An intelligent cabling system is a solution for providing up-to-date accurate documentation in real-time so that customers can minimize costly network failures and downtimes. It integrates network layer and physical layer management, reduces staff workload, and more importantly reduce the time for moves, adds and changes (MACs) by automating the management of the physical layer.

Intelligent systems can allow monitoring and managing of all fiber and copper connections, across a site or at remote locations, from PCs anywhere on the LAN. This significantly eliminates wiring errors and cuts downtime by empowering administrators and technicians to monitor the entire communication network from one point.

Every fiber and copper port connection is continuously monitored, verified and logged in a central database. Whenever there is an unplanned change on any panel, the system can be configured to trigger notification via pager, e-mail and even the phone. Automated work orders and updating of the database, connectivity maps and logs save administrators' time.

These are some of the key benefits of intelligent cabling systems:

• Minimizes the network down time

• Reduces cost by improving the process of moves, adds and changes

• Guarantees documentation accuracy

• Improves response time

• Online tool for troubleshooting

• Allows mobility-remote working over the Internet

• Improves the performance and service levels

• Enables remote management

• Encourages asset utilization

• Strengthens security by identifying unauthorized changes and by notifying alarms on an immediate basis