Interface & Port Naming
Standardize how you reference interfaces across documentation.
Every network vendor names interfaces differently: Cisco IOS uses G1/0/1, Juniper Junos uses et-0/0/0, and NX-OS and AOS-CX use Eth1/1. When you document a network spanning multiple vendors, record the vendor-native identifier and add a human-readable description for what the interface connects to.
The conventions below standardize both the identifiers and the description format, so a documentation entry like "Uplink to core-01" is always understood the same way.
| Example | Pattern | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| G1/0/1 | <type><slot>/<port> | Cisco IOS-style shorthand |
| et-0/0/0 | <media>-<fpc>/<pic>/<port> | Juniper Junos convention |
| Eth1/1 | Ethernet<slot>/<port> | NX-OS / AOS-CX style |
| Uplink to core-01 | <direction> to <peer> | Human-readable description format |
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