Created attachment 1369024 [details] record1 Description of problem: [UI] - Add/Edit VM's vNIC - Add indication in the Profile drop down list that the profile is an external network profile. In the the add/edit VM's vNIC, we have the 'Profile' drop down list to choose which profile we would like to assign to the VM's vNIC, we also have a nice place there for the profile's description, but we using it only for 'Empty' profiles. We should add an indication for external network provider profiles, which will make it easier to understand which profile belong to a regular network and which profile is an external network profile. We already have a place for it, we just need to add this info. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.2.0.2-0.1.el7 How reproducible: 100 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create or import a network from external provider 2. Add this network to a VM's vNIC Actual results: No indication in the profile drop down list about this network been an external network.
Why is it important for the user to tell if a profile is native-based or external-based?
(In reply to Dan Kenigsberg from comment #1) > Why is it important for the user to tell if a profile is native-based or > external-based? From my daily work this info can be useful as i have a lot of networks in the DC with similar names, for example: net1, net-1, net_1 and so on..some of them native based and some ovn networks, when assigning then this networks to the VM's vNIC via the profile drop down list, i sometimes can't recall which is which and which network is a native based or ovn external network. I'm not saying it's the most important, but it can be useful and nice, specially that we have a perfect place for it in the drop down list already. Adding external provider name can be something that can be used.
Hi Michael, just for clarification the title says that it should display provider name, in the description is just some indication. So is the indication sufficient? Because mapping the provider name would require larger changes.
(In reply to Ales Musil from comment #3) > Hi Michael, > > just for clarification the title says that it should display provider name, > in the description is just some indication. So is the indication sufficient? > Because mapping the provider name would require larger changes. Hi Ales, to which description you refer to? i would like to see some indication in the VM's vNIC drop down list. Not in network's description. Yes, i asked to add the provider or at least some indication if it's native one or ovn network. Because it may have similar names. Lets talk in the chat)
Verified on - 4.2.5-0.1.el7ev
Created attachment 1456217 [details] external network indication external network indication in the VM's drop down profile list
This bugzilla is included in oVirt 4.2.5 release, published on July 30th 2018. Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in oVirt 4.2.5 release, it has been closed with a resolution of CURRENT RELEASE. If the solution does not work for you, please open a new bug report.