Question: what is the difference between loaded and unloaded patch panel?
Answer: 1 Answer. As you've surmised, a "loaded" patch panel is loaded: Connectors are pre-installed (usually all one family of connectors: e.g. the whole panel is going to be RJ45 cat6), while an unloaded patch panel is - well - not. Typically unloaded panels have empty holes (or knockouts) where connectors would go.