Terminating Fibers

Terminations occur at the end of a cable where it connects to a piece of equipment or to another cable. When you terminate a fiber, you select which ports the fibers are plugged into at a termination point. You can also assign important user and status information to terminations which can be used for reporting purposes.

This article will show you the following:

  • Accessing the Termination Editor
  • Adding a Termination
  • Accessing the Port List

Accessing the Termination Editor

Accessing the Termination Editor
  1. Right-click termination point
  2. Hover over termination point name under Object header.
  3. Select Termination Editor

Adding a Termination

Terminate fibers using the Termination Editor window where you can switch between cable spans if there is more than one associated with a termination point. Use group identifiers to name ports, including originating and ending locations..

Adding a Termination

With the Termination Editor open:

  1. Make changes in Termination Editor:
  • Strands attached to rear panel
  • Corresponding ports
  • Group identifiers for these positions

5. Select Update to terminate fibers.

6. Close Termination Editor window.

Accessing the Port List

Accessing the Port List
  1. Right-click termination point
  2. Hover over termination point name under Object header.
  3. Select Port List

Next Steps

You’ve covered Terminating Fibers. Read on to learn more about:

Splicing Fibers - Connect fibers together at a splice point.

Patching Fibers - Connect incoming and outgoing fibers at patch panels.