The templates use Microsoft Word, and are in a table design. After you have downloaded the template, be sure to save it to your computer for future use. If you need any additional assistance please contact our Technical Support Group @ 866-871-4571 or via email at [email protected]. Josh, Patch panel management is a great point and is on our long term road-map. And you are right regarding the basic structure being in place with addition of non-IP based assets in the upcoming asset and inventory management module. QR codes for this is also a really cool idea and would save lot of time working with cables if implemented correctly. For my patch bay I went into a word doc and changed it into landscape. I then typed an entire row of x's without spacing. When I printed it out I just took it my patchbay and circled the x's that were in the right place. After that I went back to my word doc and filled in the right information where my circled x's were. If your spreadsheet has a line item for each PC-to-jack connection, each jack-to-patch panel connection, and each patch panel-to-switch port connection, the relationship between a PC and switch.
In this chapter, we will take a step by step approach to create patch panels from scratch to end result.
The goal
The example is simpler in nature, but this will cover the basics of how to add patch panel connections in device42.
End goal is:
Patch Panel A is connected to Patch panel B : Panel A Panel B
Patch panel A is patched to switch-01
Patch panel B is patched to devices in the same rack as Panel B.
This will give us devices connectivity with switch ports.
Creating Patch panel models
Before we add the patch panel, we need to create the template. In this example, this is a singular patch panel with 48 RJ-45 ports. Steps taken:
Devices > Assets > Patch Panel Model > Add
Add name, port type, # of ports etc. for the model.
Save
Creating patch panels
Go to Devices > Assets > Add
Give name Panel A, choose type “Patch Panel”, Choose the model created above.
Go to Tools > Templates & Bulk Operations > Panel Back Connectivity.
choose Panel A, Port From: 1, Port To: 48 and Panel B, Port From: 1 and optionally, cable type.
Click Continue.
Now Panel A and Panel B are terminated to each other.
Patching switch ports to panel A
Handbrake for mac yosemite. In this example, ports from switch-01 are patched to Panel A. (You can create switch ports in bulk using switch templates as discussed under Switch Templates)
The tedious way to do this will be to add each switch port to each panel port. But we are not going to do that.
Recommended way to do the same is to use API Excel import option added in v5.2.0. Steps:
Go to Tools > Import > API Import(xls)
Download sample excel file from “Create or update patch panel ports” in that page.
Our columns will look like this: number patch_panel_id switch switchport
Add the rows for panel port #, panel ID(available from Asset list view/from APIs/or get using Hover over in the status bar), switch name and switch port name.
Import the Sheet.
Upon import, you can see the switch ports connections on Panel A.
Patching devices to panel B
In this step, we will use the same sample excel sheet downloaded in step above.
Column layout will be a little different and will look like this: number patch_panel_id device obj_label1
Once we add the values to excel and import it, the panel B will show following.
Patch panel layout
Now if you go to Patch panel layout for Panel B and hover over any port or device, you will see the full visual path for that port.