While onboarding a device, the plugin also could gather information about the interfaces.
Proposed Functionality
At the moment the onboarding plugin only gathers basic information about a new device. But while onboarding it also could gather information about the interfaces. An option could limit ("regex") the names of the interfaces to recognize.
A proof-of-concept written in ansible for a Cisco device:
Environment
While onboarding a device, the plugin also could gather information about the interfaces.
Proposed Functionality
At the moment the onboarding plugin only gathers basic information about a new device. But while onboarding it also could gather information about the interfaces. An option could limit ("regex") the names of the interfaces to recognize.
A proof-of-concept written in ansible for a Cisco device:
name: Test hosts: switch07
tasks:
Use Case
Makes the life of an admin easier because he would not have to add in interfaces manually after onboarding a device.