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Front Ports
Front ports are pass-through ports which represent physical cable connections that comprise part of a longer path. For example, the ports on the front face of a UTP patch panel would be modeled in NetBox as front ports. Each port is assigned a physical type, and must be mapped to one or more rear port positions on the same device. A single rear port may be mapped to multiple front ports, using numeric positions to annotate the specific alignment of each.
!!! tip
Like most device components, front ports are instantiated automatically from [front port templates](./frontporttemplate.md) assigned to the selected device type when a device is created.
Fields
Device
The device to which this port belongs.
Module
The installed module within the assigned device to which this port belongs (optional).
Name
The port's name. Must be unique to the parent device.
Label
An alternative physical label identifying the port.
Type
The port's termination type.
Positions
The number of rear port positions to which this front port maps. For a front port which passes through to a single rear port position, set this to 1.
Rear Ports
The rear port and position to which this front port maps.
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When creating multiple front ports using a patterned name (e.g. `Port [1-12]`), select one rear port-position mapping for every position of every front port being created. For example, 12 front ports with two positions each requires 24 mappings, which are assigned to the generated ports in order.
Color
The port's color (optional).
Mark Connected
If selected, this component will be treated as if a cable has been connected.