Software to keep track of patch panel connections?

Wed Mar 12 14:53:53 PDT 2008

Robert Harker wrote:
> Brent Chapman wrote:
>   
>>    Labeling both ends of all cables with a unique identifier, but
>>    not what it's currently used for (because that will inevitably
>>    change, and the only thing worse than no label is an incorrect
>>    label). 
>>     
>
> I whole heartily agree with this.  When you do an install and label
> everything according to what it is, it looks great, really professional.
> But six months later as equipment has moved and cables have been
> repatched, you can no longer trust the label.  In my experience
> cable relabeling is done just about as consistently as document updates.
>   

I can see doing this from a system to a patch panel at the top of a 
rack, but how would you go about doing this from the patch panel to a 
switch?  How could you possible trace that cable just using a generic 
identifier, rather than something more specific?

--Mark.