Everyone seems pretty similar, we have a campus added to ours though. For all equipment it's 4 sections Campus-building/datacentre-location(room/rack/workstation)-role
For multiple AP's in 1 room we try and use a compass .. n=north, nw=north west etc. Each AP is stickered with it's name Role . for AP's we just do model, we still have 1131's so it's just about understand the AP, if it's 802.11abg, n, ac etc Switches have a code, es= edge switch, ac = normal access switch, 1 is first switch/stack in that room. There's a large group of roles to help us know if it's a building down or just a lecture theatre (some have their own 8-12 port switches) etc Then there's codes for datacentre switches, routers, firewalls etc We are still building this side, but he edge and AP's work well. Wireless nt-jordan-505-3702i Switch nt-jordan-500-esac1 data centre gear (controller) nt-plazadc-rack2-cont1 -- Jason Cook The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 Ph : +61 8 8313 4800 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Norman Chu Sent: Wednesday, 3 February 2016 4:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Naming conventions for WLAN devices We're looking for ideas to improve our current naming convention for network devices. For an access point, it currently consists of: <buildingName>-<floornumber>-ap<arbitrarynumber> e.g. burnside-1-ap24 For controllers, we use: wireless-<its role>-wmc e.g. wireless-local1-wmc (wmc = wireless mobility controller) For access points, we're thinking of adding location info instead of the arbitrary number, so something like: burnside-1-ap101a where 101a is the first AP in room 101 (101b would be the second AP, etc.) Switches: burnside-sw1, burnside-sw2 UPS's: burnside-ups-1, burnside-ups2-1 PoE midspans: burnside-poe-1, burnside-poe2-1 What do other organizations use for naming conventions for their network devices? Thanks. Norman Chu Network Analyst - Network Infrastructure group Systems Engineering - McGill NCS (514) 398-7299 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
