host statement...

[Simon Hobson]

E Johnson wrote:

>In this statement...
>
># NAS device
>host nas001 {
>	hardware ethernet 00:08:54:d7:5d:75;
>	fixed-address 192.168.2.50;
>	}
>
>...the "nas001" would be considered the "uid"?

No, the nas001 is nothing more than a text label - it has to be 
globally unique, but doesn't actually do/mean anything. Most people 
use it as a label so that humans reading the config can see what 
device it refers to.

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