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Genre: Science & Technology
Date of upload: Feb 26, 2024 ^^
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There actually is an easy way around that cable covering up the light problem - that huge amount of space above each port, they could simply have the RBG lights there right above each port nice and clear so yeah all kinds of IT teams could use the RGB as color coding to make managing racks full of these far simpler for their IT teams. Pretty cool feature with lots of potential if you think outside of the box and don't just associate "anything RGB = gamer lulz".
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Starting a networking job (Which wont be on site most of the time), I was quite excited for this.
If when I need something doing, instead of having to drive to site or try and painfully tell someone how to find the right port, I could just light it up remotely and say "that one".
Also having them set to the VLAN is really nice.
Hoping they do flesh this out a bit more, some of the other features I would imagine are currently on the beta firmware.
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Out of the box thinking on Ubiquiti's part, what a great idea. And you only need to replace the cables on ports/configs you want to give RGB meaning like this group is the LAG, or these ports are for access points (I know you said that function isn't there yet, but I am hoping it is in their long term plan. They wouldn't need to do anything other than just let you set the color without regard for the things they currently set the color for). Very cool!!!
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Imagine cables using some cheap fiber optics integrated in them, to not only light up the plug on the switch side, but also on the other end! If you’d want to see where a cable run ends, just blink the light on the port and see where else in the rack/building it lights up! One of my previous employers uses cables similar to that, but you can just use a little device that clips onto the connector and does the same.
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I could see RGB lighting being soooo useful in networking simply because of being able to color code at the device which things are what, which would absolutely pay for itself in saved time from having to read port numbers or label everything with labelmaker labels that fall off or rub off after a while. Especially if you have someone who’s your boots on the ground but doesn’t necessarily have access to accounts and stuff but you’re talking them through the situation, which happens at my work all the time. Hopefully they add further logic functionality in the lighting, because I could absolutely see a use for this right now.
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Having the ability to identify things visually is great. I feel like there should be an indicator above/below the port and not just IN the port, that way you don't have to worry about opaque cables blocking it, or getting the special transparent cables. [I'd like it to be both, and if I had money I'd get the special transparent cables, it does look lovely]
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@IntelStellarTech
2 months ago
Remember that old video when Linus said "RGB isn't the main focus for server manufactures, yet"
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