Blackmage Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 As a system admin you never want to walk into a company with an IT room like this. But over the course of the past few months I've been working at re-doing everything in it and getting it somewhat up to code and easier to diagnose. NONE OF THE LABELS OR PORTS WERE LABELED!!! aka HELL. This is what the hell started as:In the ceiling aboveStarted off by putting in a 2 post rack to move the switches onto. They were only stacked on top of one another on a shelf.Then started the process of clipping all the wires and re-routing them correctly in the ceiling where they came in at, and starting to label them all. Getting the switches ready to put onto the new rackWas in a rush just to get everything plugged back in, finished up the night at about 6AM, building opens at 6:30. Was also able to get the 4 post rack bolted into place.Everything from the moveable 4 post cart will be transferred to the 4 post rack The phone boxes on the right were also removed and a more favorable IP Phone system was installed, along with new PoE switches.Cable management getting set up.UPS and routers getting moved over, part of the patch cables have been ran4 post moveable cart has been emptied and cable management has been added to other side of 2 post rack.Patch cables getting finished up on right sideTedious shit and almost all of this is done after hours when everyone is gone for the night. But I'm proud of it, still have some tidying up to do with power wires, and get some more cable management for the wires from the 2 post rack to the 4 post rack. All in all, its 10000x better than what was in there before, and all the ports in the offices have been labeled, the patch panels are labeled, all cables have been labeled. Thanks for reading over the most boring thread on SN95source!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve@CJPP Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 is that a sn95 engine bay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallows Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I'd be a bit frustrated trying to figure all that out and would want to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearGambler Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I've been there - I know what you're going through. Looks good though man! you're making great progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 you can do one of my company's recent acquisition's SAN next:i call yours purgatory.....that sir is hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted August 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 holy fuck me running. Thats a lot of fiber... lol I just want to grab onto all the wires at once and twist. and then tell them to find the broken strands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferocious Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Wow. That is alot of spaghetti for one thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 what got me about it is you can see all the old abandoned runs that are just hanging there. it must have been too difficult and/or risky to remove them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMR Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Why did those pic make me want to eat spaghetti...fuck I am hungry now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-Oh Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 What a rats nest on both parts! Freaking nightmares.Sent from Space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st33da Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 wow what a mess that was. great job on cleaning it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearGambler Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 definitely a mess. sure is a lot of Fiber runs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 lol and i have trouble organizing the 3 lines coming out of my modem LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SniveTroll Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 this made my eyes hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AutoBadges.com Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 good god that is crazy. Fine job you did there dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted August 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Im sick of being in this room, so I tidied everything up and this is pretty much how it will stay now. Everything is labeled and in cable mangement. Before:Final: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thank God I've never had those types of headaches..... good job cleaning it up. Fuck doing all that fiber though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve@CJPP Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'm sorry you said something about work but when I open up this thread all I see is your avatar lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-Oh Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Huge improvement! Nice work.Sent from Space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 yeah it gets to a point where you just can't devote anymore time to just cleaning wires. that is an incredible improvement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Yeah. Luckily when we ran everything the first time at my last command we made sure to take our time and use all the cable management, etc.. Having a raised floor also makes a big difference although you do have to fight with the HVAC systems and power but still it's a lot easier. Luckily my new job it's already setup correctly. I hope I never have to walk into a shit storm like that. Prokiller, yall hiring yet? Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfire03 Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 Good job cleaning it up, that was a disaster. I've been on some customer sites and seen some rough IT rooms, nothing quite that bad though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
