{"id":45,"date":"2017-05-12T17:39:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T21:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/technology-services\/?p=45"},"modified":"2017-05-12T17:39:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T21:39:17","slug":"prepping-the-law-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/technology-services\/2017\/05\/12\/prepping-the-law-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepping the Law Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today our team descended on the Angelos Law Center to prepare for several installations next week. We installed 16 switches today in the law center. Fortunately we had a trendy Honda Element at our disposal to move them from our super secret location to the law center.<\/p>\n

\"unloadingThis type of work is called pre-staging. Obviously that term is not unique to networking. In our world, it means mounting the new switch while keeping the active switch live. Pre-staging cannot happen in every network closet because there’s no room for another switch. The benefit of pre-staging is minimizing outage time to swap the switches. It’s a matter of moving cables from one switch to the same spot in the new switch. Here’s one of the law center closets after it was pre-staged. Under each switch with yellow cables coming out, you can see there’s an empty switch ready for action on Monday.<\/p>\n

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\nIf we cannot pre-stage, the outage is longer. We have to disconnect the active switch and dismount it from the rack before we can put the new switch in place. Pre-staging versus not is kind of like being able to make a breakfast casserole the night before to pop in the oven the next morning before your guests arrive versus making pancakes, sausage, and eggs for a party of 8 while everyone is waiting for their food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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