Patch Panel Description
Normally a Patch Panel is installed into rack as a 1U panel. However patch panels may come in any number of heights, but in most cases 1U or 2U Patch Panels would just be stacked on top of each other within the rack to generate any size Patch Bay.
Patch Panels Manufacturers
Belden
{Rack Mount Patch Panels}
Suttle
{12, 24, 48-port Category 6, 19" Rack Mount Patch Panel}
Wilcom Inc.
{19-inch and 23-inch Rack Mount Patch Panels, 1U, 2, 4U}
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Patch Panel: One segment of a patch bay.
Patch Bay: An assembly of hardware so arranged that a number of circuits, usually of the same or similar type, appear on jacks for monitoring, interconnecting, and testing purposes. Patch bays facilitate flexibility in the use, routing or restoration of a variety of circuit types, such as dc, VF, group, coaxial, equal-level, and digital data circuits.
This page provides links to additional components used in a equipment rack or cabinet.
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