https://www.servicenow.com/community/architect-forum/tni-modeling-and-dealing-with-importing-data/m-p/3324852#M7747 <P>I am working on a TNI deployment.&nbsp; I have been through the documentation; I have taken the various courses.&nbsp; The thing that is missing for me is the "why" of the actions that I am taking.&nbsp; I come from a telecommunications background, so it definitely isn't the understanding of the terminology, structure, hierarchy, etc.&nbsp; What I am running into are things like building a model template.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I built an inventory template for a simple device.&nbsp; It is an IP switch with 12 network interfaces.&nbsp; Eight of those interfaces are 1Gbps and four of them are 10Gbps.&nbsp; So, I build the device, created a generic 1Gbps network interface model and a generic 10Gbps network interface model.&nbsp; I added those all to the inventory template for the switch.&nbsp; When I use the design and assign, it builds the network device as expected but all of the network interfaces are named the same as the original interfaces.&nbsp; I would not expect to have to rename these once they have been added.&nbsp; It did not automatically name the network interface devices as expected.&nbsp; The documentation nor the training goes into the details of the true desired outcome of uniquely named ports specific to the device.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am missing something from an architectural oversight perspective.&nbsp; If I have this issue at a single device, what happens when I import 5,000 pieces of network equipment?</P> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:32:44 GMT ryan_shultz 2025-07-17T15:32:44Z https://www.servicenow.com/community/architect-forum/tni-modeling-and-dealing-with-importing-data/m-p/3324852#M7747 <P>I am working on a TNI deployment.&nbsp; I have been through the documentation; I have taken the various courses.&nbsp; The thing that is missing for me is the "why" of the actions that I am taking.&nbsp; I come from a telecommunications background, so it definitely isn't the understanding of the terminology, structure, hierarchy, etc.&nbsp; What I am running into are things like building a model template.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I built an inventory template for a simple device.&nbsp; It is an IP switch with 12 network interfaces.&nbsp; Eight of those interfaces are 1Gbps and four of them are 10Gbps.&nbsp; So, I build the device, created a generic 1Gbps network interface model and a generic 10Gbps network interface model.&nbsp; I added those all to the inventory template for the switch.&nbsp; When I use the design and assign, it builds the network device as expected but all of the network interfaces are named the same as the original interfaces.&nbsp; I would not expect to have to rename these once they have been added.&nbsp; It did not automatically name the network interface devices as expected.&nbsp; The documentation nor the training goes into the details of the true desired outcome of uniquely named ports specific to the device.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am missing something from an architectural oversight perspective.&nbsp; If I have this issue at a single device, what happens when I import 5,000 pieces of network equipment?</P> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:32:44 GMT https://www.servicenow.com/community/architect-forum/tni-modeling-and-dealing-with-importing-data/m-p/3324852#M7747 ryan_shultz 2025-07-17T15:32:44Z