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The patch leads are all short and made to measure. (If we need more, then we use letters D, E & F)Įach patch panel has its own 48 port switch. (And the cable from faceplate 2, port A, goes to patch panel A, port 2 and so on). The cable from faceplate 1, port B, goes to patch panel B, port 1 and the cable from faceplate 1, port C, goes to patch panel C, port 1. So the cable from faceplate 1, port A, goes to patch panel A, port 1. In the comms room, there are 3 patch panels. The face plates are numbered 1 - 48 and the sockets are given a letter (e.g. In the offices / factory, all patch points have 3 sockets. I do things a bit differently but I find that it works really well. I also have a spreadsheet with Switch Port - Patch Panel - Person. Then I have a 'walls and cubes' blue print I made that has the ports and the person's name that is in that office/cube. Data are at the top and voice at the bottom, so I know the 4-13 is data and the 8-23 is voice. So for instance, I might have 4-13 and 8-23. Panel 4 is a 48 port so it's 4-01 through 4-48.Įvery wall jack is labeled where it goes to on the patch panel. So the first 'blade' of patch panel is ports 1-01 through 1-24. I abandoned that and labeled each individual patch section (we have some 24 port panel, some 48 port panels) with a number. The problem is, when they had to add jacks to come rooms/areas, the numbering system broke down. When the original infrastructure was laid, they labeled them Room#-Letter (203A 203B etc.) Each had one line starting at the top of the rack for data, and one starting halfway down the rack for voice. What is your labeling system that works for you? While we have IP cameras that were probably wired into patch panels too, I'm probably going to label them D for data and keep camera documentation with where they're run to, otherwise it will get too complicated. M-001 (M = MDF, port = 001) followed by D or V for Data or Voiceġ-001 (1 = IDF1, port = 001) followed by D or V for Data or Voice Not all of my areas have room numbers, so that method doesn't work for me. Before I start, I wanted to pick everyone's brain on how they make labeling easy to go back to. My biggest thorn right now is buildings where the patch paneling/wall port documentation was half-done or not done. One of my primary goals this year is having a central repository for all of our network documentation, accessible to myself and staff for troubleshooting and easy location of equipment and information associated with it. Sadly, my predecessor (like many) probably knew that, but either kept it in his head, or didn't make it centrally available (meaning much of it has been lost). We all know that accurate documentation saves us hours of frustration and extra effort.