Configuring Nautobot Core Data Models
Now that you have your system populated with data and understand how to navigate the Nautobot user interface (UI), let’s explore what else is possible. Nautobot has several powerful data models that are commonly leveraged for network engineering use cases.
In this chapter, we will explore how to add additional data to Nautobot and understand its key features and benefits. Managing your inventory, modeling high-availability devices, and tracking IP addresses are a few examples of what will be covered. We will also guide you through best practices for inventory management and some of the important things to consider when adding data to your source of truth.
The following are the main topics that will be covered in this chapter:
- IP address management in Nautobot
- Modeling high availability (HA) and virtual devices
- Cabling and power management
- Incorporating power management with cabling
- Secrets management
- Using...
