Jay Hennigan wrote:
We've grown to the point that "The MCI T-1 in Ontario" or "Bob's
ethernet to port 6/23 on switch 7" aren't scaling. Also in working
with carriers we are frequently asked to provide our internal circuit
number.
I've seen a lot of the the LEC scheme NN-XXXX-NNNNNN where XXXX has
some significance with regard to the speed and type of circuit. The
leading NN seems to be a mystery and the trailing NNNNNN is a serial
number.
I've also seen DS1-NNNNNNN as a straight speed-serial number type of
thing and horrendously long circuit numbers including CLLI codes such
as 101/T3/SNLOCAGTH07/SNLOCA01K15 .
Any suggestions from those who have been down this road as to a schema
that makes sense and is scalable? Are there documented best practices?
my fave: description "XO#SF/LUXX/500032/TQW Tel#877.792.5550 ";
Adding the NOC phone number for carrier in question is immensely useful.
I know, long hauls with different LECs complicates things, but
guarantees that someone will thank you at some point in time :)
--Peter
