Hi,

Is there a content management system (CMS) that stores information from comm. closet port (from switch) to room data port (to computer), but also tracks what computer is on that jack and if it's active?

for example, if a computer is plugged into an RJ45 data port and is active then the CMS can show that computer in room Y on port Y2 is active and ties back to switch X on port X1. If the computer is then moved over to a different floor or room then the software detects that and updates the database.

Does such a system exist? Cisco? I've seen the network mapping SW but I don't think those take into account the comm. closet to room port pairs meaning you can't track where physically computers are.

Thanks.

What you're asking for is not a CMS in any way I've seen. CMS is really just for storing and accessing documents, not giving any thought into their creation. You don't even seem to want to manage any documents at all.

As far as network discovery tools, well there are dozens out there. I've used ManageEngine products to a reasonable leve of success, but for your own needs, i'd suggest writing some SNMP polling scripts and mangling that data about yourself may be the best option.

I guess I got my terms wrong. So what do most people do for cable documentation? Excel?

Most systems I'm aware for enterprise address management have pretty impressive price tags. When I've been looking, it's been more for DHCP and asset management, called IPAM as an entirety, but they tend to overlap with your descriptions to a reasonable extent, e.g. DiamondIP, Vital QIP, OpUtils (which has a free edition - may be a good bet), BlueCat Proteus etc.

So what do people use for physical port documentation e.g.
switch port to patch panel to wall port? These IPAM solutions dont cover that that side of the documentation or management.

excel.

Fundamentally the data you're looking to store is just an arbitrary list. Whilst there are some HUGE pitfalls of using excel to maange IP addresses, physical patch ports and things really are just a long list of 1:1 relationships, and not really "interesting" data from a technology point of view.

It's not something we bother doing where I currently work, but we do track the network ports of each device as configuration items within a BMC Remedy instance for showing what would be affected by a change control etc. we could just as easily add patch ports in in a similar (but non automated) way I suppose.