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System and instance names are assigned during instantiation. You can edit the userdata values that specify these names in the template file you are using during instantiation. Refer to Instantiating SBC SWe on OpenStack using Heat Templates or Instantiating SBC SWe on AWS. If you deploy using VNFM, you can set the system name during the instantiation process. The default instance names are set within the VNFD file. Refer to Instantiating SBC SWe on OpenStack using VNFM.

System Naming Convention

The system name is used in billing, external PSX queries (if applicable), and system logs. On an HA system, one system name applies to both units and each unit has its own instances instance name as described in the Instance Naming Convention section. 

The default system name is vsbcSystem. An example system name is WFDSBC01, where:

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0 Table 1 SBC System Naming Convention 3 SBCHNC
Convention/Character System Name Use as Leading Character Use as Trailing Character Maximum number of characters 26 Letters  [ a-z ] | [ A-Z ] Digits [ 0-9 ] Hyphen [ - ] Period [ . ] Underscore [ _ ] Other special characters

Changing Default System Name

To change the default system name, provide the customization script in the Post-Creation tab of the Launch Instance. For more details on the Post-Creation tab, refer to Installing SBC SWe on Virtual Platforms.

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Instance Naming Convention

The default name of instance are "vsbc1" and "vsbc2". You can only modify instance names while instantiating.

If you are providing an instance name, the instance must be configured with the same name and used for all accounting, logging, PSX and EMS communications. Instance The instance name is specific to an instance.

The following table lists hostname/lists the instance naming convention to follow while setting up SBC SWe systems:

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0 Table 1 SBC Hostname/Instance Naming Convention 3 SBC Hostname/Instance Naming Convention
Convention/Character Instance Name Use as Leading Character Use as Trailing Character Maximum number of characters 64 Letters  [ a-z ] | [ A-Z ] Digits [ 0-9 ] Hyphen [ - ] Period [ . ]1 Underscore [ _ ]2 Other special characters

Changing Default Instance Name

To change the default instance name, provide the customization script in the Post-Creation tab of the Launch Instance. For more details on the Post-Creation tab, refer to Installing SBC SWe on Virtual Platforms.

{
 "CEName" :<custom instance name>
}

VNFC and Cluster Naming Convention

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0 Table 1 VNFC and Cluster Naming Convention 3 VNFC and Cluster Naming Convention
Convention/Character Instance Name Use as Leading Character Use as Trailing Character Maximum number of characters 64 Letters  [ a-z ] | [ A-Z ] Digits [ 0-9 ] Hyphen [ - ] Period [ . ]1 Underscore [ _ ]2 Other special characters

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the Instance Name using CLI

To know the server name, execute show the instance names, execute show table system serverAdmin. In the below example, vsbc1 is the server nameceName provided in the userdata.

admin@vsbc1> show table system serverAdmin
       ACTUAL
       CE      COREDUMP             MODULAR                PKT PORT
NAME   NAME    PROFILE   ROLE       TYPE     HW TYPE       SPEED       HW SUB TYPE
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vsbc1  vsbc1   default   primary    false    ConnexIP5000  speed1Gbps  virtualCloud
vsbc2  none    default   secondary  false    ConnexIP5000  -           virtualCloud

Checking the System Name using CLI

To know the system name, execute show execute show table system serverAdminadmin actualSystemName. In the below example, vsbcSystem1 vsbcSystem is the system namename given in the userdata.

admin@vsbc1> show table system admin actualSystemName
                                                                                                                UTIL
                                                                                                                MONITOR
                                                                                                      UTIL      STATS                                           MINIMUM    MINI
            ACTUAL                                           LOCAL           EXTERNAL                 MONITOR   NUM OF    AUDIT                                 NUMBER OF  NUMB
            SYSTEM                                           AUTHENTICATION  AUTHENTICATION           STATS     PAST      LOG      DSP MISMATCH        MINIMUM  UPPERCASE  LOWE
NAME        NAME        CLUSTER ID        LOCATION  CONTACT  ENABLED         ENABLED         STATE    INTERVAL  INTERVAL  STATE    ACTION              LENGTH   CHARS      CHAR
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vsbcSystem  vsbcSystem  sbc-configuratorsignaling  Unknown   Unknown  true            false           enabled  5         4         enabled  preserveRedundancy  8        1          1

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