Add at the Racks the Cable Types too

[Dave6998]

Change Type

Addition

Area

Functionality/features

Proposed Changes

Hi,

it would help if we had the option to choose a cable/socket at the rack.
Much better it would be to choose also the plug or socket.
I would prefer to manage it by my self on the user level like make the cable/plug or socket types what i can choose finally on connecting.
Not only a interface, because we have here also just sockets or plugs in the racks.
For example:
Cable type: Single Mode
Plug: SC-PC

BR, Dave

[candlerb]

In Netbox, Cables don't have types for their connectors: however the interfaces, front ports, rear ports, console ports, port ports (etc) all do. These are not user-definable, but if there are some specific types you need which don't currently exist, you can raise a feature request. This is because the Netbox team want to maintain control and consistency over the types. See e.g. issue #84 and related ones for further discussion.

The cable endpoints are implied by what they connect to: e.g. if you create a cable between a 1000baseTX and an 8P8C, then it's implicitly an RJ45-RJ45 cable. You can select the cable type (e.g. CAT5e, CAT6 etc), again from another fixed list.

There are certainly several limitations in the data model as it relates to cabling. These come immediately to mind:

• there is no modelling of interface modules, like SFPs. So a cable "connects" directly into an interface in Netbox, rather than connecting into an SFP (and the SFP plugging into the interface)
• there is no modelling of individual fibre strands, i.e. that many SFPs require two fibres. So a "cable" might represent a fibre pair, if connected to an interface which has a dual LC connector. This doesn't work well when your fibre plant carries a mixture of duplex connections and single-fibre (BiDi/PON)
• there is no modelling of multiple interfaces on the same physical port (e.g. QSFP configured as 4x10G interfaces)
• there is no modelling of breakout cables (e.g. QSFP to 4xSFP). All cables in Netbox have exactly two ends.
• you can't have cables connected at one end only, or cables which connect to other cables

[Dave6998]

Thank you for the answer.
I understand what you mean.
I know it from my experience, its for many ppl important to have the option end a cable in a rack with a socket or plug.
Aslo have just a cable with plugs or sockets betweet 2 racks.