6.5 Vendors

The Diameter, and then AVP Dictionary, and then 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, and then AVP Dictionary, and then 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, and then AVP Dictionary, and then 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, and then AVP Dictionary, and then 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.