DAD LINK Cable Management

DAD LINK Cable Management is rack cable management hardware: the guides that dress patch leads between the patch panels and the switches inside a 19 inch cabinet, so every cable follows a defined path instead of hanging across the equipment below it. DAD LINK supplies it in Iraq through authorized distributors.

Cable management is the difference between a rack that can be worked on and one that cannot. In a bank or government server room in Baghdad, or an ISP head end in Erbil, an undressed patch field means a technician tracing a single link by hand while the service is down, and a bundle sagging across the front of a switch blocks the airflow path the cabinet was designed around. Dressing the patch field is what keeps a rack maintainable three years after handover.

Specification

• Format: cable management hardware for 19 inch racks and cabinets
• Function: routes and retains patch leads between panels and active equipment
• Fits: the DAD LINK 19 inch wall mount and floor standing rack range

How to choose

Plan one management position for every patch panel and every switch, and decide it at the same time as the rack size rather than afterwards. Inside a cabinet, this hardware dresses the patch field. Where cable has to be routed and separated in bulk, in a panel or along a run, use the slotted cable management instead: the two do different jobs and most builds use both. Size the enclosure first with the rack size guide, then work through the cable management checklist. Enclosures are listed under Free-Standing Server Racks.

For availability in Erbil, Baghdad, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok, contact an authorized distributor.