Important

• Re-use the Devices object as hosts
• If a user selects a NIC for a Device it will be treated as a host (❓Question: Should only dummy devices be allowed be created as hosts - if so what IP and MAC to use)
• NICs (Devices with devHost not empty) could be automatically hidden from Devices view (tbd maybe replace this with a connection type/entry type DB field drop down)
• A new NICs only view under Devices
• The Network set up and functionality would NOT change
• ❓ Question: Should we change how notifications are sent out (down_devices, down_reconnected) and only report on the host once a device is "converted" to a NIC (= you select a host for it) or should new statuses be created (what would they be)?
• We need to update how the device card stats are calculated as well or add new options including/excluding hosts
• TBD if we end up using a specific MAC format, that would allow for Host indentification, we could indicate if Device is a host in menus/listings/the Network layout graph.
• TBD online status determination of dummy devices - HMW solve for non-host dummy devices? Use case: I want to use ICMP to check online status of an unscannable device - this use case should probably override the default Host status behavior when it has NICs - TBD?