999209 - Add "console server & port" field to system view

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Infrastructure & Operations Graveyard :: WebOps: Inventory, task)

Description

[Derek Moore [:dmoore]]

Please add a "console server & port" field to the system view, much like the existing "OOB switch & port" field.

Many network devices in the datacenter now have a serial console port connected, and we have been documenting that information in the Notes field. We would prefer to have a dedicated field in the system view to remove confusion for those people trying to look up console information.

Comment 1

[Jacques Uber [:uberj]]

Should the data stored be in free-form format? Or should there be some data format Inventory can help enforce?

Comment 2

[Dave Curado :dcurado]

this should definitely be in a predefined format.
It would be great if we could dynamically build a selectable list of console-servers to choose
from, and... the console servers we use come in three flavors... 16, 32, and 48 ports.
It would be great if that information as part of the console server record, and
if someone tries to add a device to port 17 of a 16 port console server, reject it.

Even better would be a sanity check, so that when someone tries to commit a record
for a system that says it is using port x of console server y, that a check is done
to ensure that no other system record says that *it* is using port x of console server y.

Sorry to blather on about this, and Thanks!

Comment 3

[Amy Rich [:arr] [:arich]]

deleted bogus whiteboard tag

Comment 4

[Rob Tucker [:rtucker]]

Inventory is to be deprecated. No additional features are being considered at this time. If you feel this bug was closed erroneously, please reopen and comment as to why.