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OUR WORK / Infrastructure

Network cabinet rebuild

Rebuilding a network cabinet with ageing switches, unused fibre and no separation between business systems and other connected devices.

BeforeTall network cabinet before the rebuild, with long loose patch leads and older switches
AfterThe same tall cabinet after the rebuild, with three UniFi switches and short white patch leads
Original photographs of the same cabinet before and after NovaSoft’s rebuild.
Type of workInfrastructure
ContextAnonymous client project
StageDocumented delivery

BEFORE AND AFTER

From the inherited cabinet
to the finished rebuild

Before NovaSoft’s work

Tall network cabinet before the rebuild, with long loose patch leads and older switches

The original patching and switching before the rebuild.

After NovaSoft’s rebuild

The same tall cabinet after the rebuild, with three UniFi switches and short white patch leads

The completed switching and patching, photographed in the same cabinet.

MORE CABINET WORK

Two more before-and-after comparisons

Original photographs from separate cabinets, supplied by NovaSoft. Each pair shows the same cabinet before the work and after completion.

Glass-front cabinet

A separate cabinet with its finished result shown behind the glass door.

Before

Glass-front cabinet before the work, with long yellow and blue patch leads across the rack

The patching before the work.

After

The same cabinet after completion, with organised short white patch leads behind its glass door

The finished cabinet, with shorter leads and more organised patching.

Compact cabinet — patching detail

A closer view of another cabinet, showing the change around the patch panel and switch.

Before

Compact cabinet patch panel before the work, with long mixed-colour cables across the equipment

The patch panel and switch before the work.

After

The same compact cabinet after completion, with a UniFi switch and shorter white patch leads

The finished patching and replacement switch in the same cabinet.

What needed attention

The June project update describes a client network with inconsistent patching, legacy switches and existing fibre that had never been terminated. Cameras and IoT devices shared the network with business systems. The assessment also identified devices communicating with overseas servers.

The work delivered

NovaSoft reported installing three UniFi managed switches, terminating and using the fibre, and reorganising the cabinet and patch panels. VLAN segmentation separated IoT and security devices from critical business systems. The server environment was upgraded to a 10GbE connection.

Why those changes matter

Using the fibre and replacing the older switching addressed physical bottlenecks. Separating devices gave the network clearer boundaries, while organised patching made the cabinet easier to trace and maintain. The published delivery notes describe both the installation and configuration work.

About these photographs

The tall cabinet above is the project described in the June Instagram post. The two additional comparisons show separate cabinets and their completed results. NovaSoft supplied the original photographs; the images are cropped to focus on the equipment. The delivery notes for the tall cabinet apply to that project.

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