[racktables-users] Re: site network vlan mapping

  • From: "Tyler J. Wagner" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Oscar Kene <oscar@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:30:47 +0100

At present, no. Multiple instances of Racktables is the present
recommendation (and a poor one).

Regards,
Tyler

On 2012-08-20 14:46, Oscar Kene wrote:
> Yes, exactly. I know this is not optimal but it is used like this where I
> am. Any suggestions on how to solve this?
> 
> /Oscar
> 
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Tyler J. Wagner <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:tyler@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     VLAN support is based by domain, which can be any text string you want,
>     including a site name. IPv4 addresses are global, however. Do you mean you
>     use the same RFC 1918 private IP space at each site?
> 
>     Regards,
>     Tyler
> 
>     On 2012-08-20 13:55, Oscar Kene wrote:
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     > I'm in a situation where I need to implement some kind of datacenter
>     > documentation system. So far Racktables looks like it fits the part. One
>     > thing stops me from moving forward right now though.
>     >
>     > In my environment I have many sites and offices. All the offices use the
>     > same VLAN structure and addresses despite being both layer2 and layer3
>     > separated, so VLan X and address Y exists on several offices locally. So
>     > some kind of SITE:NETWORK:VLAN mapping is needed. As far as I can see
>     this
>     > is not possible in Racktables? I've seen an old thread from 2010 that
>     > discusses this but the outcome of that was kind of nothing.
>     >
>     > Have Racktables support for the above or plan to have it?
> 
>     --
>     "Perl is like vise grips. You can do anything with it but it is the
>     wrong tool for every job."
>        -- Bruce Eckel
> 
> 

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