Table B-1 ISC XML Rules, Tags, and Attributes
Tag
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Description
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<as-number>
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Specifies the autonomous system (AS) number for the provider. The AS number can be an integer between 1 and 65535.
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<CDP>
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Starts a <CDP> tag. The <CDP> tag specifies an seed IP address and a hop count.
The <CDP> tag must contain the following attributes:
• ipaddress
•hop
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<connection>
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Starts a <connection> tag. The <connection> tag must specify the following attributes:
•discovery-protocol
•fromDevice
•FromIP
•FromInterface
•toDevice
•toIP
•toIF
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<create-customer>
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Starts a create-customer rule. The create-customer rule creates a region object. the create-customer rule must contain the following tags:
•<customer-name>
•<create-site>
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<create-provider>
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Starts a create-provider rule. The create-provider rule creates a service provider object.
The create-provider rule must contain the following tags:
•<provider-name>
•<as-number>
•<create-region>
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<create-region>
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Starts a create-region rule. The create-region rule creates a region object. The create-region rule must contain a region-name tag.
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<create-site>
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Starts a create-site rule. The create-site rule must contain a <site-name> tag.
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<customer-name>
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Specifies a customer name. Required within the create-customer rule.
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<device>
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Starts a <device> tag. The <device> tag must contain the following tags:
•<device-name>
•<ip-address>
The following tags are optional within the <device> tag:
•<system-object-id>
•<snmp-info>
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<device-name>
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Specifies the name of the device. Required within the <device> tag.
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<DISCOVERY_METHOD>
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Starts a <DISCOVERY_METHOD> tag. The <DISCOVERY_METHOD> tag must contain a <CDP> tag.
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discovery-protocol
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Specifies the Discovery protocol used to discover the network topology. Normally, this is "CDP."
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fromDevice
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Specifies the name of the device from which the Named Physical Circuit starts. Required attribute for the <connection> tag.
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FromInterface
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Specifies the name of the device interface from which the Named Physical Circuit starts. Required attribute for the <connection> tag.
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FromIP
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Specifies the management IP address of the device from which the Named Physical Circuit starts. Required attribute for the <connection> tag.
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hop
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Specifies the number of hops from the device identified by the ipaddress attribute to go in discovering devices. Required attribute for the <CDP> tag.
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ipaddress
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Specifies the IP address of a seed device. Required attribute for the <CDP> tag.
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<ip-address>
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Specifies the IP address of the device. Required within the <device> tag.
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<provider-name>
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Specifies the name of the provider.
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<region-name>
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Specifies the name of a region.
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<ro-community>
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Specifies the level of SNMP access for the device. Normally, this should be "public." Required within the <snmp-info> tag.
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<site-name>
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Specifies a site name.
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<snmp-info>
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Specifies SNMP information for the device. The <snmp-info> tag must contain a <ro-community> tag. Optional within the <device> tag.
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<system-object-id>
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(optional) Can be included to specify the SNMP Object ID (OID) for the device. If this is provided, it is specified within the <device> tag.
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toDevice
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Specifies the name of the device to which the Named Physical Circuit connects. Required attribute for the <connection> tag.
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toIF
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Specifies the device interface on the device to which the Named Physical Circuit connects. Required attribute for the <connection> tag.
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toIP
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Specifies the management IP address of the device from which the Named Physical Circuit connects Required attribute for the <connection> tag.
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