| US 7,517,243 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for patch panel patch cord documentation and revision | ||
| Jak E. Caveney, Hinsdale, Ill. (US); and Ronald A. Nordin, Naperville, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 26, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/925,089. | ||
| Application 11/925089 is a continuation of application No. 11/265316, filed on Nov. 02, 2005, granted, now 7,297,018. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/624753, filed on Nov. 03, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0045075 A1, Feb. 21, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—489 | 7 Claims |
| 1. A method of monitoring and reporting patch panel port-level connectivity information to a network management system comprising:
providing a first patch panel having a plurality of first patch panel ports and a first port controller and a second patch
panel having a plurality of second patch panel ports and a second port controller, at least one of said first patch panel
ports being connected to at least one of said second patch panel ports via an in-band communication channel and an out-of-band
communication channel;
transmitting, from said first port controller, to said port controller an outbound message along said out-of-band communication
channel of one of said first patch panel ports, said outbound message containing patch panel and port information associated
with said port; and
checking at said first port controller to determine whether an out-of-band message from said second port controller is available
for receipt.
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