Transpose boxes for network interconnection

A data transmission network, comprising:

• a first tier of network switches, each network switch capable of receiving and transmitting data over an external network;
• a second tier of network devices, each network device capable of receiving and transmitting data from at least one of the network switches;
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• a network transpose box comprising a first group of network connectors and a second group of network connectors, at least a portion of the first group of network connectors each being connected to two or more of the second group of network connectors, at least a portion of the second group of network connectors each being connected to two or more of the first group of network connectors,
• wherein each of the first tier of network switches is connected to one of the first group of network connectors using a single network cable and each of the second tier of network devices is connected to one of the second group of network connectors using a single network cable, and
• wherein a meshing of communication media connecting the first and second groups of network connectors implements a network topology wherein multiple switches of the first tier are each connected to multiple devices of second tier via the transpose box.

A method of deploying a data transmission network, comprising:

• selecting a network topology for at least a portion of the data transmission network;
• based at least in part upon the selected network topology, selecting a network transpose box including a plurality of network connectors connected using a plurality of communication media, the communication media being meshed in a way to implement the network topology, the network connectors being logically separated into a first group of network connectors and a second group of network connectors, at least a portion of the first group of network connectors each being connected to two or more of the second group of network connectors according to the selected network topology;
• connecting a first set of network devices to at least a portion of the network connectors of the first group and connecting a second set of network devices to at least a portion of the network connectors of the second group, each of the network devices being connected to one of the network connectors using a single network cable,
• wherein the first set of devices are able to communicate with the second set of devices according to the selected network topology.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive information indicating at least one resource capacity to be provided by a network deployment;
• identify a network topology to be used for the network deployment;
• identify network devices to be used for the network deployment;
• based at least in part upon the network topology and the at least one resource capacity, select at least one network transpose box to be used in connecting a first tier of network devices with a second tier of network devices, the network transpose box including a plurality of network connectors connected using a plurality of communication media, the communication media being meshed in a way to implement the network topology, the network connectors being logically separated into a first group of network connectors for connecting to the first tier and a second group of network connectors for connecting to the second tier, at least a portion of the first group of network connectors each being connected to two or more of the second group of network connectors according to the selected network topology;
• based at least in part upon the transpose box and a type of network devices in at least one of the first and second tiers, selecting cabling for connecting each of the network devices in the first and second tiers to one of the network connectors of the transpose box;
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• generating connection information including a type of the selected transpose box and identifying the selected cabling for use by an installer in physically installing at least a portion of the network deployment.