Re: [Engine-devel] RFE: Netwrok Main Tab

From: "Yaniv Kaul" <ykaul(a)redhat.com&gt; To: "Moti Asayag" <masayag(a)redhat.com&gt; Cc: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:16:47 PM Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] RFE: Netwrok Main Tab On 09/23/2012 06:12 PM, Moti Asayag wrote: > On 09/23/2012 05:01 PM, Yaniv Kaul wrote: >> On 09/23/2012 04:55 PM, Alona Kaplan wrote: >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Avi Tal" <atal(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>> To: "Alona Kaplan" <alkaplan(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>> Cc: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >>>> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 4:17:26 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] RFE: Netwrok Main Tab >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Alona Kaplan" <alkaplan(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>> To: "Avi Tal" <atal(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>> Cc: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 1:31:32 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] RFE: Netwrok Main Tab >>>>> >>>>> 1. What actions do you suggest to add? >>>> Add, Edit and remove actions of each component. >>>> >>> Host: >>> Add- What will add action on Networks->Hosts sub tab do? Choose >>> an >>> existing host and attach the network to one of its nics? >>> How will it work? after choosing the host you will open >>> setupNetworks >>> window and just enable dragging of the selected network (in the >>> main >>> tab) to a nic? I think it is too much. >>> >>> Edit- same as add. >>> >>> Remove- What is the meaning of Remove host in network's context? >>> The >>> network will be detached from the host? I think it is confusing. >>> >>> Vm/Template: >>> Add: What will it do? You will choose a vm and then add a vnic to >>> the >>> vm? Where will you see the vnic details? >>> Edit: Same as add. >>> Remove: You will remove all the vnics that use the selected >>> network >>> from the vm? Or do you mean to add a remove per vnic? >> For all the above: yes. >> We can certainly work on the small details, but having a main tab >> with >> little to no action whatsoever is kinda disappointing. > IMO adding 'assign' action in the main tab might be handy in order > to > assign a single network in a single dialog to several clusters. > > However It is not clear to me how Add/Edit for a VM in a sub-tab > should > look like. The VM should have a list of interfaces (represented as > sub > collection/tree). I was thinking more of right-click on the network, selecting 'Add to VM' and then selecting single/mutliple VMs from a dialog with all the VMs (yes, filtered via search). Y.

> What will be the meaning of 'Add' in that context? Since the VM > already > have a vNIC attached to that network. If adding another once, it > should > be enabled on the record representing the VM itself which will > confuse > the user. > Same goes for 'Edit' of a VM interface under a context of a > specific > network: in the current 'Edit VM Interface' you can change the > network. > Should the same dialog be used here as well? > > The 'Remove' option is the clearer action on this context. > > >> (example of 'small details' - yes, when clicking remove for a >> VM/template - it will remove all vNICs that use that network from >> the >> VM. A VM with more than one vNIC on the same network is not the >> common >> case anyway, and if you want to remove just a single vNIC, go to >> the >> VM). I think we can also live with Add/Remove only, and 'defer' >> the edit >> actions to the respectable objects (host/vm/template) edit dialog >> boxes >> that originates from their own main tab. >> >> Y. >> >>>>> 2. I don't understand your suggestion. You mean add >>>>> SetupNetworks >>>>> to >>>>> the Networks main tab? >>>> No. >>>> Just Thinking of a nice display which will present logical >>>> network >>>> and his connected host/vm configuration instead of passing >>>> through >>>> dub-tabs >>>> I should give it a deeper thought. >>>> >>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "Avi Tal" <atal(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>>> To: "Alona Kaplan" <alkaplan(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>>> Cc: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 6:58:05 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] RFE: Netwrok Main Tab >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. Why not having Actions for Hosts, Vms and Templates ? >>>>>> I believe we should have those actions instead of making the >>>>>> user >>>>>> browse between 'network -> vms -> network (sub tab)' just in >>>>>> order >>>>>> to update VM's network. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. Why having such a big window which most of the time will be >>>>>> empty? >>>>>> How many logical network would be existed in the system? >>>>>> My suggestion is to go for more graphical window which >>>>>> will >>>>>> present: >>>>>> A. logical networks >>>>>> B. Multiple networks with the host configurations at the >>>>>> same >>>>>> window: very important because most of the System admins >>>>>> would >>>>>> like to have a bigger picture of the entire network >>>>>> configuration >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "Alona Kaplan" <alkaplan(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>>> To: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:50:15 PM >>>>>> Subject: [Engine-devel] RFE: Netwrok Main Tab >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Please review the wiki and add your comments. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://wiki.ovirt.org/wiki/Feature/NetworkMainTab >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> RFE: >>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/858742 >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Alona. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Engine-devel mailing list >>>>>> Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >>>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel >>>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Engine-devel mailing list >>> Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel >> _______________________________________________ >> Engine-devel mailing list >> Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel _______________________________________________ Engine-devel mailing list Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel