Before and After Pictures

[PhilipDAth]

Show us your before and after pictures after you have replaced something with new Meraki kit.

I just spent the whole weekend ripping out 500 ports of switching in a factory and putting in all new Meraki kit.  These pictures are one of the four main wiring cabinets - before and after the job was done.

[MerakiDave]

Lot of work.  Thanks for sharing, very nicely done!!

[MerakiDave]

Here's one of my own "before and after" stories.

 

Ok, just kidding, stretched the truth a little, but you get the idea. 🙂 

[WadeAlsup]

Hardly knew what I was doing...my first real tear out and try to clean up...turned out better than I thought it would, though!

[PhilipDAth]

Much better!

[BruceW]

Any volunteers to help with this one?  I have a couple dozen to clean up by July. 🙂 

[WadeAlsup]

I definitely want to see the after photos, @BruceW!

[PhilipDAth]

Yeah, big job those 4500's.

[BrothersTM]

Spring of 2016 I ripped it all out.  I mean all.  New switches and about 400% more ap's, new fiber between closets up from 1Gb to 10Gb, new racks, new cat6 cabling...color coded I might add.  Yellow is voice, white wireless, green data, and red security cameras.  I've included a Google Drive share below to view all the pics I have so far.  We had a new construction so you'll see some of those as well.  The end result is night and day and much easier to manage.

Before and After pics

Since the upgrade, I have added some 1U blanks for air flow management and it just looks nicer.  41 MV21/71s at the new construction.

[PhilipDAth]

That is a very very nice job!

[BeachBum]

Nice work!

I used Neat Patch for my last major install, works great.

[mmmmmmark]

That looks way better! Nicely done

[BHC_RESORTS]

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@BrothersTM wrote:

Spring of 2016 I ripped it all out.  I mean all.  New switches and about 400% more ap's, new fiber between closets up from 1Gb to 10Gb, new racks, new cat6 cabling...color coded I might add.  Yellow is voice, white wireless, green data, and red security cameras.  I've included a Google Drive share below to view all the pics I have so far.  We had a new construction so you'll see some of those as well.  The end result is night and day and much easier to manage.

Before and After pics

Since the upgrade, I have added some 1U blanks for air flow management and it just looks nicer.  41 MV21/71s at the new construction.

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Boooo MMF. But seriously, that's some excellent work. I've always wanted to do color coding for patch cables...

[MRCUR]

@BHC_RESORTS Color coded patch cables is the only way to keep things straight without always having to refer to documentation IMO. Also hugely helpful when you have a tech that isn't familiar with networking in a closet and need them to find the right thing for you. 

[Mr_IT_Guy]

Here's my before and after

[AdamS]

You have tamed the spaghetti monster. That is no small job. Awesome work! How long did that take?

[Mr_IT_Guy]

@AdamS, That took 4 guys and 17 hours. We started at noon on a Saturday and finished around 5am. We ran into some missing ports in a newly renovated area of our office that ate up a bit of time. 

[BHC_RESORTS]

@Mr_IT_Guy: Are those dual MX400s? Hate you a little bit.

[Mr_IT_Guy]

@BHC_RESORTS, would you hate me more if they were dual MX600s? If so,  then yes those are simply dual MX400s....

[MRCUR]

@Mr_IT_Guy @BHC_RESORTS I see your dual MX600’s and raise dual MX450’s. 

[Mr_IT_Guy]

@MRCUR yeah, those are pretty nice sir!! 

[AdamS]

Very nice shot, but may I suggest the framing would be better with some MS425's under that ;-).

[Mr_IT_Guy]

@AdamS The MS425s are pretty nice!

[BHC_RESORTS]

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@AdamS wrote:

Very nice shot, but may I suggest the framing would be better with some MS425's under that ;-).

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Looks like an HP 5406zl. One of my favorite switch chassis! Now if there was a Meraki switch chassis....wow would that be legit!

[MRCUR]

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@BHC_RESORTS wrote:

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@AdamS wrote:

Very nice shot, but may I suggest the framing would be better with some MS425's under that ;-).

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Looks like an HP 5406zl. One of my favorite switch chassis! Now if there was a Meraki switch chassis....wow would that be legit!

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5406R without a second management module. I too really like this model and second the request for a Meraki chassis switch. 

I do have some MS425's as well since @AdamS mentioned it... 

[PhilipDAth]

I did another rip out and replace last night, MX MS and MR.  This is one of the cabinets.

[francktls]

This morning :

Replaced old Alcatel switch to brand new Meraki MS120 at customer remote bureau. 399 sites to go !

[francktls]

Another one, for me cleaning means remove dirty devices 😉 here I removed 1 HP 48P switch with a beautiful stack of 2 MSS225 Meraki switches !

[KrisVerdonck]

Removed a fortinet + cisco + aerohive disaster and replaced it with the MX84 + MR42 AP's + Cisco SG300.

Cable cleanup and cabinet rearrangement did most of the cosmetical cleanup 😉

[Uberseehandel]

@KrisVerdonck

Hi

Is that the 3M turquoise Ethernet cable that you are using, it looks good as does the other colour with it, pale lavender? 

I have to build a small rack from scratch that will be photographed and used in explanations, so it will really have to look the business.

The turquoise colour works well with metallic objects - see the Mecedes Petronas F1 car, and your other colour choice is equally suited to a metallic environment.

I'd use Aston Martin's AppleTree Green if I could find cables that colour (photographs are unreliable, however)

Cheers

[KrisVerdonck]

@Uberseehandel

Hi,

We used  :

https://www.tridis.be/en/patch-cable-u-utp-category-6-0-15m-violet-utp-snagless

and 

https://www.tridis.be/en/patch-cable-u-utp-category-6-0-15m-green

We always use this with a 48-ports switch in combination with 2 x 24 patchpanel around it.

See also this one (new rack - no before and after with an MX65).

[Uberseehandel]

@KrisVerdonck

That looks excellent. Thank you for the URLs for the cables.

I have a feeling my photogenic rack is going to end up more expensive than a lot of the kit in it . . .  ;-[])

[KrisVerdonck]

Just for fun another cleanup 🙂

Switches and router are from Cisco but Wifi is Meraki.

BeforeAfter

[KrisVerdonck]

[Uberseehandel]

The wooden box caught my eye . . . 

[KrisVerdonck]

It was handmade to put the rack on top of it but then we found a much better stand between the junk 🙂

[Uberseehandel]

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@KrisVerdonckwrote:

It was handmade to put the rack on top of it but then we found a much better stand between the junk 🙂

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Well the wine was hand made - 

[CarolineS]

Just cross-referencing... if you are enjoying the photos on this thread, check out some more in our Spring Cleaning 2018 contest.

Cheers!

[CarolineS]

Following up on my Spring Cleaning contest entry: here are the before and after pictures for a different kind of Meraki gear - SWAG! I finally got my own cupboard and made a sign. (No, I won't reveal the inside of the cupboard! But it is a thing of organized beauty, I assure you).

Caroline's swag disaster - Before

 Swag disaster no more!

[trunolimit]

Any advice you would give yourself before starting this project? I'm being put in charge of a clean up project myself. I'm heading down on Monday to start. 

[trunolimit]

Had to tear out the punch panels in this room. In a few weeks I'm going to have to put it back together. Oh Joy!!!

[PhilipDAth]

Only advice @trunolimit, when it is that bad, strip everything and start again.

[L337NetEng]

Hi everyone.

I am posting in hopes of some swag but I have to admit I picked this photo to respond to because behind a door in a tucked away from my users, it looks much like this. Job security because only I know the combination to make it all work LOL.

[CarolineS]

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@L337NetEng wrote:

Hi everyone.

I am posting in hopes of some swag but I have to admit I picked this photo to respond to because behind a door in a tucked away from my users, it looks much like this. Job security because only I know the combination to make it all work LOL.

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Hi @L337NetEng - appreciate the honesty about your motivation for posting! 😛We're glad you're here; welcome to the Meraki Community! I think you should post your "Before" picture here even if you don't have an "After".

[Leejohn1]

Wow!!! Good job on the aftermath 🙂

-Lee

[Carlos]

Wow, Is that the same site?

[brwillou]

Nice work!

[theWIFIguy]

I can barely see any cables... some serious cable management right here...

[andy1]

...wow...and I thought ours are bad, this is what nightmares are made off. Good luck! 

[RonG]

Wow!  What a mess.