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Yes. When we got a shipment of 1000+ servers that are all supposed to be cabled the same way, both internally and externally, the device naming made it easy to
by placatedmayhem 4y ago
Yes. When we got a shipment of 1000+ servers that are all supposed to be cabled the same way, both internally and externally, the device naming made it easy to see when something got messed up. This allowed us to hold the system builder accountable, simplify our configuration management, and reduce the amount of configuration discovery a engineer needed to do during an incident.
- bravetraveler 4y agoVery good examples of the practicality! While sure, I would like shorter device names, the fact is... the only time I need to use them is when ambiguity is something I/we can't really afford. So, I'm thankful for the cryptic-yet-specific names. Everyone else (read: desktop people) can use whatever DHCP'd.