Cable plugging guidance facility for a network

A system of facilitating cable plugging in a network, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the system performs a method comprising:
• sensing, via a proximity sensor associated with the network, presence of a tag accompanying a cable connector at one end of a cable being near a scanner associated with the network, the cable to be plugged in the network;
• based on the sensing, initiating wireless reading, by the scanner, the tag to obtain wirelessly read connector identifying information from the tag accompanying the cable connector at the one end of the cable to be plugged in the network, the connector identifying information comprising identifying information specific to the cable connector at the one end of the cable;
• using the connector identifying information to ascertain, from a database, applicable cable rules guidance for where to properly plug the cable connector in the network;
• and
• based on ascertaining the guidance, illuminating one or more indicators associated with one or more plug locations in the network to assist in properly plugging the cable connector in the network.

A computer program product for facilitating cable plugging in a network, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
• sense, via a proximity sensor associated with the network, presence of a tag accompanying a cable connector at one end of a cable being near a scanner associated with the network, the cable to be plugged in the network;
• based on the sensing, initiate wireless reading, by the scanner, the tag to obtain wirelessly read connector identifying information from the tag accompanying the cable connector at the one end of the cable to be plugged in the network, the connector identifying information comprising identifying information specific to the cable connector at the one end of the cable;
• use the connector identifying information to ascertain, from a database, applicable cable rules guidance for where to properly plug the cable connector in the network;
• and
• based on ascertaining the guidance, illuminate one or more indicators associated with one or more plug locations in the network to assist in properly plugging the cable connector in the network.