Is there such a thing as a CAT5 "Y Cable" when it comes to device redundancy?

[norsak2000]

Hi,

I want to ask, just in case somebody knows something which I do not.

When I have one  CAT5 cable which represents my path the the internet   (one ISP | cheapo data-centre) 
The best I can do is have everything below that point be redundant.
If the switch that one cable is plugged into were to die, I would need to manually move that ISP cable to the backup switch before things start working again.

Is there a better way?    Something I've missed?

Is there perhaps some kind of CAT5 "Y Cable" which connects all pins from one end to both switches at the same time? Something else?
Or is physical intervention always required in this scenario?

[shaps]

That would be interesting cable to see,  what you will need to do is double up the equipment/isp connection.  so 1 switch and 1 ISP connection following this methodology as far down depending on the budget and how redundant you need it to be.

[Reza Sharifi]

You only have one ISP hand off cable and you can only connect that to one device.  You can however make sure that your device is redundant by having multiple power supplies, fans, sups, etc... in the chassis, so there is no single point of failure in your device.

HTH