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Interface Components Naming Convention

The naming convention for interface components that the Interface vendor certification or the High Speed Interface vendor certification backs is based on the following logic:

• If the ifName attribute exists and has a value, the interface uses this value for its name.
• If the ifName attribute does not exist or does not have a value, the interface uses the value of ifDescr for its name.

Note: New certifications for the Interface metric family can provide a different expression for the interface name.