I don't see why you can't have both. AFIAK, Netbox doesn't have do any automation out of the box, you need to do that on your own. It's not going to start cha

I don't see why you can't have both. AFIAK, Netbox doesn't have do any automation out of the box, you need to do that on your own. It's not going to start changing the configs on your devices. Your configs are not necessarily going to tell you how many rack units a given device is or the orientation of it in a cabinet. Being able to visualize the infrastructure and your IP space is extremely helpful.