[135468] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network Naming
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cutler James R)
Tue Jan 25 17:42:15 2011
From: Cutler James R <james.cutler@consultant.com>
In-Reply-To: <7aeb7ba0$10caab2c$7a5700bb$@com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:41:26 -0500
To: nanog group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Jan 25, 2011, at 3:50 PM, Nick Olsen wrote:
> Whats the rule of thumb for naming gear these days
> (routers,switches...etc). Or is there one?
Pick a scheme which:
1. Uses simple memorable names.
2. Makes business sense to you.
3. You know how to manage (database, publication, updates, etc.
If I had to weight these criteria, I would weight 3 most heavily.
James R. Cutler
james.cutler@consultant.com
