[Engine-devel] RFE: Netwrok Main Tab

[Yaniv Kaul]

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 at redhat.com>
>>>> To: "Alona Kaplan" <alkaplan at redhat.com>
>>>> Cc: engine-devel at 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 at redhat.com>
>>>>> To: "Avi Tal" <atal at redhat.com>
>>>>> Cc: engine-devel at 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 at redhat.com>
>>>>>> To: "Alona Kaplan" <alkaplan at redhat.com>
>>>>>> Cc: engine-devel at 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 at redhat.com>
>>>>>> To: engine-devel at 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.
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