[Moved to Roadmap] Network Description field in Network Interfaces is not used/referenced anywhere?

Feature Requests
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Problem/Justification
There is a “Description” field when editing Network Interfaces, but I don’t see this field being utilised/visible anywhere.
Could the Description field be viewable in the Network Interface list along side the IP address column and also be visible in the Dashboard Network Widgets?

Impact
Benefits:
The description filed can be used for many helpful things, examples are:

  1. Wire speed
  2. Indicate Static or DHCP assignment without going into NIC edit mode
  3. VLAN(s) descriptions
  4. define traffic use such as VMs, Apps, or SMB etc etc.

Network Description fields being visible on the Dashboard is a big enhancement for making the dashboard more human-readable and relatable when observing TrueNAS.

User Story
Having Description fields visible in the Network section as well as in the Network Dashboard widgets would enable me to easily remember my setup rather than having to remember Intel, Realtek and Chelsio NIC assignment notation.

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Good idea - you need to vote for your own suggestion!

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Gets my vote. That screen could be far more useful by showing some of the information already in scope.

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Great news! This feature request has been transferred to our internal roadmap for detailed scoping and assessment.

What this means:

  • Our product and technical documentation team will now evaluate technical feasibility, resource requirements

  • This request is now closed for voting, and your votes have been released back to use on other requests

  • Please note that transfer to the roadmap doesn’t guarantee implementation - some features may not proceed based on our assessment findings, however we will update this thread once a decision has been made.

Thank you to everyone who voted and contributed to the discussion. Your input has been invaluable in helping us understand the community’s needs and use cases for this feature.

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