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The view is is now in the Link Management plugin ( FirstLast View link) |
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As far as I understand the problem statement, the information you want to have in the default view (the remote endpoint) is already there. The Link Management code can manage intermediate hops in between of the principal endpoints, which remain the same and are displayed by default. Could you check once again? |
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The FirstLast View minimizes the problem for now. What was intended was to have shown on the first tab the start of a link and the end of it. For some situations that there is a Patch Panel, the view tab will show just up a server linked with patch panels. That don't say much for a person not dealing with it everyday. For making it easier, I have put on the label field of the port a good description, and have it described in all the links until I reach the end of the link, the only problem is that if I update that information I'll have to update in all the link path. Sometimes here we have some really long path link with a lot of patch panels in the way. |
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Could you add a screenshot when you have time? To me it seems I have something very different in my mind. |
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Hello, I have just taken 2 screenshots, that I have to edit because of some information that can not be shown, but it does show what I was trying to explain. In the first image, you have Switch on rack, and it's ports are linked with nothing on the view tab, and that is happening because the link on these ports comes from a back port from a Patch Panel. To have a look at the link on that Switch it is needed to look on the Link Management and follow the Patch Panel links to reach the end of it, witch will end in servers. In the second image, you have a Patch Panel on a rack, and you can see it linked on server ports, but to follow the link that will end up in Switchs it is needed to look at Link Management. In Both cases, what would be the best of the worlds, would be to have the end of the link shown at the view tab, so I would not need to put a description on the Visible label at each part of a link. I understand that this would involve the use of link management with Racktables itself. For now, the FirstLast View somehow gives a better view of the link on the Link Management tab. If there is anything more that I can provide to help, ask away. And thank you. |
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Thank you for the screenshots. In your use scenario is it possible first to link the server port to the switch port the usual way and then use Link Management to document the intermediate patch panel ports? |
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Hello, I am sorry to not have reported earlier. Well, I do use the Link Management and also the Ports, it helps a lot. But I have some cases that I don not have Patch Panels in all the Racks, so there are switch and servers that are linked with a backport of the Patch Panel. In that cases, the users will see the port empty, both in View and in Ports tab, and it might think the port is free, but it isn't. It is backlinked on LinkManagement. Sure would be great if the plugin gets incorporated on the system itself. But I know this requires a lot of study and work. Thank you |
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