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.
Here's one of my own "before and after" stories.
Ok, just kidding, stretched the truth a little, but you get the idea. 🙂
Here is another before and after. In this case, the customer said thay wanted to be able to "see" where the patched ports plugged into the switch, without having to riffle through the cabling.
After a recent set of installs before and afters
Found the last of the three cabs we did on that install
It really shouldn't be. But tidying cabs is rather therapeutic I find!
We're seemingly on a roll here doing cabs at the moment so like a proud father I thought i'd throw up another
Still on the lookout for some slimline cat6a patch cabling if anyone knows of a good vendor?
Here you go, one from yesterday. Swapped out old cisco's for Meraki MS225.
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!
Here's my before and after
@BHC_RESORTS wrote:
@AdamS wrote:Very nice shot, but may I suggest the framing would be better with some MS425's under that ;-).
Looks like an HP 5406zl. One of my favorite switch chassis! Now if there was a Meraki switch chassis....wow would that be legit!
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...
This morning :
Replaced old Alcatel switch to brand new Meraki MS120 at customer remote bureau. 399 sites to go !
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 😉
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
@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).
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 . . . ;-[])
@uberseehandel
Just for fun another cleanup 🙂
Switches and router are from Cisco but Wifi is Meraki.
@KrisVerdonckwrote:It was handmade to put the rack on top of it but then we found a much better stand between the junk 🙂
Well the wine was hand made -
@uberseehandel
One of our branch offices went from 60 desks down to a new office with just 9 when the lease was up. Now a little cramped, with the wall rack sitting in the kitchen of the office. Didn't get a picture of it after finalizing the wiring and a little cleanup.
Before: 6 old unstacked Netgear switches:
After: 4 MS120-48LP stacked
Any volunteers to help with this one? I have a couple dozen to clean up by July. 🙂
Cleanup time with a client who we switched to a fullstack.
Since the rack was in the storage area of the café it got a bit forgotten you can say...
Before:
After:
