ate Port Range Template Name Card Type Description "NA" port slot and NO parent port or prefix Port name Port Usage Capacity Alarm Name Port Cable Breakdown Using Prefix for Child Ports 1024K -1DME No Prefix P-001-S MY ALARM001 No Prefix P-002-S MY ALARM002 No Prefix P-003-S MY ALARM003 No Prefix P-004-S MY ALARM004 No Prefix P-005-S MY ALARM005 No Prefix P-006-S MY ALARM006 No Prefix P-007-S MY ALARM007 No Prefix P-008-S MY ALARM008 No Prefix P-009-S MY ALARM009 No Prefix P-010-S MY ALARM010 No Prefix P-011-S MY ALARM011 No Prefix Figure 11.34 Creating port templates. SD Create Port Range Create Port Range From Port To Port Prefix Suffix Left pad the port Left pad the port to a with the character width of n characters From Alarm To Alarm Alarm Prefix Alarm Suffix Left pad the alarm Left pad the alarm to a with the character width of n characters Port Speed Port Cable Abbreviation Port Usage Abbreviation Port Displayed Port Physical Breakdown using template No Prefix or Parent Prefix No Prefix Figure 11.35 Specifying a port range for port templates. A port template gives skeleton information in a port or port type so that often- recurring details need not be re-entered whenever such a port is created. A port template has a unique template name, a description of the template, a generic port name, the main purpose of the port - alarms, the name that is used for the port by 11 Configuration Management the NEMS, and the name of the cable that connects to the port. The range of ports for a port template can also be specified. In practice, port templates are automatically applied to network elements in order to avoid manually creating parent and child ports within the network elements screen. A port breakdown must exist before a port template can be applied, so that the port has a hierarchical position. A port breakdown template can be applied in the following ways: apply top-level ports, create child ports with a prefix and create child ports with the parent port as a prefix. Although using a port template, it is at t