It is to be understood that various functions of the patch panel patch twine management strategies and apparatus may be distributed in any method amongst any amount (e.g., one or more) of hardware and/or software modules or models, laptop or processing systems or circuitry. In an exemplary configuration during which out-of-band channel physical interface 610 supports a single out-of-band conductor, the port processor module 606 might repeatedly alternate between transmitting an outbound port message and checking to see if an outbound message from a remote port could additionally be acquired. In another exemplary configuration in which the out-of-band channel physical interface 610 supports two separate out-of-band conductors, the port processor module 606 could simultaneously transmit an out-of-band outbound port message and verify for/receive an out-of-band message from a remote port, concurrently. It might be appreciated that the exemplary embodiments described above and illustrated within the drawings symbolize only some of the numerous ways of implementing patch panels according to the current invention for use in managing network patch panel connections. The present invention just isn't restricted to use inside any particular community cable infrastructure configuration disclosed herein, however may be utilized to any deployed network infrastructure that may profit from the use of patch panels.
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Response time doesn't improve with the variety of patch panels added to a community, as is the case with methods that depend upon a centralized sign processor to sequentially scan each port on every of the respective patch panels that the centralized sign processor helps. The patch panel structure in accordance with some embodiments of the current invention supports patch panel monitoring that may be modularly scaled to assist any size network, provides real-time monitoring with decreased delay, and employs a simplified inter-patch-panel cabling scheme that increases reliability and reduces upkeep costs. Port processor module 606 might communicate with the patch panel controller module to send port replace messages to the panel controller module and to obtain configuration/control parameter updates from the panel controller module. Upon receipt of an update message from the panel controller module, port processor module 606 may update status data stored within information storage module 612. Port processor module 606 could use parameters acquired from the patch panel controller module and saved in information storage module 612 to regulate operation of port controller module 604 and to control occasions reported by way of replace messages to the panel controller module. A methodology and equipment are provided for monitoring and reporting cable connectivity similar to patch panel port-level connectivity on a real-time basis.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The disclosed methodology and equipment for monitoring and reporting cable connectivity could also be utilized to a wide selection of community gadgets. For video cable , as described below, the disclosed method and equipment may be utilized to monitoring and reporting cable connectivity between patch panel methods. The technique of declare 5, additional comprising updating a port-level data retailer to indicate the connection status of mentioned certainly one of stated first patch panel ports if info from mentioned out-of-band message differs from connection data in mentioned port-level data retailer. From the foregoing description it will be appreciated that an intelligent patch panel and technique of managing community patch panel connections utilizing a patch panel structure are disclosed which are capable of accurately assessing, and reporting in real-time, deployed patch panel patch wire connectivity information. Patch panel patch cord connection monitoring process output could also be introduced to the person (e.g., via the Network Management System) in any method using alphanumeric and/or visible presentation formats.
An extra operate that might be included in panel processor module 510 supports the receipt and processing of command, control and reporting instructions from the NMS by way of protocols other than SNMP. In patch panel financial institution 100, to discover out connectivity between individual patch panel ports 104 established by patch cords 112, centralized signal processor 106 polls every port 104 on every patch panel 102 through the respective monitoring ribbon cables 108. If a sign is detected upon a monitoring ribbon cable 108 conductor in response to a signal being positioned upon one other conductor inside the similar or a unique monitoring ribbon cable 108, centralized sign processor 106 could decide that the 2 patch panel ports associated with the respective ribbon cable conductors are linked. Centralized signal processor 106 might generate and transmit a message to a Network Management System through a management community connection a hundred and ten to report the decided port degree connectivity. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A method and equipment are supplied for monitoring and reporting cable connectivity such as patch panel port-level connectivity on a real-time foundation.
The ability to daisy-chain community connectivity to multiple patch panels from a community connection 210 might scale back or remove the need for independent community cables for every individual patch panel and further reduces the quantity of network-related cables. 7 is a circulate chart of an exemplary workflow associated with the startup of an exemplary patch panel system. 7, upon powering up, at step S702, of a patch panel system, the patch panel panel controller may send, at step S704, a configuration request to a remote NMS. Upon receipt, at step S706, by the NMS of the configuration request, the NMS could retrieve, from a configuration managed storage repository, configuration parameters for the patch panel device from which the configuration request was obtained and send the retrieved configuration parameters to the patch panel panel controller.
For example, from the perspective of a patch panel port controller, the term “remote port” may be used to refer to any port aside from the “local port” supported by that patch panel port controller. Given that a patch panel supports multiple ports, a “remote port” could additionally be a port on the identical, or native, patch panel as a “local port” or the “remote port” could additionally be a port on another, or distant, patch panel. A distant port and an area port behave, and are, precisely the identical besides that each has a relative place with respect to the opposite. For example, each port, based upon the perspective of that port, transmits an out-of-band outbound port message that includes a native patch panel identifier and an area port identifier.