[AusNOG] Switch installation in data centre racks - front facing, or rear facing?

[Jason Leschnik]

>
> Top switch for servers in the top half, middle switch for IPMI / drac and
> the bottom switch for the servers in the bottom half. It works quite well,
> the cabling is nice and neat and doesn’t get in the way of anything.
>

A quick calculation on paper leads me to believe there is a up to a ~40%
reduction in cable length when running the switches in the centre of the
rack. This sounds like the way to go!

Example: http://imgur.com/a/rSzZx
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