Hmm. I'd be surprised if HP devices didn't allow description setting.
Does anyone else have these devices? I'm not familiar with HP's product lineup.
adam.
Sent from Mailbird [http://www.getmailbird.com/?utm_source=Mailbird&utm_medium=email&utm...] On 07/05/2015 15:08:17, Kenneth Eisner kenneth.eisner@christacadguate.org wrote: Adam,
Thanks for the input. We're using HP ProCurve v1910G units. They're not $50 units but they're not super expensive either. The web based management software provided on the HP switch does not appear to offer this ability either - or I just have not found it. I'd love to do this at the switch level - if possible.
-knme
On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama@memetic.org [mailto:adama@memetic.org]> wrote:
Nope. By design we don't give the ability to set things like this in the UI, since it promotes poor management practices (not bothering to set port descriptions on the devices themselves).
If you have a device which doesn't have settable port descriptions, i'd bet it fits into one of these two possibilities:
a) it's a $50 device, and you shouldn't be using it in a scenario where you'd want to label ports b) it's a device with 3 ports, so labelling isn't important enough to compromise other design criteria
adam.
Sent from Mailbird [http://www.getmailbird.com/?utm_source=Mailbird&utm_medium=email&utm...] On 07/05/2015 15:02:34, Kenneth Eisner <kenneth.eisner@christacadguate.org [mailto:kenneth.eisner@christacadguate.org]> wrote: I checked the Observium netiquette - I did not see a "please do not repost questions." - If I'm breaking an unwritten rule then I do apologize.
Does anyone know if there is a way to apply a friendly name to ports? It does not appear possible in the Community Edition front end, however, is it possible to do this via the database?
Thanks,
-knme
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