Cable Types

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A cable type captures a unique combination of cable medium and profile, providing a canonical reference for cables modeled in NetBox. NetBox does not ship a native model for classifying cables this way, so cable types are maintained by this plugin and referenced from BOM line items and spare items in place of a DCIM type.

Cable types are normally created automatically during BOM generation: whenever a matched cable does not yet have a corresponding type, one is created on the fly. They may also be created manually if needed. Length and color are tracked as variant attributes on the line item or spare item rather than as fields on the cable type itself.

Fields

Type

The cable's physical medium (e.g. CAT6A, MMF OM4, or SMF OS2). Choices are inherited from NetBox's native cable type choices.

Profile

The cable's profile designation (e.g. 1C1P, 2C4P trunk, or 1C2P:2C1P breakout). Optional. Choices are inherited from NetBox's native cable profile choices.

The combination of type and profile must be unique.