You Can’t Just Swap Cables

In an IP Transport plant, if you have two sources reversed (like on your monitor wall) – swapping cables probably won’t work. More than likely, you have multiple signals muxed on that fiber or GigE cable and you have to open up a routing table to straighten it all out. Yes an IP-based plant gives you less wires, less weight and likely less cost but it also gives you new headaches.