Most network management tools provide a way to group devices and interfaces based on a variety of information, including descriptions, addresses, and names. I've been thinking about how to use the descriptions in both devices and interfaces to enable the automatic grouping mechanisms to help manage...

Networks use the same devices in many different roles, so configuration validation based on device type isn't sufficient. There are some configuration things that can be checked across all the devices of a certain type in your network, such as checking the syslog and NTP configuration, or verifying...