Cable Use Cases

The topics in this section focus on using DDR to bulk import cable routing and connectivity information using CSV import files.

Important: When a power Cable is connected to a power consumer (Equipment), it may cause the Port at the other end of the Cable to become overloaded, or any further upstream Ports or Equipment objects to become overloaded. Similarly, if a power Cable is connected to a power supplier (PDU, power strip, breaker, etc.), the Equipment at the other end of the Cable may draw enough Power to overload the Port, the Equipment, or something upstream. The user is normally warned about these potential power overloads via a dialog that pops up. However, in case of the DDR Import operation, the overload warning is displayed in the last step of the wizard, similarly to how other warnings are displayed, indicating the source of the potential issue with the number of row in the first column.

For more information about the warnings, click on the following topic - Power management.

Specifying explicit units for Service loop and Drop Length values during DDR import

DDR import allows the user to specify the units for Service Loops and Length values, e.g. “10 ft”, “5 m”, or “24 in”. If the user does not specify any units, the assumed unit for these values are inches.