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Spent 3 hours at a client site in Pittsburgh last week because of bad cable labeling
I was working on a server rack for a small law firm downtown and every single cable was labeled with faded masking tape numbers. Turns out someone had moved a bunch of patch cables around without updating the labels. I had to trace each one by hand with a toner probe. What system do you all use for keeping cable labels accurate over time? I am thinking of switching to a label maker with heat shrink sleeves.
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wyatt_green312mo ago
Heat shrink labels are a game changer trust me. I switched a few years back and never had to retrace a single cable since. Just make sure you leave enough slack for future changes so you aren't cutting and redoing them every time someone breathes on the rack.
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danielw882mo ago
Oh man @wyatt_green31 you're totally right, the slack thing is huge. I learned that the hard way when I had to redo an entire rack because someone moved a switch six inches left. Now I always leave a little loop of extra cable just in case, it saves so much headache later.
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