidentally plug both power supplies into the same backup power. Luckily this is a lesson I learned from somebody else's mistake.

[@rotflol6666]

Having an A and B side powerrail to the rack helps alot

[@Dedseq]

For next build add some velcro zip ties, much easier to just undo them and redo them where needed.

[@Scarecrow2311]

Yes ! Velcro . . lots of Velcro

[@AndrewHislop777]

I was coming here to say the same thing lol there will always be a need to add or subtract cabling. Saves your cables too

[@FranceesSolutions]

The monster in the corner is the END USER we all love LMAO.

[@youisyellow]

fr

[@remani682]

DUDE! The patchbox cassettes have a thing that self-retracts you don't need to force feed it back in.

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

*looks over at my studio cabinet, which has a desktop, server, several raspberry pi servers, switches, and 2 wifi routers , and some cables hanging over the front * "yeah, you're totally beyond the pale Chuck....... I should really clean that up instead of watching this video....."

[@5icrow]

Having worked at a data center, I know nothing beats the feeling after finishing cable managing ugly messes lol

[@bonolio]

New CIO did a surprise visit at a site, looked at the patch panel and fired the network guy. Within the next week, across a hundred or so offices, more unpaid network team overtime and more under the radar changes occurred than at any time in the companies history. You have never seen so many shining patch panels. Turns out the network guy has been fired for inappropriate use of a company corp card and inappropriate use of the girl from payroll in the break room.

[@RealTkco]

> inappropriate use of the girl 🤨

[@yttanel]

8:11 oh look a taser 😂

[@bedro_0]

lil sis was too excited about that one

[@MrZetsub0u]

6:13 my childhood in a nutshell XD "hey, mom look I am helping dad to hang shelves" Dad: "Hold it still or get out of the way" 🤣

[@T313COmun1s7]

"I mean, I can see that's Fortinet. That's stressful man" ~Chuck 1000% agree. Having to use Fortinet is stressful.

[@jimmymundell2275]

Velcro straps all the way roughly you can find 100pk for usually around $5-1$10, zip ties is asking for something to go wrong, then you gotta cut them, find more, and then you have cables hanging free again. It helps we we have to pull a cable out or add new ones, undo velcro, pull, put back in. Undo velcro pull slack or loop out of service loops put them back on. I had to redo all of our racks and it definetly helps having velcro instead of zip ties in the cabinets.

[@eDoc2020]

Some zip ties have a release lever.

[@IPLAYMTG628]

I have a NAS server powered by a Raspberry Pi and It looks more enjoyable to set it up than your server. But either way thanks for the vid! Keep the good work!

[@ash_tray_6]

Nice, how much storage did you end up attaching? I have a pi as well but I’m looking at some other builds

[@devilbatman215]

I want to build a nas server using raspberry Pi any suggestions that I should keep in mind?

[@rideroftheforce5245]

Also to ash_tray. I have a raspberry pi 5 8gb ram running Open Media Vault attached to 20tb, and am about to to a big upgrade to 100tb that should work fine. I've had my 20tb setup for 1-2 years and it works perfect. The raspberry pi can serve up 4k videos over my network, tested with 2 different routers. Very easy to set up, and plenty of easy to follow KZbin tutorials on OMV. If you do go this route let me know if you have any questions

[@thorbenjohr]

Same here, any suggestions on how to set up a NAS server with a Raspberry Pi?

[@the_mad_swimbaiter455]

I did a NAS on a pi 5 with the m2 hat. It was super easy to install open media vault. I set it up with 1TB native and s 4TB SSD plugged into one of the 3.0 USB ports. Great write speeds!

[@pauloandrade.]

Hi Alex, thanks for helping Chuck Keith with that mess. I'm Brazilian and I love to see cable management transformations, "before and after".

[@sguerrero9565]

Love this content! Every single video is really fun and super helpful! Keep up the amazing work.

[@scottkorber]

Those keystones for the patch panel are easier than you made it. That "dust cover" punches the cables for you. 😉

[@nextleveljoe]

Not all keystones do that.

[@blondjon01]

Interestingly, I've never seen those before. I have a tool kinda like pliers that you snap the keystone into, then put the wires in it and squeeze. Presses the wires in cuts the xtra off.

[@troybrown4147]

Beautiful. Bought tears to my eyes

[@AdxmRL]

Documenting all of your server room is annoying , but SO WORTH IT. If youre ever starting a new project it is such a lifesaver. Your future you will thank you 🙏

[@SleeperXs]

I can feel your struggle, I've done this work for a few customers of mine. But every time I finish, I'm the happiest guy in the world.

[@trafalgerdavis7839]

Been there, done that. It's a pain but gratifying when its all looking good.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

LOL wasn't bragging to hard the rack is clean. Appreciate you looking at the network rack I built out

[@sebastiannowak1981]

Well, I feel the pain. Recently I have changed my old-style patch panel with keystones to new one with double female ethernet ports. Had to redo all cable ends with RJ45 but now it's like a dream. I can disconnect everything in no time!

[@turb0z]

Great project, thanks for videoing and sharing. I can also understand how much better it feels in that room now that things are clean and organized. Well done!

[@raybr1727]

Nice job Chuck, been there, still doing that. You need to get some cable tray to go between racks and rack to wall. It will support the wires and also stabilize the racks some more. For us plebes who can't afford those posh PatchBox thingys, the newer Cat6 thin patch cables help clean up the mess a bit, especially in dense MDF's and IDF's. I keep a supply with several colors and lengths, but yea, there always seems to be a few 25 footers spanning 2 feet.

[@Chechenre]

Hey NetworkChuck, I first started to watch your videos when I was 15! btw im 18 now and I wanna say i really like your Videos!

[@reallunacy]

Little tip for the setup.exe one side has rubber and the other doesn't. This is intentional as it allows you to use to it to slide in equipment vs set in equipment depending on the installation style. Also, the new/current model has two different styles of those spring studs so that you can switch for the threaded racks or the cage nut style racks.

[@Cathekk]

I love those vlog-like "i am doing a refresh/rebuild" type beat videos! Enjoyed that one a lot!

[@ewellynn122]

Last semester we had networking class, and on the last week they showed us the university's server room... Well, it was a mess, way worse than yours at the beginning, so I asked: - How do you know which cable goes where? The answer was: - Well, we don't know, we see it in software...

[@gamereditor59ner22]

Cable management is awesome!

[@nerdlancer]

My home rack is IMMACULATE!!! ...and no I will absolutely not be providing photos of what it looked like before I spent 6 hours re-building it and cleaning it 2 weeks ago...

[@pappadavescooking4693]

Most impressive video yet. I love your technique. Nuff love from Jamaica!

[@Mia-Mendez]

You're the best IT youtuber.

[@don_flamingo4746]

the bots are evolving

[@blancfilms]

He is most certainly not.

[@SpiderUnderUrBed_Alt]

​@@don_flamingo4746Bot detected (you)

[@youisyellow]

bro i now see it in every comment section of every vid just at least a bot in every thing i see

[@samzick6301]

I took a career in IT to professionally talk about racks, dongles, and penetration testing.

[@cujocujo]

This was my life for 10 years, I understand all your frustrations so well. I was like Déjà Vu watching this...

[@qu1spy]

I work in a school system, and when there were some heavy UPS’s to get out of a rack, we got some boxes of heavy books from the library, and that makes a great support to put in front of where you’re pulling out the heavy item.

[@atlasliongaming3209]

Let me tell you something about tech right, reboot. Just...reboot

[@Yamada_Asahi]

this is "THE CONTENT"

[@MrTubeuser12]

also just a tip, instead of using zip ties, use Velcro straps, will make things a lot easier.

[@FragEightyfive]

20 years ago I worked for a telecom where I was building out server rooms, we were paid hourly so the cat5 trunks we installed were works of art. Very aesthetically pleasing.

[@Skrimpidibimp]

You're the best IT youtuber

[@therobb5738]

Hi, Alex! Welcome to the team! Chuck's a network goon to the max, y'all are all awesome and I'm glad you have a KZbin for us all to see what you do and learn (better habits) from you!

[@nated4wgy]

Love your video style dude. Just got heavy into networking myself. Setting up a homelab and jazzing up the home network with Unifi gear. Keep up the good work

[@davidertw]

Great video! So relatable. The truth is I probably enjoyed it so much because everything you went through was something I've been through at some point in my time as a tech. When you called the KVM monitor a laptop, it made me laugh, too! In your defence, they do look like an old-school laptop.

[@abhishekyou2995]

I saw your linkedIn post and was eagerly waiting for a video on this...! :p I absolutely love your content, keep up the good work, big fan

[@Nexus9]

Nice work! I always sucked at cable management. I mean I could initially set something up reasonably organized at first but it always became a mess over time then the inevitable "we have to take the company down for a whole weekend to re0organize this mess" would happen. Even worse at my current job, its a 24/7 shop so there is literally NO good time to "take the network down" for a couple days. :/ before we relocated the small datacenter out of state what I had inherited was cable spaghetti nightmare!

[@streamingpatpat]

I think I remember the video where you first this room up and yes can confirm over the years so much changes and everything WILL become a mess had horrible times in serverrooms

[@blazedone]

love this video a lot - thanks man This gives me so much hope not to mention DO IT RIGHT FIRST :P

[@mohamadai6]

I've been waiting for this video for so long. it was amazing.

[@K2_Chris]

That zip tie has teeth, it's going to get you! @25:17 lol

[@dazzypops]

Hi, just a heads up, with having UPS batteries, they perform at their best between 20-25c rather than chilling in their boots. I've set my server room to 20c and it feels quite chill and fresh (and no more noisy) on warm summer days. No temp alarms from anything. The patchbox and 2 x 40Gb switch look sweet. It's amazing the transformation you managed to make, massive props.

[@tobypass108]

Hi Alex. Great video Chuck 👍 Enjoyed from beginning to end … soooooo relatable.

[@siryonny2437]

Its been wild road for me, been doing structured cabling for a year or so routing cables, patch panels and cat6 terminations including keystones. Now i find myself trying to get into CCNA and this video pops up!

[@BillyBurtonTech]

My wife walked in during the big reveal of the clean server room, and she asked me why I was watching porn. She knew exactly what that was to an IT nerd. LOL.

[@NewtTea]

Love the video quick question do you have or plan to have a video up on the channel about how you have your pc connected from your server room to your office?

[@w13rdguy]

I'm 57, Grandpa. You're doing a fine job, @Network Chuck. At least, I think so. That subtle humility you have is... guard it well, brother.

[@highjinx68]

Hi Alex, Thanks for the help

[@NeilSearle]

I love the Patchbox kit, but you aren't fooling me installing the dev/mnt 'for the first time' underneath the patchbox installed using dev/mnts . dev/mnts are a game changer as long as your cabs are standard fitting size they just clip right in, no more bloody finger nails/lost nuts/struggle to hold kit whilst lining up the screw etc etc just stick em in slide your kit onto the the bolts and just screw on the nuts. So simple, so much win.

[@BridgetTheNun]

I'm actually surprised you used a punch down tool with keystones... those are generally toolless, all we need is the snips and wirecutters to make the cuts flush because the caps generally push them down to crimp point.

[@educastellini]

-I was the Civilian technician of a Brazilian Air Force Data Center with about 12 2 meter racks complete with about 100 Servers, several KVMs, Modems, Routers Switches. -I basically did all the racks for a year, in fact there were 7 at the beginning but other sectors were going to throw in garbage their old racks away and I took them, revitalized all in then, the electrical, ventilation and wired the network and did it. -Oh, this is a paradise comparing, imagine trying to crawl under a raised floor full of dust and rats crap and passing huge groups of network and fiber optic cables and then having them placed on the rack in the pachts and identifying everything...?!?!? -I already got screwed a lot before I was the senior Cloud engineer working from my home office that I am today.

The level of hours you put into each video (editing, production, etc.) is insane. I'm just stopping by to tell you that I love the dynamics of the channel, all of us who are in IT go through these situations. Our children know it too hahaha.

[@Prime0pt]

There are holder stands for patch panel's keystones when you punch down them. And in the and you still need to reroute cables from back to front part of your network rack. Horizontal organizer with passthrough may help with this.

[@rycherulz]

"Just Say No To Cage Nuts Daddy" - That's a new novelty t-shirt for sure.

[@hanesmitter1469]

The way you make videos is great, I've been following your channel for a while and it is majestic how subscriber count is swelling

[@jamieharper5665]

That's an awesome server room setup! Kudos for putting the time in, it's not an easy job 😅

[@drgti16v]

I found a cage nut install tool at a side gig back 25 years, I still have that tool still to this day.

[@kwatkins7272]

I love the upgraded server room! This is exactly what I’d do if I found a need for one at this caliber! I would even want to go as far as taking the two connecting cables across the top and finding capable cables long enough to go down and over along the wall, behind a cable track, same color as the wall so it blends in. Nonetheless, awesome job! I know this was time consuming and at times frustrating. But well worth it!

[@littlemeg137]

That rack looks positively organized compared to the NOC where I used to work. I wanted to clean it up, but my boss wouldn't let me touch anything unless we could bill a client for it.

[@psccomputersmissouri]

Sweet Chuck! looks really good

[@DaveSomething]

mine looked like a hoarder's nest of wires... I took everything out, and carefully put everything back... and... it looks almost as bad as it did, but only on the back side!

[@SpragginsDesigns]

When i worked in the IT department at my community college, wrapping tags around the wires after organizing and cleaning them was so lame. But, i was the student worker...lol

[@MrAndroid2013]

Hey Chuck! Great video. I am noticing one thing about your patch panel job. When you punched down all the cables into the keystones to plug into the patch panel, you cut off too much sheathing. You want to keep the twisted pairs as twisted as possible until you unwind them to punch them down. You also want to keep any shielding or sheathing uncut and protecting the cable as possible. The shielding and sheathing help with transmission speeds by protecting from EMI. Each spec'd CAT cable is there for a reason. CAT5e is 24AWG, while CAT6 is 23AWG. CAT6A is still 23AWG, but is a slightly bulkier cable due to the twisted pairs having a tighter winding, etc. etc. Great job cleaning up your rack, but keep those cables CLEAN!! :)

[@TheUKDude_]

Oh I have the exact same MikroTik Switch and love it, I am the middle of moving away from Copper Cables and moving over to OM4 LC-LC Fibre Cables. I will also say all my CAT 45 Cables were all over the place too. Also those QSFP Ports are either 4x10Gbit or 1x40Gbit, but you might have to hard set them due to I had to do that.

[@burneytoshoe]

My IT room has earned the illustrious title of the Spaghetti Room, where cables weave a tangled tapestry of tech adventures!

[@hedikintheoriginal]

@24:59 what software are you running on that monitor to get that overview?

[@BritainW3llz]

Wow, bro. First few seconds made me cry lol

[@petevenuti7355]

Your daughter's excitement thinking it was a taser!!!!😅

[@JonnyClark]

Love the clean up! Watching those poweredge's on the edge of their rails had me on my edge of my seat 🥵

[@TheMichael2019]

My ocd as an ex server tech kicked in looking at your servers 😅 now it looks amazing and so clean.

[@MikeParker]

Gotta say, I've had customer closets😢 that I was ashamed to bring peers into for side jobs because they were such a wreck, but the client wasn't willing to pay to clean it up, and I'd inherited the problem, and figured it out over time. So I wasn't giving up a weekend for free to fix something they'd been building for years. To be fair, I tried to keep anything new clean and managed, but it was truly a drop in the bucket

[@auriuman78]

HI ALEX! Chuck, they make tools to hold the keystone jacks while you're punching them down, bro! That's why I like the toolless ones, Panduit makes great toolless keystone jacks. Ethernet cassettes though, that is like the coolest thing I've seen next to the cage nut killers, dude that's huge like Godzilla huge. FINAL PRODUCT IS SOOOO AWESOME CHUCK! GOOD WORK! U did it so right it's Sic!

[@tanyoivanov-personal]

The end result looks amazing. So much cleaner.

[@bsmunson29]

Thanks for the video, I am in the process of planning out my home lab. This video gave me ideas. I actually did have one question, does Terry have 2 gpu's and if so how is it that you formulated that? I can't find a case for more than 1.

[@richj120952]

When I did initial builds of rack wiring, it was always clean, neat, tie wrapped and labeled. Over time though. Temporary connections happened. "Temporary" somehow became more permanent, and I always would "get back to it" when I had the chance. So, I sympathize. The other thing that happened, was that I documented the initial build with design and asbuilt diagrams, with labels. The temps would only sometimes get hand written on the diagrams, of course because they were "temporary" and "didn't need to be documented." (Kidding myself of course.)

[@aricheniwalter9683]

The final product just made me smile😊

[@pwnarn]

Am I the only one who loves redoing and fixing these kind of racks? My only requirement would be that I get a maintance window, I got a couple of before and after pics from my work and my colleagues LOVE it.

[@leonleon1809]

Nice video! I like these storytelling like videos which you can really empathize 😅😥😅😅 keep doing and: Hi Alex! 🎉

[@eastcoastmodz5195]

Jeesh thanks Chuck. I am here watching your video in the dark and crapped my switch so hard. That's the last time I install too much fiber into my network.

[@sanguineel]

That's how my desk looks. I can't even sit down.

[@QuantumRealmM]

Chuck, amazing video as always!

[@nick2612]

Chuck.. you made a mistake by using a punch tool. You could have completed the task 10x faster using the panel you chose simply by changing your tool. On a wired patch panel, you'll need a punch tool because you're wiring directly to the panel itself. With a panel that supports jacks, just use a speed termination crimper. One punch and you're done. No fuss, no accidentally slicing your finger open. Easy peezy.

[@seanporter1113]

The whole thing brings flashbacks from days at the office.... I don't miss the mess

[@m-g0156]

these edits got me weak hahaha, amazing video!