NEC MA4000 manual Assets

4-12 Setting Up Infrastructures

Changing the status of a port or position

Step 1 Click the Port/Position Details tab.

Step 2 Click on the Port or Position in the Status column. A drop-down list appears that allows you to change the status of the Port/Position from Available or Used to Damaged.

Step 3 Click the Save button to save changes.

Connecting Termination Hardware to a Backbone Cable

To connect Termination Hardware to a Backbone Cable, go to the Backbone Cables tab in the List View. See “Adding a Backbone” on page 4-20.

Connecting to a Horizontal Link

To connect Termination Hardware to a workspace asset via a Horizontal Link, go to the Horizontal Links tab. See “Horizontal Links” on page 4-14.

Connecting to a Grounding Conductor

See “Grounding” on page 4-23.

Assets

Before adding assets, the geographical structure of your company should be set up in the Navigator Tree. Assets can then be associated with the physical spaces in which they reside.

See “Setting up the Geographical Infrastructure” on page 4-1.

Setting Up Asset Types

There are two categories of Assets in Cable Management: Backbone Assets and Workstation Assets. Backbone Assets include those assets associated with a Telecommunication Space, such as a hub or router. Workspace Assets are those associated with workspace and faceplate connections like a computer, fax, or telephone.

Cable Management comes with many asset types already defined for you. If, however, you wish to track a type of asset that has not been defined, you can define it yourself.

Step 1 To set up Asset Types for your infrastructure, select the yellow ellipsis button to the right of the asset type field in the Detail pane.

Step 2 Click the Add button. Step 3 Enter the Device Type.

Step 4 Select a Category from the drop-down list for the next column: Workstation/Data, Backbone/Data, Voice/Modem, Backbone/Voice, or Other.

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