Transition ports from available / prewired to awaiting x-connect to connected to awaiting cease to ceased and then available again.co-location provider's circuit reference.their state (such as available / prewired, awaiting cross connect, connected, awaiting cease, reserved, broken).List associated patch panel ports which includes:.Add / edit patch panels (which includes cable and connector types).We believe we have now developed a feature complete and useful means of managing patch panels and associated cross connects. Typically our original solutions were over-engineered where all we really needed was something which could replace a spreadsheet per panel. We have approached the issue a number of times in IXP Manager but abandoned the attempt every time. One of the more difficult things for an IXP to manage is the sheer volume of patch panels / cross connects they need to manage.