Fiber ODF Connection

[Nguyen Quoc Van]

Hi,

My Company has many Fiber ODF(48 FO or 96FO) connect far end site to device. Some connection use single fiber core, some connection use 2 core...

Ex: Core 21-22 ODF 1 -> Core 21-22 Patch Panel DCN1-37 -> Core 7-8 Patch Panel   CY02-31 ->  Core 7-8 Patch Panel Rack CB23 -> interface 1 switch ID xxx

How can i manage this connection in Netbox?

Regard,

[Brian Candler]

It's not well supported as of today, but it has been discussed several times before in this list and in github tickets.  Most recently: https://groups.google.com/g/netbox-discuss/c/UyW3rjo_rac/

I think that for now, the most pragmatic approach for duplex links is to connect the interface to just the odd-numbered port on the fibre infrastructure, and implicitly the even-numbered port is used as well.  You could use a tag or a label on the even-numbered frontport to mark it as in use.  (Unfortunately you can't mark a frontport as out-of-service like you can an interface; and you can't plug in a cable at one end to reserve it either).

The alternatives are too ugly to contemplate seriously.  For example you could create two "interfaces" on the device, e.g. Gi1/0/1-Tx and Gi1/0/1-Rx. This is horrible because in reality there's only one interface and only one SFP.