Patent ID: 7764859

Claim:
A cable management panel, comprising: a) a chassis defining an interior, the chassis including first and second rear openings and first and second side openings, each of the rear and side openings defining a cable routing pathway; b) a drawer slidably mounted to the chassis, the drawer including a front face panel defining openings; and c) bulkhead adapter plates mounted within the openings of the front face panel, the bulkhead adapter plates including a plurality of angled adapters; d) wherein the cable management panel accommodates a number of cable routing configurations including a cable entry in combination with a cable exit; i) the cable entry including a left rear cable entry, a right rear cable entry, a left side cable entry, and a right side cable entry; ii) the cable exit including an all leftward facing cable exit, an all rightward facing cable exit, and a split-front cable exit; iii) the cable management panel accommodating a combination of any one of the cable entries with any one of the cable exits.