You’ve put effort, time and energy into your data center infrastructure. Sometimes you may have wanted to tear your hair out trying to meet industry standards and make use of every inch of valuable space.

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A while back, we produced some funny videos demonstrating why data center operations should respect their cabling infrastructure and the rest of layer one. I thought it might be a good idea to revisit this series.

Check out the first video:

Pretty funny, right? Stay tuned to find out what happens when you don’t respect layer one!

In this episode of Cable Talk™, Josh Taylor talks about the “Respect Layer One” message. It is important to view the cables within structured cabling systems as an investment rather than a cost. By viewing it simply as a cost, you could be short-changing your data center and miss the long-term vision of how your cabling infrastructure will need to grow and change. This is particularly true with migrating to 40/100G Ethernet and 16G fibre channel.