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PRACTICAL MODULE / ACTIVITY 03
ACTIVITY 03 · EQUIPMENT CORNER

Patch & Label the Rack

Patch the new camera through the PoE switch to the NVR, then label and dress the cable — the course's “tight up with label, easy to trace” rule made playable.

3.2 — SWITCH-FACE CLOSE-UP: PORT 07 PULSES, THE PORT MAP CONFIRMS THE PoE+ BUDGET BEFORE IT CLICKS IN
3.2 — SWITCH-FACE CLOSE-UP: PORT 07 PULSES, THE PORT MAP CONFIRMS THE PoE+ BUDGET BEFORE IT CLICKS IN

STEP 1 — READ THE SIGNAL PATH

The rack layers glow in sequence as the objective names them: patch panel → PoE switch → NVR. Port 07 is called out as the target. Click the rack to open it.

UX · the glowing path previews the whole flow before you touch anything

STEP 2 — CONNECT TO PORT 07

Drag the cable end across the switch face — a glowing path follows your cursor and the correct port pulses. The port map confirms 07 · CAM-01 · PoE+ · 15.4 W AVAILABLE before it clicks in.

UX · wrong port = gentle bounce-back + hint, never a hard fail

STEP 3 — LABEL & DRESS THE CABLE

Type a label (the course pattern CAM-01_DOCK-N is suggested, anything is accepted) and snap velcro ties along the run. The dressing meter rewards tidy routing.

UX · the labeling rule becomes a score: tidy · easy to trace

STEP 4 — RACK LIVE

Link LEDs go green, the checklist completes — patched / labelled / link+PoE up — and the PoE budget bar shows 68 / 120 W of real headroom math.

UX · the budget bar quietly teaches PoE planning

FROM THE COURSE

Rack patching and cable management; PoE budgets (15.4 W per PoE+ port against the switch's 120 W total). You'll meet the same headroom math on every real site.

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