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NetDoc™ User’s Manual 1-111 Rev B
Setting Up the Cabling Infrastructure
Backbone Cross-Connects
The Cross-Connects tab shows status for Source and Destination cross-connects. This form
can be edited.
Note: Cross-connects are only applicable at the backbone ends connected to termination
hardware.
To make a cross-connect:
1. On the Navigation Tree, highlight the Space where the backbone cable is located.
2. In the List View pane drop-down list, choose Backbone Cables.
3. Click the Cross Connects tab.
4. Locate the cable pair you want to cross-connect.
5. Click the drop-down list for the Connection Type and choose: Available, Horizontal Link,
Backbone Cable, or Asset.
Note: To cross-connect to a cable, that cable must be connected to termination hardware.
6. In the Connection ID cell, choose the ID of the item to which you are cross-connecting.
Only items connected to termination hardware in that backbone space are available.
7. Click in the Pair # column. The Select Items window appears with a list of available
pairs/strands for the selected item.
8. Choose the pairs/strands to which you are cross-connecting, then click OK. The
Termination Hardware and Port/Pos columns automatically populate with the information
for the other end of the cross-connected cable.
9. Click Save.