Structured Cabling

Entry: /facilities/cabling. Cabling owns panels, endpoints, exclusive terminations, complete patch routes and connection history. Have a verified physical plan, port labels, medium and connector information. Linked equipment requires authorized access to its owner; standalone endpoints support Cabling work without a peer integration.

Register the physical endpoints#

1. Open Panels & endpoints → Panels and choose Create Panel. Enter the code, location and port labels, then the applicable panel use, medium, connector and installation information.
2. Open Endpoints and choose Register Endpoint. Enter its code and display name, select its kind, medium and connector, and select an authorized linked resource when needed.
3. For cross-rack rear mappings, open Connections & routes → Mappings & capacity and create the allocation between the exact local and remote panels and port ranges.
4. Review the saved panels, endpoint names and available capacity against the surveyed physical arrangement.

Record a complete patch route#

1. Open Connections & routes → Patch routes and choose Install Patch Route.
2. Enter the Patching Request ID and optional change reference. Select the two end endpoints, medium and ordered transit Panel Ports.
3. Review the entire ordered path before submitting. Where your installed release offers guided path diagnostics or recommendations, use them to check a candidate; a recommendation alone is not an installed route.
4. After success, open Physical trace in the route row. Verify endpoint order, cable segments and mapping evidence against the actual work.

Disconnect or repatch with history#

1. Locate the connected route and open its Settings. Choose the permitted whole-route disconnect or repatch action.
2. For repatching, review the new request, endpoints and ordered path. Supply the reason and confirm the current route version.
3. Reopen the trace or endpoint history to verify the resulting state and retained previous terminations.

Blockers and boundaries: occupied endpoints, incompatible media/connectors, unavailable linked resources, repeated or invalid transit choices and changed record versions can reject a route. Resolve the physical and owner prerequisites rather than inventing spare ports. Single-Mode and Multi-Mode fiber are different choices. A Cable segment belonging to a managed route must be handled through that complete route, not independently disconnected. Cabling history records physical evidence; it does not configure VLANs, routing or switch ports, and a Facilities picture is not proof that a cable was connected.

Label and import cabling records#

1. Panels and Cables show identifiers in the TIA-606 form <site>.<room>-<rack>-<panel>:<port>. A validated override must be unique across Panels and Cables.
2. Print label sheets of 30 per page, up to 600 per request. Each label carries a QR code of the identifier.
3. To load existing records, import Panels and Cables from CSV, up to 2,000 rows per file. The file is applied all at once or not at all.