Vendors

The Diameter > AVP Dictionary > Vendors page lists the Names and IDs of all Vendors made known to the system.

Vendors are used in defining new Vendor-specific AVPs in the Custom Dictionary. See Custom Dictionary.

On the Diameter > AVP Dictionary > Vendors page, you can perform the following actions:

• Filter the list of Vendors to display only the desired Vendors.
• Sort the displayed Vendors by ascending or descending Vendor ID or Vendor Name by clicking the column heading.
• Click Insert.

  You can add a new Vendor. See Adding a Vendor.

  If the maximum number of Vendors (128) already exist in the system, the Diameter > AVP Dictionary > Vendors [Insert] page does not open and an error message is displayed.

• Select a Vendor row in the list and click Edit.

  You can edit the Vendor Name for the selected Vendor. See Editing a Vendor Name.

  The Diameter > AVP Dictionary > Vendors [Edit] page does not open if the selected Vendor is used in any of the AVP definitions in the dictionary.

• Select a Vendor row in the list and click Delete to remove the selected Vendor. See Deleting a Vendor.

  A Vendor cannot be deleted if it is used in any AVP definitions in the AVP Dictionary.