Re:deploying patch cords

I have lots of "1-to-1" connections between network appliances.I'm trying to think of the most effective (not efficient!) wayof doing so.E.g., imagine two switch-like appliances (lots of ports arrangedside by side).  They have to be connected to each other.One approach is to locate them physically adjacent and use identicallength cords to connect port 1 to 1, 2 to 2, 3 to 3, etc.  This worksas long as 1 ALWAYS connects to 1 and never, e.g., 18!When you have more than two such devices, there are other options.E.g., imagine a set of 8.You can interleave them:  AaBbCcDd  and try tot same 1-to-1 connection.With the same caveat.Or, could create "sandwiches" where half of A goes to half of itscounterpart "above" with the other half to the counterpart "below".Esp for devices with two or more rows of 8P8Cs.You could lump all of the devices of one type together andthose of their counterparts:  ABCDabcdOr, not exploit proximity and just put them where they fit:  AabcBCDdIts an issue because you have a lot of potential "tangle" as well asgaining physical access to ports that may end up buried in a ratsnest.The datacenter solution is just to dress the cables off to the sideand keep the connection faces relatively exposed.  That comes at theexpense of more cable and the difficulty of extracting/inserting acable from that neat bundle.  (Recall that I have to address userswho may be blind or physically disabled.)