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1. 24p Patch Panel (Odd ports of switch) 2. 48p Switch 3. 24p Patch Panel (Even ports of switch) 4. 1u Cable Mgmt
Then you could have bought 4-6" Cat 5e/6a pre-made patch cables to connect in the majority of your patch panel ports. The only cables that would traverse through the cable mgmt panel would be longer cables to the servers in your rack.
I have a similar Cisco switch as your 24 port. I am not fan of how they arranged all the ports at the right side of the enclosure. Why not make the 24p one row along the top (or bottom), like the 48p with the 2nd row removed? It would be a lot easier for cable mgmt.
$5 says this is the XKCD for this. Corrupted DB file was the culprit, as announced by the FAA. It's a system that relies on user inputs, often manual, and it's all being put into a database. My bet is a user decided to put in a bunch of "fun characters" to make their input easier to read. You can't account for and sanitize all levels of stupidity on user inputs.