[Nut-upsdev] Request to add new nut variable to get device part number

[ChetanAgarwal at Eaton.com]

Hello All,

Do we have any more concerns or suggestions related to adding
"device.part" nut variable? 


Thanks & Regards,
Chetan Agarwal

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Lepple [mailto:clepple at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 7:23 PM
> To: Arnaud Quette
> Cc: Agarwal, Chetan; nut-upsdev at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Subject: Re: [Nut-upsdev] Request to add new nut variable to get
device
> part number
> 
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I second Chetan:
> > the part number can somehow be considered as the serial number.
> > that is to say, an information that:
> > - can be needed for support situations,
> > - can help managing large systems, using NUT to feed a CMDB (1)
system.
> >
> > Considering that some big names (like Dell) are starting to join,
this
> is
> > the kind of details that will help us in rallying such companies.
> 
> I agree that this information is useful, but I don't think we're ready
> to add this. There is some cleanup that needs to be done first:
> namely, cmdvartab still only lists the ups.* names (no mention of
> device.*), and we are spread fairly thin on documentation updates.
> 
> Can we just #ifdef that variable out for now, and add it in once the
> AsciiDoc branch has been merged (assuming we reach consensus)?
> 
> --
> - Charles Lepple