A couple of pictures to illustrate what I mean about the racks. Server rack - the patch panel is actually mounted above the rack INSIDE the wall ( we took out a wall to another closet and framed ...

Top of the rack 1/10Gb switches for the core and server racks, the rack that has all the edge port patch panels has switches throughout it connecting the dist. switches to the patch ports with 1 ...

Remember that one time the cable you grabbed from the box was exactly the right length for the run from patch panel to server shelf ... of retractable cables in rack-mountable cassettes.