March 16, 2006
Restack continued
Last entry was October 11th. Things get sidetracked. To the left is the 2nd floor as of Oct.11, to the right as of this morning:
I decided against the long cords in favor of swapping switches as I go. So far, three of the new switches have been moved into the left hand rack with the replaced Ciscos being remounted in the right hand rack.
The gaps in the left had rack left behind by the 24 port Ciscos being replaced by 48 port Foundries will be filled by jacks bringing dial-tone from the switch downstairs to be fed out to the floor positions on the blue jacks.
Closeups of the front and side of the Foundry (top) and Cisco (bottom) show the size difference. The Foundry is 1.5 RU high to the Cisco's 2 RU. But the Foundry sticks much further out the back and weighs a ton (or at least several pounds more than the Ciscos. As such, I did not feel good about front mounting, going instead to a center mount so that the weight of the Foundry is not trying to torque the brackets off the switch. Used pairs of old Cisco brackets bolted together to set the front of the Fondry even with the jack panels.
Joe should approve of it.
Posted by Paladin at March 16, 2006 09:44 AM