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


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