I think it is really depending on what kind of provisioning system you have. Circuit ID is determined by your provisioning system for CLR/DLR reference. As long as you can find circuit info quickly, it doesn't matter that much.
Alex 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? > > -- > Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - j...@impulse.net > Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ > Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV > > >