We arent tracking the card. We created a computer and and record in IP
Endpoint with a CTI of Hardware, Components, IP. The relationship type we
created is Hosted Access Point> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:30:35 -0400> From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CMDB 2.0.1 - Where would you put this data?> To:
[email protected]> > Hi Listers - > > Looking at the skinnied-down CDM, how
would you track the following:> > Server w/ two network cards that each have
two specific IP addresses (for > failover, for example) associated with them.>
> Server goes into ComputerSystem class, no problem.> > From there, I could:> >
1) Put the Network card into Card class. If I do, how to I say "this IP >
Address is associated with this card"? Do I create an IP Endpoint CI to > track
the IP Address, then relate that to the Computer, thus 'kind of' > relating
this to the NIC card?> > 2) Do I create a CI in the IP Endpoint class with a
CTI of something > like "Hardware/Component/NIC" and ignore the Card class?
That way I could > directly relate the NIC Card and its associated IP
Address(es) to the > ComputerSystem w/ both a Component & a Dependency
relationship. But this > ignores the fact that the actual device that delivers
the Access Point is a > card in the large percentage of cases...> > 3) Insert
other great ideas here....> > Has anyone else modeled their computer-network
data in CMDB 2.0? If so, > what did you do? Another consideration is ease of
reporting, which is > rather difficult to say the least.> > Lastly, the CDM has
this blurb in the BMC_HostedAccessPoint relationship > class definition:
"Heuristic: If the implementation of the AccessPoint is > modeled, it must be
implemented by a Device or SoftwareFeature that is part > of the System hosting
the ServiceAccessPoint." This may be the key to my > question, I just can't
figure out what it means~~~~.> > Please, weigh in on this topic!> > Thanks, >
Cindy> >
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