You could build a 'splitter' object that has three ports: 1 out and 2 in, and attach it to the panel port and then connect the devices (phone, pc, etc) to the splitter object. I did this very thing in Informix 20 years ago... so how i managed it....we'll, i don't remember how I validated the connections. On Thursday, March 28, 2013 02:23:06 PM Steven Brown wrote: > I suggest a naming convention with patch panels which include double the > number of actual ports. > > Port / Pair > > Port 1/1 > Port 1/2 > Port 2/1 > Port 2/2 > etc > > > Steven Brown > Midrange Server Team > IT&S > > 2025 Victoria Avenue > Regina, SK S4P 0S1 > Phone: (306) 566-2579 > Email: sbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ________________________________________ > From: racktables-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [racktables-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Jörg Schneider > [software@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: March 28, 2013 07:10 > To: racktables-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [racktables-users] Cable sharing (port doubler) > > Has anyone suggestions how to picture panels with cable sharing? > We have a lot of POTS in our datacenter which are shared in order to save > resources... (only one pair of four used if not shared) > > Best regards > > Joerg Schneider > This email including attachments is confidential and proprietary. If you are > not the intended recipient, any redistribution or copying of this message > is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us > by return email, and delete this email.