Dual Fed DC Power PDP

[jonzey0]

I've started to go down the rabbit hole when it comes to Power Modelling in NetBox and I've come across a bit of a tricky situation when it comes to modelling our power.

In our environment, we use 16 Port PDPs which connect to our Central Power Distribution systems. These 16 ports are split 8 and 8 across "A" and "B" input feeds. Now in a simple scenario, I'm able to connect the Power Port of the PDP to the 8 Power Outlets of that respective side. No issues there.

However, in a number of our PDPs, we're dual feeding these inputs to provide double the available current. So, we're connecting 2 Power Ports to the A side with the combined power distributing to the 8 Power Outlets of that side. NetBox doesn't seem to allow you to connect two Outlets to the same Power Port, so I'm a little stuck. One of the reasons we'd want to document where these input feeds go is for breaker tracking, so we'd want both Power Ports documented, but then the load can't be connected correctly to the 8 Power Outlets.

The only idea I've got to work around this so far is the following.

1. Connect 1 of the Power Ports to the 8 Power Outlets on that side of the PDP with Double the Amperage
2. Connect the second Power Port to the PDP, but as a "dummy" with zero nominal Amperage

This would at least allow us to connect up the two Input Feeds to our Central Power systems and have the correct amperage available within the racks/PDPs. But it seems like there's no real mechanism to have 2 Power Ports go to the same Power Outlet.

Are there any alternative suggestions anyone can give?