Rack mountable panel for optimizing slack storage and management of optical fiber cables

A cable management panel for optimizing management and storage of a slack portion of a fiber optic cable, comprising:

• a base that is configured to include a planar portion;
• a cable support that is configured to extend from the planar portion of the base;
• a cable management structure that is disposed proximate an end of the planar portion and configured to extend from the planar portion of the base in a same direction as the cable support;
• wherein the cable support includes a curved portion configured to prevent a fiber optic cable that is wrapped around the curved portion from being bent beyond a minimum bend radius;
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• wherein the cable support is configured to provide a path structure for optimizing management and storage of different lengths of slack of fiber optic cables such that a selected path length from the cable management structure to the curved portion of the cable support and back to the cable management structure substantially matches a length of slack of a fiber optic cable such that the length of slack is maintained within the height of the base so as to eliminate the need for slack cable management structures in space about a rack to which the panel is mounted.

A cable management panel for optimizing management and storage of a slack portion of a fiber optic cable, comprising:

• a base portion;
• a cable support configured to extend from the base portion;
• wherein the cable support includes a curved portion that is configured to prevent a fiber optic cable that is wrapped around the curved portion from being bent beyond a minimum bend radius;
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• wherein the cable support is configured to provide a path structure for optimizing management and storage of different lengths of slack of fiber optic cables such that a selected path length from an end of the base portion to the curved portion of the cable support and back to the end of the base portion substantially matches a length of slack of a fiber optic cable such that the length of slack is maintained within the height of the base so as to eliminate the need for slack cable management structures in space about a rack to which the panel is mounted.