Cable management guide

A cable management guide for a component rack having first and second vertically oriented elongated posts, the cable management guide comprising:

• a first bracket having a first side portion and a first rack engagement portion, the first side portion comprising a first opening configured to allow one or more cables to pass therethrough, the first rack engagement portion being couplable to the first post of the component rack;
• a second bracket having a second side portion and a second rack engagement portion couplable to the second post of the component rack;
• a back member extending between the first and second brackets, the back member comprising a plurality of through-holes;
• a plurality of cable stays each comprising an attachment member coupled to the back member between a different pair of the plurality of through-holes, each cable stay including a first stay member with an elongated first extension portion and a second stay member with an elongated second extension portion, the first and second extension portions being spaced apart and extending substantially parallel to each other,
• when the cable management guide is coupled to the component rack, the first side portion of the first bracket extending from the first rack engagement portion coupled to the first post in substantially a first direction, the second side portion of the second bracket extending from the second rack engagement portion coupled to the second post in substantially the first direction, and the first and second extension portions of the cable stays extending substantially along a second direction opposite the first direction from positions spaced from the first and second rack engagement portions along the first direction, the first opening being spaced apart from the back member along the second direction and aligned with the plurality of cable stays.

A cable management guide for use with a component rack having first and second rack posts arranged in a rack plane, comprising:

• a first bracket having a first side portion and a first rack engagement portion, the first side portion comprising a first opening configured to allow one or more cables to pass therethrough, the first rack engagement portion being couplable to the first rack post at the rack plane;
• a second bracket having a second side portion and a second rack engagement portion couplable to the second rack post at the rack plane;
• a back member comprising a plurality of through-holes, the back member extending between the first and second brackets with the first opening positioned between the first rack engagement portion and the back member, the first bracket and second bracket being shaped to position the back member away from the rack plane when the first rack engagement portion of the first bracket is coupled to the first rack post at the rack plane and the second rack engagement portion of the second bracket is coupled to the second rack post at the rack plane;
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• a plurality of cable stays having a bounded cable containment area accessible by a cable entrance gap, the cable containment area being aligned with the first opening, each of the cable stays being coupled with the back member between one of the plurality of through-holes and another of the plurality of through-holes, and each of the cable stays extending from the back member toward the rack plane when the first rack engagement portion of the first bracket is coupled to the first rack post at the rack plane and the second rack engagement portion of the second bracket is coupled to second rack post at the rack plane.

A method of providing cable management for a component rack having a first rack post and a second rack post arranged in a rack plane, the method comprising:

• coupling a first bracket to the first rack post at a first coupling location, the first bracket having a first opening configured to allow one or more cables to pass therethrough;
• coupling a second bracket to the second rack post at a second coupling location, the second bracket having a second opening configured to allow one or more cables to pass therethrough, a back member extending between the first and second brackets, the back member comprising a plurality of attachment portions and a plurality of through-holes, each of the plurality of attachment portions being positioned between one of the plurality of through-holes and a different one of the plurality of through-holes, the first and second brackets positioning the plurality of attachment portions of the back member away from the first and second coupling locations in a first direction, the first and second openings being spaced apart from the first and second coupling locations, respectively, along the first direction;
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• coupling each of a plurality of cable stays to at least one of the plurality of attachment portions of the back member to extend from the back member in a second direction opposite the first direction, the first and second openings being spaced apart from the back member along the second direction and aligned with each of the plurality of cable stays, each of the plurality of cable stays including a first extension portion and a second extension portion, and further including a first upright portion and a second upright portion, the first and second extension portions being spaced apart with the second extension portion above the first extension portion and with the first and second extension portions extending from the back member to an end thereof toward the rack plane, the first upright portion extending from the end of the first extension portion upward toward the second extension portion and the second upright portion extending from the end of the second extension portion downward toward the first extension portion, the first and second upright portions overlapping each other in a spaced apart relation to form a cable entrance gap, the first and second extension portions and the first and second upright portions defining a bounded cable containment area accessible by the cable entrance gap.