PHYSICAL LAYER MANAGEMENT AT A WALL PLATE DEVICE

摘要

One embodiment is directed to a wall plate device including one or more jacks. Each jack includes a rear attachment point configured to couple to one or more communication paths in a semi-permanent manner. Each jack also includes a front attachment point configured to mate with a connector of a corresponding physical communication media, and to couple such physical communication media to the rear attachment point. Each jack also includes a media reading interface configured to interface with a PLM interface of a connector connected to the front attachment point. The wall plate device also includes a programmable processor coupled to each of the media reading interfaces and configured to access a storage device of a connector connected to the front attachment point through the media reading interface to obtain PLM information. The programmable processor is configured to communicate the PLM information to another device.

主权项

1. A wall plate device comprising:
one or more jacks, each jack including a rear attachment point configured to couple to one or more communication paths for non-service network traffic in a semi-permanent manner, each jack including a front attachment point configured to mate with a connector of a corresponding cable and couple such cable to the one or more communication paths at the rear attachment point, each jack including a media reading interface configured to interface with a physical layer management (PLM) interface of a connector connected to the front attachment point; a programmable processor coupled to each of the media reading interfaces and configured to access a storage device or other component of a connector connected to the front attachment point through the media reading interface to obtain PLM information, the programmable processor configured to communicate the PLM information to a host server.