add NEC UNIVERGE IX2105 IX2207 IX3110

[nxzz]

This pull request adds more NEC UNIVERGE IX series routers (IX2105 IX2207 IX3110).

The product datasheet can be found below.
I couldn't find an English datasheet, so it's only a Japanese datasheet.
https://jpn.nec.com/univerge/ix/Info/ix2105.html
https://jpn.nec.com/univerge/ix/Spec/hw-spec.html#ix2207
https://jpn.nec.com/univerge/ix/Spec/hw-spec-ix3000.html#ix3110

[danner26]

Please review my questions. Are the ports actually referred to in the config as GigaEthernet 1 port 1? Or are they more like the UNIVERGE IX3110 GigaEthernet1, GigaEthernet2 and so on?

If they are in fact like you have them defined, a sample output of the device config would be appreciated.. Thanks!

[nxzz]

Thank you for your review.

In the NEC IX series, the interface that operates as a switching hub is called "GigaEthernetX port Y".
Otherwise, GigaEthernetX only.

[danner26]

Thanks for all of your work @nxzz
One last thing, for USB0 I see that you mentioned they are mainly for USB LTE additions. How do you plan on using this in NetBox?

[nxzz]

I would like to define an LTE modem as a device ,
and show that the LTE modem is connected to router.
If this is not a good way to indicate an LTE modem is connected, I would remove the USB.

[danner26]

I am discussing internally with the maintainers on how to best handle this, feel free to ping me if you dont hear back in a few days

[nxzz]

Hi @danner26 .
is there any progress?

[danner26]

Hey @nxzz still working on this, the team is very busy at the moment and unfortunately this has fallen down the list. I will try to get it some more attention ASAP

Reach back out in another week or two if you dont hear back.. I am sorry

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[danner26]

Hey @nxzz while I was cleaning up some other devices I realized that there is an interface type lte. I saw other devices are using lte as the interface type and calling the port USB0 or something like that. Would that work for your implementation? If so I will double check with the other maintainers and make sure it works for everyone.

[danner26]

Hello, unfortunately today we had to make a change to the schema in which weight is defined by. The upstream NetBox API requires weight to be passed to it in the following format:

weight: 12.01
weight_unit: lb

Due to this change, you will be required to fix the current conflicts and then update your PR with the current master branches codebase. This might require you to update your PR, if you had weight currently defined, so that your PR is in-line with the new weight schema. If you have any issues, please let me know or refer to this PR for more information.

[nxzz]

Added weight to the definition.
Changed USB0/USB1 type to lte.

@danner26
For my purposes, no network devices other than LTE modems are expected to be connected to USB0/USB1 on the IX series, so setting the type to lte solves this problem.