Closes #11279: Replace _name natural key sorting with collation (#18009)

* 11279 add collation

* 11279 add collation

* 11279 add collation

* 11279 add collation

* 11279 fix tables /tests

* 11279 fix tests

* 11279 refactor VirtualDisk

* Clean up migrations

* Misc cleanup

* Correct errant file inclusion

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Co-authored-by: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>

netbox/dcim/models/devices.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from netbox.config import ConfigItem
 from netbox.models import OrganizationalModel, PrimaryModel
 from netbox.models.mixins import WeightMixin
 from netbox.models.features import ContactsMixin, ImageAttachmentsMixin
-from utilities.fields import ColorField, CounterCacheField, NaturalOrderingField
+from utilities.fields import ColorField, CounterCacheField
 from utilities.tracking import TrackingModelMixin
 from .device_components import *
 from .mixins import RenderConfigMixin
@@ -582,13 +582,8 @@ class Device(
         verbose_name=_('name'),
         max_length=64,
         blank=True,
-        null=True
-    )
-    _name = NaturalOrderingField(
-        target_field='name',
-        max_length=100,
-        blank=True,
-        null=True
+        null=True,
+        db_collation="natural_sort"
     )
     serial = models.CharField(
         max_length=50,
@@ -775,7 +770,7 @@ class Device(
     )
 
     class Meta:
-        ordering = ('_name', 'pk')  # Name may be null
+        ordering = ('name', 'pk')  # Name may be null
         constraints = (
             models.UniqueConstraint(
                 Lower('name'), 'site', 'tenant',
@@ -1320,7 +1315,8 @@ class VirtualChassis(PrimaryModel):
     )
     name = models.CharField(
         verbose_name=_('name'),
-        max_length=64
+        max_length=64,
+        db_collation="natural_sort"
     )
     domain = models.CharField(
         verbose_name=_('domain'),
@@ -1382,7 +1378,8 @@ class VirtualDeviceContext(PrimaryModel):
     )
     name = models.CharField(
         verbose_name=_('name'),
-        max_length=64
+        max_length=64,
+        db_collation="natural_sort"
     )
     status = models.CharField(
         verbose_name=_('status'),