#280 Rack layout

[Passie]

Any change we we could have something like this in a near feature within phpipam ?

http://www.jaredwatkins.com/2011/10/dynamic-rack-face-diagrams-with-php-and-gd/

[Passie]

Well all credits go to the original creator of the rack layout page.
I only merged it with phpipam :)

I'm happy to share the code if there is a need for it.
I'll e-mail Miha with my code and then he is free to use it in any way.

I'll keep you posted

ps: where can I find the roadmap ?

[Miha Petkovsek]

Hi, great, it is planned for 1.3 anyway, share ! ;)

[Passie]

Here you go!

You need 3 custom field:
1) Rackname
2) Units
3) Rackposition

disclaimer: This works for me , but may not for you ;-)

[Miha Petkovsek]

Hi, what are the custom field types, which values are in each field ?

Name = varchar
Units = ?
rackposition = ?

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[Anonymous]

[Miha Petkovsek]

Also, it would make sense to bind devices to racktables and not individual IP addresses ?

[Miha Petkovsek]

I will do it like this:

• separate racks table
• devices link to rack (id, start and size)

[Miha Petkovsek]

Ok, got it working. Will push to gihub master branch soon. @passie thanks for sharing code !

[Anonymous]

[Passie]

good to hear you got it working.
This way we all help each other, this way we make this the best ipam ( cmdb ) tool ;-)

[Alun James]

Looking good. Might be useful to have front and fear of a rack? Some devices may be mounted at each, some racks might have devices in the same position 1 front, 1 rear.

[Passie]

Would be good indeed , thought the space at the right of the ipdetails is limited.
I would have to make some sort of flip button which shows either the front or the back.
Have to think about this :D

Currently working on a page which shows al racks from a datacenter /room in one overview page

[Alun]

This is probably well beyond what is needed and well into realm of "nice to have", however, it would be nice to provide a png image of a device (e.g. exported from Visio stencils for various Dell/Cisco/etc. devices and have them display on the rack diagram. I tried a demo of DC mgmt software from "Device42" which allowed this - the racks looked well.

[Anonymous]

[Passie]

While thinking about it. It's not necessary to have a back rack separately.
you can just name your front rack 2.3 and back 2.3-back or something like that.

[Passie]

new setup, let me know what you think.
You could select front, back or full lenght.

[Alun]

Looks good!

[Anonymous]