Logical connections
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Summary of Logical connections
The Design and Assign function in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application enables agents to fulfill customer requests for designing logical connections in the network. This function guides agents through the tasks necessary to create and assign logical connections and associate relevant network inventories.
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Key Features
- Activity Picker: Lists activities required to design and assign a logical connection, indicating their status (in progress, completed, pending, or skipped). Agents select activities to view and perform tasks.
- Activity Viewer: The main workspace where agents complete the current activity. It can be collapsed for convenience.
- Activity Cards: Show detailed information and fields necessary for each activity, such as setting up endpoints or connection attributes.
- Network Diagram: Provides a dynamic graphical representation of the logical connection elements and updates as activities are completed. It supports expanding elements for detailed views and tooltips for element names.
Design and Assign Workflow
The logical connection design process includes these steps:
- Create a change request and enter design details.
- Specify connection parameters like logical connection model, bandwidth, and domain.
- Select start and end points (network sites and interfaces).
- Choose connection elements between endpoints.
- Define a protection path for redundancy.
- Assign numerical elements such as VLAN or LAG.
- Select an IP address.
- Review and submit the design for approval.
Completing these steps generates a logical connection record with associated Configuration Items (CIs).
Access
Agents can access the Design and Assign function via the Telecommunications Network Inventory Workspace by navigating to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace, selecting the design and assign icon to open the Design Request overview, and then choosing to create a new logical connection or open an existing change request.
Design and assign a logical connection in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. By using the Design and Assign function, you can fulfill the logical connection design request of a customer.
The Design and Assign function provides the activities and tasks that an agent can perform to create a logical connection. Depending on the design request, the agent can design a logical connection and assign the related network inventories to that connection.
Design and Assign function layout and features
The following example shows the Design and Assign function layout for a logical connection.
| Callout | Feature | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Activity picker | The activity picker displays the list of activities to design and assign a logical connection. Each activity has an indicator that shows the activity state:
Select an activity to view the details in the activity viewer. |
| 2 | Activity viewer | The activity viewer displays the selected activity. Activity viewer is the main work area where an agent performs the work necessary to complete the current activity. You can collapse the activity viewer panel. |
| 3 | Activity cards | Activity cards display the details about the current activity in the activity viewer. Depending on the type of activity, the activity cards can display information such as field information to set up an end point. Agents use the cards to complete the work for each activity, such as adding end points or setting attributes. |
| 4 | Network diagram | Network diagram graphically displays a circuit of the logical connection elements. After you complete each activity, the network diagram updates and displays the data. You get a clear visualization of your design. You can expand the network diagram by collapsing the activity picker and activity details panels. You can expand the pills in the diagram to see all underlying connection elements. Hover over each pill show the full name of that connection element. |
- Activity is work in progress.
- Activity is completed.
- Pending activities.
- Activity is skipped.Design and Assign workflow for logical connection
- Create a change request and add necessary details about your design.
- Provide connection details which influence the design such as logical connection model, bandwidth, and domain.
- Select end points such as network sites and interfaces where the connection starts and terminates.
- Select connection elements between the endpoints.
- Select a protection path to define the redundancy path for your logical connection.
- Select a number element such as VLAN or LAG.
- Select an IP address.
- Review the design and submit for approval.
By completing these steps, a logical connection record is generated with the associated Configuration Items (CI).
To learn more about the steps to design and assign a logical connection, see Create a logical connection record using the Design and Assign function.
Access
- Navigate to .
- Select the design and assign icon (
) to open the Design request overview window. - Select or select any change request from the list.