Create Logical Interface function

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    Summary of Create Logical Interface function

    The Create Logical Interface function in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application allows users to establish logical interfaces, which serve as termination points for logical connections or as children of other physical or logical interfaces. This function supports flexible bandwidth configuration and sets the virtual flag for the logical network interface. It can also be utilized as a Flow Designer action within the Telecommunications Network Inventory workflow.

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    Key Features

    • Role-Based Access: Only users with the admin role can add this action to a flow and configure its details.
    • Input Fields: Key input fields include:
      • Parent Interface: Links the logical interface to a parent network interface (mandatory).
      • Name: Designates the name for the new logical interface (optional; auto-generates if left blank).
      • Type, Role, Function: Optional user-defined codes for categorization.
      • Telco Equipment: Associates equipment with the logical interface (optional).
      • Port Bandwidth: Defines the bandwidth for the logical connection (mandatory).
      • Product Model: Specifies the network interface model related to the logical interface (mandatory).
      • CI Relationship: Sets the relationship type between interfaces (default is "Contains: Contained By").
      • Aggregation Interface: Ensures only one child interface per parent (optional).

    Key Outcomes

    Upon using the Create Logical Interface function, customers can expect to efficiently manage their network inventory by establishing clear relationships between logical and physical interfaces, ensuring flexibility in bandwidth configuration, and maintaining organized records of network assets. The function outputs a glide record of the created logical interface, facilitating further operations and data management.

    The Create Logical Interface function enables you to create logical interfaces in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application.

    Overview

    You can use the Create Logical Interface function to create the logical interfaces that are created either as a termination point for logical connections or as a child of a physical or logical interface. A physical or logical Interface can have multiple child logical interfaces. The bandwidth of the logical Interface isn’t fixed and you can configure it as applicable. Also, this function sets the virtual flag of the logical network interface.

    You can use this function as a Flow Designer action in the Telecommunications Network Inventory workflow.

    Roles and availability

    Users with the admin role can add an action to a flow and define the configuration details of the flow. This function is available as a Flow Designer action in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application so that you can perform inventory-related data operations.

    Input fields

    The following table lists the input fields in the Create Logical Interface function and their descriptions.

    Table 1. Input fields of logical interface action
    Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory?
    Parent Interface Parent network interface record to create the relationship with a logical interface. Click the add icon (Add icon) to add an interface. Array.String Yes
    Name Name of the new logical interface.
    Note:
    If you don’t enter the logical interface name, this flow action generates the model name with the number after the maximum number of unit positions.
    		 String No
    Type Optional user-defined type code that you use to categorize the types of various network entities or assets. Reference.TRF Value No
    Role Optional user-defined role code that you use to categorize the roles or purposes of the various network entities or assets. Reference.TRF Value No
    Function Optional user-defined function code that you use to categorize the functions of the various network entities or assets. Reference.TRF Value No
    Telco Equipment Equipment that is associated with the logical interface. If you do not enter the name of the equipment, this function selects the associated equipment from the parent interface. Reference.Telco equipment No
    Port Bandwidth Bandwidth of this logical connection. Reference.Bandwidth Yes
    Product Model Network interface model that is associated with the logical interface. Reference.Network Interface Model Yes
    CI Relationship Type of CI relationship. By default, the Create Logical Interface flow action sets the CI relationship to Contains : Contained By. The parent interface can support multiple interface record references as an input. If you enter the same parent CI more than once, the system ensures that it associates to a unique set of parent-child relationship. Reference.CI Relationship No
    Aggregation Interface Option to ensure that each parent interface must only have one child interface. True/False No

    To learn more about the variable data types, see Flow Designer input and output data variables.

    Output

    The following table lists the information about the function output.

    Table 2. Output of function
    Name Description Data Type
    Result Id Returns a glide record of the logical interface. Record