I tend to go with each end has a label that has both endpoints on it. So in my label maker it looks like: 'c3750-1-2 gi1/0/1<tab><tab>hostname eth0'
Moves happen but usually you don't move from port x to port y, you stage the new cables and cut over. Once you remove the old cables, use a student assistant (you work in edu right?) and have them remove the labels. That is my 2 cents. -- cwebber On Feb 7, 2013, at 7:46 AM, Matt Simmons <standalone.sysad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > So, my current situation is that I'm working in a datacenter with 21 racks > arranged in three rows, 7 racks long. We have one centralized distribution > switch and no patch panels, so everything is run to the switch which lives in > the middle, roughly. It's ugly and non-ideal and I hate it a bunch, but it is > what it is. And it looks a lot like this: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bandman614/7835443304/in/set-72157604826850180 > > Anyway, so given this really suboptimal arrangement, I want to be able to > more easily identify a particular patch cable because, as you can imagine, > tracing a wire is no fun right now. > > While everyone that I've talked to agrees that both ends need labeled. The > question is what do you put on them. The schools of thought as far as I am > aware are: > > 1) Every cable end's label says exactly what the other end is connected to, > including hostname and port number > > 2) Every cable end's label is uniquely identified to that cable, because > things move and relabeling sucks. > > 3) <insert your other viewpoint here> > > Is there actually some best practice that I'm unaware of? How would you do it > in this case? > > --Matt > > > -- > LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? > COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/
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