Recently, we were tasked with implementing the ability to track virtual ports that a logical circuit was programmed on within a physical port. This was added as an enhancement to our Logical Circuit Provisioning tool.

To find out more information about this tool, check out our previous articles:

Having Fun with Logical Circuit Provisioning

Having (Even More) Fun with Logical Circuit Provisioning

Logical Circuit Provisioning: A Case Study

A fully fledged application must be able to handle these cases to truly represent the actual connection information that is programmed on the equipment.

At the base level, a logical circuit is tracked via its’ higher order circuit. The top level circuit tracks the physical ports it connects to as it traverses from patch location to patch location. In some cases, a further delineation is required and we must move to the logical port level. On pieces of equipment that are applicable, a physical device port can be divided into multiple virtual ports, then a logical circuit to be tied to an individual virtual port. When provisioning a new logical circuit on the network, the option will be given to set the virtual port number on the physical ports that the circuit traverses through.

With this functionality in place, we are now one step closer to having full and complete data, allowing the client to better serve its’ customers.