miltonk
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Cable Management at colocation facility
I've just started working at a small Data Center and need to put together a list of all wiring completed.
We have multiple rooms, multiple tenants and multiple patch panels.
What I was left was an ugly spreadsheet that has no "flow" to it.
I'm looking for a software solution (as cheap, if not free) to make it easier to follow the cable from point A-B and also to be able to see what ports are open on the patch panels for new wiring needs.
I really don't need to document what physical equipment it is connected to, just the route from 1 cable end to the other.
Thanks
We have multiple rooms, multiple tenants and multiple patch panels.
What I was left was an ugly spreadsheet that has no "flow" to it.
I'm looking for a software solution (as cheap, if not free) to make it easier to follow the cable from point A-B and also to be able to see what ports are open on the patch panels for new wiring needs.
I really don't need to document what physical equipment it is connected to, just the route from 1 cable end to the other.
Thanks
tsaico
It isn't free or cheap, but I use MS Visio for my diagrams.
Diagram Designer is what we use.
here is a link to the user manual
http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/DiagramDesigner/Help/DiagramDesignUserManual.pdf
here is a link to the user manual
http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/DiagramDesigner/Help/DiagramDesignUserManual.pdf
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I'm not looking for a graphic representation of things at a high level overview but a down and dirty way to see point a-b.
Something where i can click on a port of a patch panel and it would tell me all the segments getting it from end to end.
We have 2 room with Customers Racks. 1 room has a dedicated patch panel wired to each Rack. All of those patch panels then get patched over to 3 other 96 port panels that are wired into the other room. In the other room, we make a patch cord from the customers Rack and bring it into a port on those 96port panels.
Something where i can click on a port of a patch panel and it would tell me all the segments getting it from end to end.
We have 2 room with Customers Racks. 1 room has a dedicated patch panel wired to each Rack. All of those patch panels then get patched over to 3 other 96 port panels that are wired into the other room. In the other room, we make a patch cord from the customers Rack and bring it into a port on those 96port panels.
Looks like you need Network configuration tools rather than schematics. Some of these tools allow you to print out automatically generated schematics also.
With that said, I think what you need in order to click and view configurations (not for patch panels but for actual connected devices) in your topology is something like Cisco Network Assistant, or Configuration Tool.
I hope that's what you asked
With that said, I think what you need in order to click and view configurations (not for patch panels but for actual connected devices) in your topology is something like Cisco Network Assistant, or Configuration Tool.
I hope that's what you asked
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There is a freeware tool called "Dia" that can create basic 2D diagrams. It is a nice free alternative to MS Visio. - https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dia/Screenshots