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Planning your Telecom and Connection Inventory
Level of Details for Inventory and Connection Inventory
The telecom inventory can contain:
- work area equipment
- faceplates
- jacks on faceplates
- patch panels
- ports on patch panels
- telecom area equipment
- ports on telecom area equipment
The level of detail that you implement depends in part on the size of your network, and its complexity. You can skip a level if you like.
Consider these questions before getting started:
- What is the purpose of the connection inventory? What problems will it solve? What will I use it for?
- What conventions are already in place for identifying items and termination points?
- Is a CAD telecom plan important to our operations? Which telecom assets do I want to represent in CAD?
- Do I want to represent both faceplates and jacks in CAD?
- Many sites represent only faceplates in CAD.
- Although the jacks are not represented in CAD, you can still track your telecom connections to the jacks contained in faceplates.
- Will work area termination points be faceplates, or jacks within in the faceplates? The Connect features work with jacks on faceplates or stand-alone jacks; you cannot connect directly to a faceplate.
- Will telecom area termination points be patch panels and servers, or ports in the patch panels and servers? For telecom area equipment, you can connect directly to the equipment item, or the port on the equipment item.
As you develop your plan, other questions may arise. Be sure to consider these issues and develop your conventions before undertaking a large-scale data development project.
Data Development Method
Assume that standards and background data are already in place. Now you want to create your inventory and track connections in a way that meets your objectives. You have some basic options to start:
- Build a comprehensive telecom inventory with connections from the ground up.
- Once your inventory is developed, go back and make connections.
- Build out the connection inventory as you go. Start with an inventory and add the connection inventory as you plan moves, manage employee turnover, oversee equipment replacement, and initiate IT improvements.
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