YachtByte Official Resource
Rack identity
- Rack or cabinet ID recorded.
- Physical location recorded.
- Responsible onboard owner recorded.
- Responsible vendor or integrator recorded where applicable.
- Rack power source and UPS status recorded.
- Cooling or ventilation condition checked.
- Fire, water, vibration or access concerns noted.
Label and port map check
- Patch panel IDs visible.
- Patch panel port numbers readable.
- Switch names and port descriptions checked.
- Cable labels match the port map.
- Device names and locations are current.
- VLAN or service zone recorded where useful.
- Fibre panel and strand labels checked where fitted.
- Abandoned or unknown cables tagged for review.
Patch discipline
- No unexplained patch leads found.
- Temporary patch leads have owner, reason and removal date.
- Spare switch ports reviewed against access policy.
- Uplink, trunk, mirror, management and access ports identified.
- PoE loads reviewed for powered devices.
- Colour scheme followed where the yacht uses one.
- No unsupported unmanaged switch added without approval.
Change evidence
- Before photos captured before rack work.
- After photos captured after rack work.
- Change reason recorded.
- Old and new port positions recorded.
- Person making the change recorded.
- Test result recorded.
- Rollback note recorded if applicable.
- Network map, IP plan or port map updated.
Risk closeout
- Guest, owner, AV, CCTV, SatCom, bridge-adjacent and engineering links checked for unintended bridging.
- Vendor or remote-support devices documented.
- Unknown live links investigated.
- Unused ports disabled where policy requires.
- Follow-up corrective actions assigned.
- Captain or management summary provided after major refit or outage-related changes.