Mike Gerdts wrote: > ... > > Some sort of a hierarchical view would be nice (aka killer feature, > when combined with physical location). The hierarchical view would > also be a very handy place to give physical location. For example, > consider the following on a 25k domain. > > Interface Name Type Physical Location Comment > ----------------- ------------ --------------------- ----------------- > intranet Multipath > intra-aggr0 Aggregation Uses switch0 > ce8 10/100/1000 IOB4,PCI1,QGE Port 0 > ce12 10/100/1000 IOB5,PCI1,QGE Port 0 > intra-aggr1 Aggregation Uses switch1 > ce9 10/100/1000 IOB4,PCI1,QGE Port 2 > ce13 10/100/1000 IOB5,PCI1,QGE Port 2 > > A view like this (notice my ability to store a comment) can tell me > that I have no single points of failure for my IPMP intranet > connection. A key feature of this view is that I don't have to flip > between tabs to understand the configuration. Perhaps hovering over > the various interfaces could give status information - or perhaps not. > :)
Hmmm, the "physical location" reminds me of "lanscan" from HP-UX, but using names in the physical location rather than numbers (8/13.0 - or 4/1.0 in this case - means what exactly?) is nice. Darren
