Planning the Node ID

The node ID must be allocated during network planning.

Each ASON NE has a unique node ID to represent itself in the ASON network. If two nodes have the same node ID, ASON cannot function normally. You have to allocate all node IDs during network planning.

An ASON NE has a control plane address and a management plane address. The control plane address is the node ID, and the management address is the IP address of the NE.

The format of the node ID and IP address must be the same. Note that the node ID and the IP address of the NE can neither be the same nor in the same network segment. And they must be unique in the entire network. The node ID, NE ID and NE IP are independent from each other.

In an actual network, plan the node ID as follows.

• The address of the network segment used with priority: 172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255. In this network segment, the number of the available IP address is 1048574 (the 172.16.0.0 and 172.31.255.255 are exceptional).
• If the previous network segment address conflicts with the network segment address of the management plane or the DCN network address, use the following network segment address with priority: 10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255. In this network segment, the number of the available IP address is 16777214 (the 10.0.0.0 and 10.255.255.255 are exceptional).
• If the previous network segment address is still conflicting, use the following network segment address: 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255. In this network segment, the number of the available IP address is 65534 (the 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.255.255 are exceptional).
• If all the previous network segment address cannot meet the requirements of users, plan the node ID in other schemes and contact Huawei for further discussion.