Hi Supun,
Observium uses hostname as the primary identifier because many devices have multiple IP addresses.
There are search facilities to find devices from IP addresses, and this is the correct way to do that.
We wouldn't really have any way of knowing which IP address to show for each device with the way the system works at the moment.
It's possible we could allow an IP address for each device to be selected as 'primary' to be shown in the UI, but I'm not sure this is a good idea.
adam.
On 2014-01-16 07:37, Supun Rathnayake wrote:
Hi all,
We have a small suggestion, is it possible to add a new feature to display the IP address of the device ( DNS resolved IP of the device ) may be in front of the device name / or at the top of the device page etc. ( at any prominent place )
This is really helpful in identification and further trouble shooting etc., as most of the network engineers are dealing with the IP addresses rather than the hostname in day to day operations.
Thanks in advance.
-- With Best Regards,
Supun Rathnayake
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