Software to keep track of patch panel connections?

Mark Stenstadvold mark at marksportal.net
Wed Mar 12 09:44:25 PDT 2008


We've started using a product called Rackwise which has this capability, 
though it is rather expensive.

http://web.rackwise.com/

--Mark.


Netfortius wrote:
> I am using:
>
> http://www.panduit.com/products/browse.asp?classid=1152
>
> Regards,
> Stefan
>
> On Monday 10 March 2008 05:28:51 pm Ulf Zimmermann wrote:
>   
>> My search foo must be weak or there is just no such thing:
>>
>> Has anyone seen or is using software to keep track of patch panel/cross
>> connects? In our colocation we have now around 840 ports on patch panels
>> and a few hundred ports on network switches. I want to start to put this
>> into a database, for two reasons: Remote Hands and replacement of network
>> switches.
>>
>> Soon we will replace our current network switches, so I need an inventory
>> of what is connected where, so I can layout the new switches in advance.
>>
>> And as we do much remote, being able to tell the remote hand "check
>> cable X going from A to B to C" would be helpful.
>>
>> So has anyone run across some scripts/software/database to do that?
>>     
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