I completely agree with this. I work for a custom integration company and many of our racks have not been touched in years. The equipment does go bad occasionally but it gets replaces with the exact same model if it can be found. There is no reason to move cable around. Yeah it is a pain to troubleshoot if you start pulling plugs, but if you know what you are looking for and the proper starting and ending points, it is not a big deal.
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I completely agree with this. I work for a custom integration company and many of our racks have not been touched in years. The equipment does go bad occasionally but it gets replaces with the exact same model if it can be found. There is no reason to move cable around. Yeah it is a pain to troubleshoot if you start pulling plugs, but if you know what you are looking for and the proper starting and ending points, it is not a big deal.