How to identify PDU controllable outlets?

[llamafilm]

I have some PDUs where only some outlets are controllable, for example Middle Atlantic RLNK-1615V.
I need to track which outlets are controllable and which are not, because I'm building a PDU rebooter service to kick failed devices.

If I could add a custom boolean field to the Power Outlet in the Device Type that would address this nicely. But that is not possible, see #12423.

I can add a keyword Controllable in the outlet name and use that as a filter in my rebooter service. But I wonder if it would be worthwhile to add a new field in the database for this.

[candlerb]

You can add a custom field to Power Outlet, and you can mark it as "UI Visible: If Set". Then if you don't set it, then it won't clutter up the UI for other power outlets.

A Device Type has Power Outlet Templates. I'm not sure if custom fields on a Power Outlet Template are copied to the Power Outlet that is created when a device is instantiated (and if not, perhaps they should be).

But at worst, you'd just do a bulk edit of the Power Outlets and set the custom fields as required.

[llamafilm]

You can't add custom fields on power outlet templates. (Or any other type of template, I think)

[candlerb]

Yes you're right. That would be a nice feature I think, and in principle ought to be fairly easy to implement (you'd just copy custom_field_data from the template to the object when instantiating it). The main problem I see would be ensuring in the UI that model pairs like [Power Outlet, Power Outlet Template] share the same custom field definitions.

But for now, you can add a custom field to Power Outlet, and then set the value of these custom fields manually when instantiating a PDU - or use a Custom Script to set them appropriately.