Like many people (I have seen related / similar posts), I don't want to see switches in "Nodes with Problems" just because an interface is unused. I don't think I should have to unmanage an interface on a switch and later re-manage it, just so it does not appear in a list of problems.
That being said (I have a therapist that only handles my anger from this one issue), I think I came up with a workaround. It is clunky, but it seems to work, and I want to know if anyone foresees any case where it will work too well -- that is, filter out real nodes with real problems.
I created a custom property called GeneralDeviceType and populated it
with "Router", "Switch", etc.
Then I edited the filter for the "Nodes with Problems", adding:
GeneralDeviceType NOT LIKE 'Switch%' OR (GeneralDeviceType LIKE
'Switch%' AND StatusDescription NOT LIKE '%One or more interfaces are
Down.')
Does anyone see that turning up false positives?
