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Provisioning Strategy Naming Conventions to Identify Components (DNS)
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• The specific Access Island the component is part of is included as well (AI1 for Access Island 1)
All components use this prefix as part of their ID and are used for DNS naming.
Note: Refer to for character usage rules.
Following are some specific examples:
With the domain suffix of “ai.corp.int”:
1. From the service area DVLKND and Access Island 1 (AI01), with a main (MN) CO location, the three x700 equipment
shelves that make up this AI1 would be called
• DVLKND-AI01-MN1x71
• DVLKND-AI01-MN1x72
• DVLKND-AI01-MN1x73
TABLE 7-4 Recommended Naming Convention for Remote ID of iMAP for DHCP
Attribute Value
CCCCSS-AInn-LLnTTnn General format for Remote ID (See below)
CCCC 4 character name for the serving area
SS- 2 character name for the state the serving area is located in.A dash at the end helps to
identify the Access Island, which is next in the string.
AInn- The Access Island that this device belongs in, so A0I 1 would be Access Island 1. For a
test Access Island, a 00 or T instead of a number would be used.
Note there is a dash (-) after the Access Island. This allows the user to more easily dis-
cern the digits that identify the Access Island
These make up the10-digit prefix that identifies the Access Island.
Also, this is used to scope Profiles, explained later.
LLn 2 character name for the serving POP locations in a given city/area. A number could be
added to say which location. (For example Hut 1 could be HT1.)
TT 2 character decimal value (71,X1,X4,X7) representing iMAP shelf (not CFC)
deployed. Examples could be:
- 71 Access Platform (7101 MAP)
- 72 Access Platform (7102 MAP)
- X7 Access Platform (X700 Chassis)
- X4 Access Platform (X400 Chassis)
-X1 Access Platform (9100 Chassis)
n # is a 1 character hexadecimal value (0-F) representing instance/number of MAP in the
Access Island.
• Value “1” is reserved for the MAP that is the Island “HUB” The HUB
is attached to the PE-AN.
• Value “0” is reserved for the MAP that is the Island “CO-HUB” in a
redundant setup.
• Value “2-F” are used for the subtended “NODE” iMAP(s) NE that are
subtended off the “HUB”.
A counter number to identify each chassis.
Example DVLKND-AI01-MN1X71 is a “HUB” X700 chassis hosting the Access Island 01
from the MaiN Exchange in Devils Lake ND.