Patch panels - which type

saltwater · 2020-05-05T10:25:28+00:00

I've been looking at Patch Panels and it seems like there are two types: 1. Cat6 hardwired to the back of the patch panel, basically fixed and in place, and 2. Cat6 terminated, then clicked into the back of the patch panel, making for easier removal and plugging into another port of the patch panel. Is there a preferred method? Thoughts? Here are my thoughts. The hardwired approach seems to be the more stable approach in that once the ports are assigned, the cables are fixed and not easily moved. The ports can be labelled accordingly. Thinking about the second method, if the cables can easily be removed and re-positioned that potentially could play havoc with cable identification. I think as a backup, each cable behind the patch panel should be physically tagged/labelled just in case the cables come apart from the patch panel.