Feature/NetworkMainTab

Revision as of 09:19, 21 October 2012

Network Main Tab

Summary

• Adding main tab for Networks.
  
• Adding Networks to the tree.
  
• Adding search strings and queries for Networks.

Owner

• Name: Alona Kaplan
• Email: <alkaplan@redhat.com>

Current status

• On Design
• Last update date: 20/9/2010

Detailed Description

User Experience

Tree

New items:

1. Networks (a tree item under dc)
   • Displayed Tabs (the tabs that are displayed when the item is selected in the tree)-
     • Networks (search criteria- "Network: datacenter.name = 'dcName'")
   • Children- all dc networks
2. Network (a tree item under Networks, specific network name)
   • Displayed Tabs-
     • Networks (search criteria- "Network: name = 'treeSelectedNetName' datacenter.name = 'dcName'")
     • Clusters (search criteria- "Cluster: network.name = 'treeSelectedNetName' datacenter.name = 'dcName'")
     • Hosts (search criteria- "Host: network.name = 'treeSelectedNetName' datacenter.name = 'dcName'")
     • Virtual Machines (search criteria- "Vms: network.name = 'treeSelectedNetName' datacenter.name = 'dcName'")
     • Templates (search criteria- "Template: network.name = 'treeSelectedNetName' datacenter.name = 'dcName'")
   • Children - none

Selected items in the tree that show Networks tab:

• Networks
• Network
• Dc
• Cluster
• Host

Main-Tab

• Display order - between Host and Storage Tab.
• Sort - first- dc name, second- network name.
• Columns- Name, Data Center, Description (if longer then X chars display "(X-3)..." and the complete description in the tooltip), Role (icon + tooltip), VLAN tagging (if empty- "-")
• Actions

• Add, Edit

• Add - Same as Add network from Data Centers->Logical Networks sub tab. Only change- first field will be "Data Center" combo box. All the dialog under the "Data Center" combo will be refreshed according to the dc change.
• Edit- Same as Edit network from Data Centers->Logical Networks sub tab
• If VM Network or MTU are disabled, a tool tip on each of them sholud explain why.
• Swap the locations of Vlan tag and VM Network.

• Remove- (The networks in the remove dialog list will be in format -"network name" in Data Center "dc name" ("description"))

Sub-Tabs

General

• Fields- Name, Description, Role (?), VLAN tagging (if empty - "N/A"), MTU (if empty- "host's default")

Clusters- show all the clusters in the dc

• Columns- Attached (read only check box), Name, Compatibility Version, Network Status (icon ?), Network Required (V icon if yes, empty if no), Network Role (icon)
• Actions

• Assign/Unassign Network - Same as Cluster-> Logical Networks-> Assign/Unassign, just instead of networks list, clusters list.

Hosts
Have a radio button that will show either

1. All the hosts in the dc (?)
   • Columns- Status (icon), Name, Cluster, Data Center
   • Actions- SetupNetworks
2. All the hosts that this network is attached to
   • Columns- Status (icon), Name, Cluster, Data Center, Nic (nic name, if bond- bond name), Nic Rx, Nic Tx.
   • Actions-SetupNetworks
3. All the hosts where this network attached to the cluster but not to the host (Very important for non-required where the host status does not indicate something is missing)
   • Columns- Status (icon), Name, Cluster, Data Center
   • Actions- SetupNetworks

Virtual Machines (default sub tab)- All the vms that this network is attached to

• Columns- Status (icon), Name, Cluster, IP Address (list of all host's ip addresses), Vnic status(icon, if more then one vnic- display the first one status), Vnic (if more than one 'Vnic1...', the Vnic's list will be displayed in the tooltip coma seperated), Vnic Rx(?), Vnic Tx(?), description (? if there is enough place to display it).
• Actions- remove (multipule selection) - enabled just if cluster's version supports hotplug nic. Opens a confirmation window with a message- "Please note this operation will remove from the vm the Vnics that are using the selected network"

Templates - All the templates that this network is attached to

• Columns- same as vm except IP Address, Vnic Rx, Vnic Tx
• Actions- same as vm

Permissions

• Columns- User, Role, Inherited Permission
• Actions- Add, Remove

Search

Main Tab Search
SearchType.Network - add relevant search command

Tree
Networks: 1.2 Have a remove button for 1.1.1, ManageNetworks button for 1.1.2. Simple add will not do since you don't know where to add.

• "Network: datacenter.name ='dcName'"

Network:

• "Network: name = 'treeSelectedNetName' datacenter.name = 'dcName'"
• "Cluster: network.name = 'treeSelectedNetName' datacenter.name = 'dcName'"
• "Host: network.name = 'treeSelectedNetName' datacenter.name = 'dcName'"
• "Vms: network.name = 'treeSelectedNetName' datacenter.name = 'dcName'"
• "Template: network.name = 'treeSelectedNetName' datacenter.name = 'dcName'"

Search text area
Network: (search by network properties)

Queries

Queries for the sub tabs

1. Clusters - returns all the clusters the networks is attached to (VDSGroup + cluster_network)
2. Hosts
   • returns all the hosts the network is attached to one of their nics. (VDS + vds_interface_view similar to GetVdsInterfacesByVdsId)
   • All the hosts where this network attached to the cluster but not to the host (VDS)
3. Virtual Machines
   • returns all the vms that have at least one vnic on the network. (VM + List<vm_interfaces>)
4. Templates
   • returns all the templates that have at least one vnic on the network. (VM + List<vm_interfaces>)

Documentation / External references

Bugzilla - (networks_main_tab) Networks Main Tab