Leverage rack switches for low cost and high efficiency

                  Today's cost savings have become a problem that companies must face. However, there are currently few low-cost solutions for various environments. This article will show you how to use rack switches to effectively reduce costs.

in the current economic climate, everyone wants to spend less money to do more things, so some people think hard to come up with all kinds of money coup. According to the survey, the solution should not be configured on the server rack. The feedback from the reader is: Do you want to install the switch on the rack? It varies from person to person. However, we have a consensus that we must consider the port waste caused by installing switches on each rack. For example, a customer who develops supply chain software solves this concern with a clever and simple approach. This customer chose a 48-port management switch, but not every rack, but one switch per other rack. This solution reduces the number of wasted ports and also reduces the number of switches purchased. Of course, this approach also leaves a certain amount of redundancy. The server can use any of the two adjacent switches. Figure A is an illustration of this embodiment: FIG



A switch mounting rack

each client should have a special cable labels, At the same time, there are a small number of rack cables so that they can be connected along the same route when connecting across borders. Needless to say, everyone can think of this way, it is easy to mess with the rack cable, but through a good connection strategy and cable management, this method is completely feasible and intuitive. Benefits of a rack-mounted spacer

a switch is that it can reduce the number of cables connected to the backbone switch back. Of course, you can install one switch every two racks according to the actual situation. The principle of this approach is to look at the port requirements for each rack. Since the current environment is constantly changing, it is not possible to have a certain installation standard. You can only decide which method to use according to your own situation. In addition, there is a problem with this approach, which assumes that every other rack is installed with one switch to meet the network data traffic of each rack. For fiber-optic SAN or other fiber-optic media environments, this approach is not suitable. However, we can install a fiber optic interface in every other rack, or just install it where it needs to be installed.