Context for Field Mapping

Rows, Columns, Port Positions

To help explain, let’s start with a patch panel on a rack. This example has 1 panel with 2 cards stacked on top of each other. In order for the cards to appear on top of each other (as opposed to side-by-side horizontally), the patch panel is configured to have 1 column and 2 rows:

One level down, the cards that fit in the panel have 24 ports in a 12 columns x 2 rows arrangement:

Down another level, each port on the card bears a port position that corresponds to the grid. In this arrangement, the port positions range from 1 to 24:

Rack Display Inconsistencies

If you fail to populate these grid and port fields in your data, you may receive an error in the Wavepoint XI rack views:

The same lack of required data may also result in unexpected and incorrect rack display results:

The solution to both of these potential problems lies in the grid and its configuration.

• First, these fields need to be mapped in Solution Center.

• Second, the numbers assigned to any of the row, column, or port position fields need to make logical sense. If you have a patch panel card with 24 possible port positions, but a port is assigned to position 32, that breaks this logical rule. Wavepoint XI places such an errant point in the bottom, right-most corner of the patch panel following a “best fit” approach, but a much better approach would be to correct the underlying data error.