[racktables-users] Re: Multiple connections on a port for patchpanels

Hello Denis,

Yes you got right me right, thanks.
Do you think it would be possible in a future version to have a front and a back connection on a port ?
In a patch panel, it could be used to explicitely follow the physical connection chain. In a router/host/switch, it could be used to map the physical port with the OS interface. 


Denis Yeldandi a écrit :

Hello Aubin,
Not sure that I understood you correctly, but... If you mean that you want to document in racktables the fact that a patchpanel has 2 types of ports: front ports -- RJ45 (8P8C is more correct word) and back ports -- 110 block punchblock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110_block), then no, there is no special way to do that. 

Instead of that you can:
create a new port type called "110 block"
48 ports for a 24-port panel: 24 RJ45 and 24 110 block, called front1 ... front24 and back1 ... back24 connect back ports of the 2 patchpanels you have (as far as I understood, you have 2 patchpanels, right) connect corresponding front ports to your devices (again, as far as I understood your topology)
There would be no explicit connection between front and back ports of a panel, you just have to assume that port frontN corresponds to port backN. 

If I didn't get you right, can you please explain it more? :)

Thanks!
Denis.

Aubin Galinotti wrote:

Hello,

I'am new to racktables, discovered it last week.
So far it looks great.
I have just a question, is there a way to have 2 connections on a port in the case of a patch panel ? 

For instance I have :
- a router in a rack
- a cable from this router to a plug in a patchpanel in a meet-me room
- a cable from this plug another plug of the patch panel
- a cable from the second plug to another router in another rack
I don't see how to do this in racktable, unless I create two ports for each port in the patch panel (but then I can't "follow" the cables from the interface)
(I looked on the bugtracker but didn't find a request on this, sorry if it's allready asked for and I didn't see it) 

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   Regards
   Aubin Galinotti

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