Apparatus and method for organizing cables in a cabinet

An equipment cabinet arrangement comprising:

• an equipment cabinet, including:
• a rack including a plurality of vertical frame members,
• a side panel,
• a central rack space within the vertical frame members, and
• a side panel space defined between one or more vertical frame members and the side panel;
• a vertical cable manager, disposed in the side panel space, including:
• a vertically-oriented first planar portion mounted against one of the vertical frame members,
• an angled portion that angles away from the first planar portion,
• a vertically-oriented second planar portion having first and second opposed sides, the first side being connected to the angled portion such that the first and second planar portions are not coplanar, and
• a vertically-oriented trough connected to the second side of the second planar portion;
• a cable having a first segment and a second segment, the first segment being routed vertically within the trough, the cable being supported by the first planar portion at a portion intermediate the first segment and the second segment, and the second segment of the cable being routed horizontally through the side panel space;
• and
• a furcation bracket disposed in the side panel space, wherein the furcation bracket comprises either a row or a column of pairs of slots;
• wherein the cable is routed horizontally from the vertical cable manager toward the furcation bracket;
• wherein the cable includes a furcation plug adapted to attach to the furcation bracket;
• wherein the furcation plug has locking members spaced from one another by a first length, furcation legs extending from the furcation plug, and connectors coupled to the furcation legs;
• and
• wherein the slots in each of the pairs of slots in the furcation bracket are spaced from one another by a second length, wherein the second length is substantially equal to the first length for receiving the locking members of the furcation plug.