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hi,<br />
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question, I have two server racks with isolated network and if I need to be able to connect from each other's network, what would be the best solution?<br />
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Just use patch cables and connect one network to the other? or should allocate a patch panel? What's the best practice?
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hi,

question, I have two server racks with isolated network and if I need to be able to connect from each other's network, what would be the best solution?

Just use patch cables and connect one network to the other? or should allocate a patch panel? What's the best practice?

designing server rack - connection concept

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.