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by MonMotha » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:39 pm
Blue is general purpose patches such as end-user workstations, low-importance servers, etc.
White is special purpose but non-critical patches. Mostly things like patches to telephony end-devices.
Yellow is servers and other important patches. Some people use this for crossover wired cables, but that's falling out of favor now that everything supports Auto-MDIX.
Red is interswitch links and uplinks or very important servers. Basically something that demands additional attention.
Orange is "don't touch this unless you know what you're doing" stuff - very important servers, critical edge links ("The Internet"), etc. Some people also used this for crossover wiring, but again Auto-MDIX has made that usage mostly obsolete.
Many organizations have other policies. Purple is popularly used for PoE or cameras. Green is somewhat popular to call attention to 10GBASE-T carrying Cat6A cable in environments where it is not otherwise prevalent.
I find most organizations have trouble strictly adhering to their policies, including myself.
A normality test:
+++ATH
If you are no longer connected to the internet, you need to apply more wax to your modem: it'll make it go faster.
If you find this funny, you're a nerd.
If neither of the above apply, you are normal. Congratulations.