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 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

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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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There's a trick to enable full CLI on those boxes. By default they don't do a lot of commands.

http://itswapshop.com/tutorial/hp-v1910-how-enable-full-command-line-access-...

I have seen a couple of these switches in the past, I have no experience with this hack though.

Regards,

GJ

Adam Armstrong schreef op do 07-05-2015 om 15:09 [+0100]:

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.

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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.orgmailto: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.

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On 07/05/2015 15:02:34, Kenneth Eisner <kenneth.eisner@christacadguate.orgmailto: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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It's a 3com Baseline switch essentially.

I don't have experience with them myself but I'm assuming it's something like this after you unlocked the full CLI:

system-view interface ethernet 1/0/1 description <text>

Kenneth Eisner schreef op do 07-05-2015 om 08:47 [-0600]:

Thanks everyone for your input. I've looked at both these suggestions but still cannot find anything about assigning friendly name/description to a port/interface at the switch. I'm going to keep looking.

If anyone else knows how to do this I'd love to hear from ya!

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Gert-Jan de Boer <gert-jan@aazoo.nlmailto:gert-jan@aazoo.nl> wrote: There's a trick to enable full CLI on those boxes. By default they don't do a lot of commands.

http://itswapshop.com/tutorial/hp-v1910-how-enable-full-command-line-access-...

I have seen a couple of these switches in the past, I have no experience with this hack though.

Regards,

GJ

Adam Armstrong schreef op do 07-05-2015 om 15:09 [+0100]:

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.

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On 07/05/2015 15:08:17, Kenneth Eisner <kenneth.eisner@christacadguate.orgmailto: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.orgmailto: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.

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On 07/05/2015 15:02:34, Kenneth Eisner <kenneth.eisner@christacadguate.orgmailto: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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Ok!

I got in. And yes, there is a description attribute. I set it and exited the user view. Working on saving the configuration and then testing it.

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Gert-Jan de Boer gert-jan@aazoo.nl wrote:

It's a 3com Baseline switch essentially.

I don't have experience with them myself but I'm assuming it's something like this after you unlocked the full CLI:

system-view interface ethernet 1/0/1 description <text>

Kenneth Eisner schreef op do 07-05-2015 om 08:47 [-0600]:

Thanks everyone for your input. I've looked at both these suggestions but still cannot find anything about assigning friendly name/description to a port/interface at the switch. I'm going to keep looking.

If anyone else knows how to do this I'd love to hear from ya!

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Gert-Jan de Boer gert-jan@aazoo.nl wrote:

There's a trick to enable full CLI on those boxes. By default they don't do a lot of commands.

http://itswapshop.com/tutorial/hp-v1910-how-enable-full-command-line-access-...

I have seen a couple of these switches in the past, I have no experience with this hack though.

Regards,

GJ

Adam Armstrong schreef op do 07-05-2015 om 15:09 [+0100]:

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.

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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 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.

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On 07/05/2015 15:02:34, Kenneth Eisner < 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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Am Do, 07.05.2015 um 09:17 schrieb Kenneth Eisner kenneth.eisner@christacadguate.org:

Next (maybe last) question - does anyone know if changes made in the SSH terminal are automatically written to the "startup config" of the switch?

They are not. You might use the command

save main

/Steffen

Hi,

You can definitely set port descriptions on the V1910. I'm not sure if the WebGUI lets you, but the CLI does - I use them, and I set descriptions.

Tom

On 07/05/2015 16:08, Kenneth Eisner 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

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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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