Working with Network Configuration Specifications

Network Configuration specifications capture the details about the resources used by the network. As these details can change frequently, network configurations provide a versioning capability that enables the management of changes to the facts about the network over time. As the facts about a network change over time, new versions of the network configuration can be created.

In UIM, packet virtual networks and service networks rely on the versioning capabilities of network configurations to manage changes. For this reason, a network configuration is created automatically when you create a Network entity based on a specification with the network type of Packet Virtual Network or Service Network. To support this behavior, you must associate one Network Configuration specification with each Service Network and Packet Virtual Network specification you create.

You can associate Custom Network Address, Custom Object, and Logical Device specifications to the Network Configuration specification.

When working with Network Configuration specifications, see the following topics:

• Adding Existing Configurations to a Network Specification

• Adding New Configurations to a Network Specification

• Network Configuration Specification Editor