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Add non devices to a rack #6355

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opened 2025-12-29 19:39:47 +01:00 by adam · 3 comments
adam commented 2025-12-29 19:39:47 +01:00
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Originally created by @bribeck on GitHub (Apr 14, 2022).

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V3.2

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Have a rack management section so you can add stuff like rack brush bars, rack drawers, and blank plates to racks. Having to clutter up the device list with these kinds of rack equipment not the ideal. One way this could be done is to allow us to put add a device type to a rack and not have to create a device for it.

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This would make it easier to add stuff to racks and make more realistic to what we would have in the real world. Racks don't always contain items that would need to tracked as a device.

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Not sure what would be needed

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Originally created by @bribeck on GitHub (Apr 14, 2022). ### NetBox version V3.2 ### Feature type New functionality ### Proposed functionality Have a rack management section so you can add stuff like rack brush bars, rack drawers, and blank plates to racks. Having to clutter up the device list with these kinds of rack equipment not the ideal. One way this could be done is to allow us to put add a device type to a rack and not have to create a device for it. ### Use case This would make it easier to add stuff to racks and make more realistic to what we would have in the real world. Racks don't always contain items that would need to tracked as a device. ### Database changes Not sure what would be needed ### External dependencies _No response_
adam added the type: feature label 2025-12-29 19:39:47 +01:00
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adam commented 2025-12-29 19:39:47 +01:00
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@grbeneke commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2022):

I currently use the "reservation" option to record space used for these kind of rack accessories. A method to add these as distinct objects without having a device entry created for each one would certainly be useful.

@grbeneke commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2022): I currently use the "reservation" option to record space used for these kind of rack accessories. A method to add these as distinct objects without having a device entry created for each one would certainly be useful.
adam commented 2025-12-29 19:39:48 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2022):

Have a rack management section so you can add stuff like rack brush bars, rack drawers

These are devices and should be treated as such. You don't gain anything by introducing a redundant model to track the same information.

blank plates

If the assumption is that blanking panels are needed to cover empty rack units, why track them at all?

This was proposed originally back in #417, and the solution ultimately was to just model everything as devices, which is much simpler than trying to juggle "real" and "not real" devices.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2022): > Have a rack management section so you can add stuff like rack brush bars, rack drawers These are devices and should be treated as such. You don't gain anything by introducing a redundant model to track the same information. > blank plates If the assumption is that blanking panels are needed to cover empty rack units, why track them at all? This was proposed originally back in #417, and the solution ultimately was to just model everything as devices, which is much simpler than trying to juggle "real" and "not real" devices.
adam commented 2025-12-29 19:39:48 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Apr 22, 2022):

Going to close this out as I don't believe there's any action to take.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Apr 22, 2022): Going to close this out as I don't believe there's any action to take.
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