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title: Terminating Fibers
description: 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
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# 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](https://demo.equinetmedia.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Accessing%20the%20Termination%20Editor.gif)

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](https://demo.equinetmedia.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Adding%20a%20Termination.gif)

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](https://demo.equinetmedia.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Accessing%20the%20Port%20List.gif)

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](https://help.ospinsight.com/ospinsight-web/the-basics/splicing-fibers)** - Connect fibers together at a splice point.

**[Patching Fibers](https://help.ospinsight.com/ospinsight-web/the-basics/patching-fibers)** - Connect incoming and outgoing fibers at patch panels.

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