Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch> wrote: > And when we are talking about SFP modules, we are not talking about > somebody who can just about boiling an egg and put bread in the > toaster. > > Anybody using these SFP modules knows a lot about networking, is a > power user, and probably does not rely on plug and pray.
We have strong evidence that this is not the case with many system and network admins... Casey is right; the simplest mental model for end-users that can be made to work reasonably is the best answer. And from a user perspective, that means (to me, from watching customer cases), keeping the customers settings if at all possible, and spitting out warnings and errors when it can't work. As Casey keeps saying, there is no model that will work in all (or even most) of the interesting use cases, where cables can change with some frequency, especially when there are lots of ports (as on switches). Dave Olson ol...@cumulusnetworks.com
