{"id":10,"date":"2021-03-11T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-06-08T18:51:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T17:51:33","slug":"rack-mounting-network-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/2021\/03\/rack-mounting-network-equipment.html","title":{"rendered":"Rack Mounting the Network Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Way back in 2009, I purchased a 2 post 19″ 8U desktop rack from Ebay for \u00a38.50 and \u00a33.00 P&P.<\/p>\n

I do not have a picture of the actual item, but it looks a lot like the one below, except it uses round tubing and has threaded holes rather than using cage nuts.<\/p>\n

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As part of re designing my home network, I moved the coax cable for my internet so that it enters my house in the loft, since this is where I want to place the majority of the network equipment and this is also where all of my satellite coax is distributed from.<\/p>\n

I already had a CyberPower CP1350EAVRLCD-UK 1350VA Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) that I was using to keep my HP Microserver alive that I bought on Ebay back in 2018 for \u00a377.99.<\/p>\n

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So I purchased an additional one, this time a CyberPower VALUE1500EILCD 1500VA unit for \u00a365.00 and free P&P.<\/p>\n

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The 1500VA UPS was then used to protect the HP Microserver and the 1350VA unit was moved to the loft to protect the network equipment.<\/p>\n

The main reason for choosing which one to place in the loft was because the 1350VA one also had a number of UK plug sockets on the rear and I wanted to use this to my advantage.<\/p>\n

I bought an 8 way IEC C13 Switch Panel PDU<\/a> from CPC<\/a> for \u00a329.99, along with 8 x IEC C13 1m extension leads <\/a>for \u00a31.43 each, this unit happens to have a UK plug (another reason for choosing which UPS to use in the loft).<\/p>\n

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I also purchased a 24 port keystone patch panel from Ebay for \u00a313.50 and several packs of 10 x RJ45 keystone jacks from Amazon for \u00a38.99 each.<\/p>\n

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The 1350VA UPS powers a UK 4 way power strip, which in turn supplies the PDU, A PoE injector for a Ubiquiti N-SW, my internet router and a MoCA unit, these last two have dedicated power supplies built into their plugs, so not IEC compatible.<\/p>\n

The PDU in turn supplies power to everything else that has a C13 IEC ‘kettle’ power connector.<\/p>\n

Currently the rack contains from the bottom to the top: The 8 way PDU, Unifi UNVR, CheckPoint T-180<\/a> (4800) firewall running pfSense, Unifi US-24<\/a> Switch, Unifi US-16-150W<\/a> PoE Switch and finally the 24 port patch panel.<\/p>\n

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My Virgin Hynix cable router (in modem mode) sits on top of the Unifi US-16-150W<\/a> switch, as does the  Hive controller for the heating. The cable modem also has a USB 4G cellular backup dongle in case the cable internet goes down.<\/p>\n

The current Network design is shown below.<\/p>\n

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