Hi,
on of our biggest challenges is to close the life cycle and mark an IP Address as available if not used anymore.
The reason is that an IP Address might be configured in so many configuration files like ASA ACLs, IOS DHCP Reservations, IOS local hostnames,... DNS,DHCP,... .
It would be very helpful to specify a set of configuration files which should be searched for an IP.
If found there, a link to this configuration should be displayed. If not found anymore the IP Address should be moved to free or an additional status - best based on a user defined ruleset.
This could be defined as policy like used in SNMP TRAP filters (eg.: if condition the command/task )
If <IP not reachable for more than x days> and < ip address in config files ... > then <ip address status = ready for decomissioning> (generate a decomissioning task with configuration changes required)
If <IP not reachable for more than x days> and < ip address not, but correlating network in config files ... > then <ip address status = consider network existing rules > ( show a link to existing config snips)
If <IP not reachable for more than x days> and < ip address not in config files ... > then <ip address status = ready for reuse>
If <IP not reachable for more than x days status ready for reuse is acknowledged> and < ip address not in config files ... > then <ip address status = free>
