Connectors and adapters with auto-latching features

A connector system comprising:

• a coupling assembly defining a port having an insertion axis, the coupling assembly including a lock member disposed within the port, the lock member being configured to move within the coupling assembly between a locking position and a releasing position, the lock member being configured to inhibit movement along the insertion axis of a plug connector received at the port when the lock member is disposed in the locking position, the lock member allowing movement of the plug connector along the insertion axis when the lock member is disposed in the releasing position;
• an actuator coupled to the coupling assembly, the actuator being configured to move the stop member between the locking and releasing positions;
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• a management system that controls the actuator, the management system including a reader, a presence sensing mechanism, and a user interface by which expected data for a plug connector is input, the expected data including expected physical layer information pertaining to the plug connector, the management system also including a processor coupled to the reader and to the presence sensing mechanism, the processor being configured to use the presence sensing mechanism to determine whether a plug connector has been inserted at the port, to use the reader to obtain data stored in memory on the plug connector, to determine whether the data obtained from the memory of the plug connector matches the expected data, and to trigger the actuator if the obtained data matches the expected data, wherein the obtained data includes obtained physical layer information pertaining to the plug connector.