Cisco Systems NI-1 Before You Upload Creating a Network Object, Attribute Description Acceptable

Chapter 6 Configuring the Cisco NI-1 DLSAM Equipment Module

Initial System Upload

Before You Upload: Creating a Network Object

One network object must be created for each network. The following steps explain how to create a network object.

Step 1 From the Root Tree Viewer choose Network Admin > IntraNetworking > Cisco NI1 DSLAM

Network.

Step 2 Click the Object Viewer button on the toolbar.

Step 3 Enter the attribute values under the Common Attributes and Common Parameters tabs. Refer to Table 6-2for attribute information.

Step 4 Save and apply the network object by clicking the Save and Apply buttons.

Table 6-2lists the attributes for a Cisco 6100/6130 network object. Attributes with an asterisk "*" next to their Default Value indicates that these fields cannot be changed.

Table 6-2 Cisco 6100/6130 Network Object Attributes

Attribute	Description	Acceptable	Default Value
		Values
Common Attributes
Name	The network name. (Mandatory)	Text string (up to
		64 characters)
Customer	The customer name.	Text string (up to
		16 characters)
Domain	The domain name.	Text string (up to
		16 characters)
Common Parameters
Containing Network	This is the name of the network of	Text string (up to
	which this network object is a	32 characters)
	subnet (optional).
Transit Cost	This is the cost of crossing the	0-2147483647	500
	sub-network. This attribute is used
	by the Threader to determine the
	lowest cost path when threading a
	service. (Mandatory)
Class	The CPC class name for the		C1nt*
	network object.
Opaque	The threading strategy (opaque or	True, False	False*
	transparent).
Use Backup EMS	Specify whether or not to use a	True, False	False*
	backup EMS. Disabled (False) to
	use the primary EMS. Enable (True)
	to use the backup EMS.

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