Thank you Steve, I thought about this too, but I dislike the idea of having hundreds of useless objects in out RackTables database... Wether it would be a clean solution, nobody wants to link multiple ports... ;-) Joerg Am 28.03.2013 um 15:57 schrieb theodore e van iderstine <tvaniderstine@xxxxxxxx>: > 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. > >