In fact, the project quickly really “grabbed” me. One upgrade after another followed. First, the cable inlet was fitted with a brush strip.
The next step was to get rid of some cable clutter by installing a 19″ socket strip. As part of this conversion, some perforated panels were also installed.
Apparently, when installing the 10″ patch panel, I had created a few contact problems with the network cables that had already been laid in advance, because after moving into the cabinet, only 100Mbit connections could be established on some ports. After trying several times to rectify the contact problems and failing miserably, no matter how cleanly I laid out the connections, I put my money where my mouth was and upgraded to a modern Keystone patch panel in a suitable 19″ format.
I am convinced that this solution will become more and more popular and replace the old fixed patch panels (and network connection boxes). It is simply much more flexible. First cable fitted with Keystone module:
Especially as the keystones are also available with all kinds of connections. In addition to HDMI and USB connections, there are also simple RJ45 connectors like these, for example, which can be used to connect pre-assembled patch cables neatly to the back of a patch panel.
The first cables are “laid on”:
All the old cables have been removed from the 10″ patch panel and placed on the 19″ patch panel using Keystone. Later, 2 access points and some outdoor cameras are to be placed on the patch panel.
As part of this conversion, the very loud fan of the old HP switch was also to be replaced, which was creating “data center vibes” around the clock for no reason at all. Oh no, warranty void..
There’s the little riot! The inside of the device didn’t give any indication of several years of operation, not a single speck of dust was to be found!
Although the Xilence fan shown here was a perfect physical fit and provided sufficient airflow, I would have been better off choosing a different model. The model used requires a very high starting voltage and may need to be “nudged” so that it starts up and doesn’t trigger a fan fail alarm. I will probably have to unpack the soldering iron again and upgrade to a more expensive model.
In the course of this modification, I also solved another small problem. Although the previously used patch cables (patch panel <> switch) were already quite short at 25 cm, the bend was still large enough to hit the front panel of the cabinet. Due to the relatively thin material thickness of the pane, I was reluctant to subject it to the pressure of the patch cables and therefore replaced them with the shortest (still affordable) mini patch cables.
With these cables, the arc is so small that I can even mount the switch and patch panel directly on top of each other and the cables still don’t touch the disk.
All used connections replaced:
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