Create a cable record by using design and assign

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
  • 1 minute to read

    • Create a cable record using the design and assign function in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. By creating the cable and related strand records, you can fulfill an order request for a fiber optical cable record.

    Before you begin

    Role required: sn_ni_core.inventory_admin, sn_ni_core.inventory_agent

    About this task

    When you instantiate a cable template, it creates the corresponding configuration item (CI) records in the Fiber Optical Cable [cmdb_ci_fiber_optical_cable] and Fiber Strand [cmdb_ci_fiber_strand] tables. To learn more about the cable data model, see Data model for Telecommunications Network Inventory.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.
    2. Select the list icon (List icon), and then go to Changes > All.
    3. Select the New button.
    4. Select Add cable.
    5. Select Next.
    6. On the Details tab, fill in the fields.
      For a description of the field values, see Change request and change task forms.
    7. Select Save.
      A change task is created.
    8. Open the change task.
    9. On the Task Attribute tab, fill in the fields.
      Table 1. Strand form
      Field Description
      A end termination Network site where this cable is starting from.
      Z end termination Network site where the cable is ending.
      Inventory template Name of the inventory template for the card model.
    10. Select Submit.

    Result

    The cable and related strand records are created.