Support for marking module bays and device bays as disabled

[0lini]

NetBox version

v4.3.6

Feature type

Data model extension

Proposed functionality

Currently, NetBox allows interfaces to be marked as disabled, which helps indicate that they are not available for use. It would be useful to have the same functionality for module and device bays, allowing them to be marked as disabled when they are unavailable, decommissioned, or reserved.

Use case

Devices can have module bays that physically exist, but are disabled in specific circumstances. An example of that is switches that disable ports based on the feature set used.

Database changes

No response

External dependencies

No response

[jeremystretch]

Does it make more sense to introduce a boolean enabled field, or a status choice field with multiple options? Or both?

[0lini]

For my use case, a boolean field would suffice. I can't currently think of a use case that would benefit from a status field, it would just increase complexity.

[chii0815]

For my use case, a boolean field would suffice. I can't currently think of a use case that would benefit from a status field, it would just increase complexity.

I mostly agree but a there are some use cases for a status field. Possible values i could think of are:

• active (maybe as the default value)
• disabled
• defect
• reserved
  so you can specify the reason it is disabled. As this could also be useful for other use cases maybe additional values could be added via config file.