#1654 Front Interior Back Location

[Christophe]

Hi,
Is it possible to add a field collection on Server and Network to assign the rackspace occupied In the Unit Location on the Rack?
And is it possible to expose this collection under the nb_u ?

3 three checkbox : Front - Interior - Back

[Jeffrey Bostoen]

This is more of a general forum question rather than an issue, I think?

You'll find info and an example on the iTop Wiki

https://www.itophub.io/wiki/page?id=2_5_0%3Acustomization%3Aadd-attribute-sample
https://www.itophub.io/wiki/page?id=2_5_0%3Acustomization%3Axml_reference

[Christophe]

hi, with a three specific checkbox we can standardized this usage and expose them with a binary number between 000 and 111.
It's seem to be better than an additionnal note with lot of infomation already fielled.

[Pierre Goiffon]

Hello,
Not sure to understand what you mean by "3 three checkbox" or "three specific checkbox" or the number between 000 and 111 ? Can you provide a practical example ?

[Christophe]

On a server, i want define where is locate the hardware on the rack.
It's placed on the Front of the rack only, or it use all space (Rear, middle and front) or it's a back hardware locate on Rear and middle.

With 3 checkbox we can define space allocated, and this 3 checkbox (space allocated) are easy to transforme in boolean value for the REST WS.

[Pierre Goiffon]

I don't think this would be integrated in the default datamodel, but as iTop is greatly customizable, you can create your own extension adding those 3 fields (as Jeffrey stated in the first place).

[Christophe]

If custom fields are exposable in the REST WS, i'm ok.
I purpose this feature for all other datacenter admin :)

in my case, i've 180 rack with 42 U, i need to know where is all empty Unit.

[Pierre Goiffon]

Hello, there are no differences between fields : iTop builds a datamodel that is defined in XML or PHP files. When using XML you can overload a declaration made in another file.
At the end of the setup (compile step), iTop will pick all of the available files and build its datamodel : in the resulting objects (see files generated in env-production/ for example) you won't find any differences between fields.

[Christophe]

You closed the ticket 1653 for duplicate with this one, it's not the same thnig but we can merge ;)

I need the Unit location of each enclosure, server and network hardware.

A server can use the U38 to U42. Another can use juste U01.

And with the Unit number you already have on the rack, we can compute the occupation percent.

42 on the rack.
and a server on U41&U42, a switch on U30-REAR, another switch on U01-FRONT,
we can evaluate than the rack is occupied by (2+0.33+0.33) / 42 = 6.33%

[Pierre Goiffon]

Oh sorry, I read to quickly huhu

Ticket #1653 was about adding location in the rack, and this ticket #1654 about adding space occupied in the rack location am I right ?

In #1653 you suggested a numeric value for rack location, could be negative, what would that stand for ?

[Christophe]

oups i want say, the value couldnt be negative. But limit to the Nb unit of the rack.
1 to NbUnit

but the value can be a range.
1 to 6.

some device can be in the same unit. one on Fonrt and one on Rear.

[Pierre Goiffon]

Ok
I'm closing this ticket now as it seems you won't need any evolution or bug fix in iTop to do what you want.
Do not hesitate to ask for help, but in the Sourceforge "discussion" tab.