Supporting Notes for the Provider Aggregatable (PA) Assignment Request 
Form


RIPE NCC 

Document-ID: ripe-489
Date: January 2010
Obsolete: ripe-316, ripe-382


This document contains instructions for LIRs on how to complete the
"Provider Aggregatable (PA) Assignment Request Form"
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/iprequestform.html.

The instructions are based on the "IPv4 Address Allocation and
Assignment Policy for the RIPE region"
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv4-policies.html.

LIRs should send separate "Provider Aggregatable (PA) Assignment
Request" forms for each End User.


General Information
Address Space User
Addressing Plan
Equipment Description
Network Description
Network Diagram
End of Request


General Information

#[GENERAL INFORMATION]#
%
% Please add your RegID.

request-type: pa-ipv4
form-version: 1.2
x-ncc-regid: nl.bluelight

Please do not change the value of the "request-type:" and
"form-version:" fields.

Enter your Registry Identifier (RegID) in the "x-ncc-regid:"
field. RegIDs have the following format: <country code>.<name>. If you
do not know your RegID, please contact <ncc@ripe.net>.

Address Space User

#[ADDRESS SPACE USER]#
%
% Who will use the requested address space?

legal-organisation-name: North SantaBank 
organisation-location: Santa City, NN
website-if-available: http://www.nsb.nn

% Does this End User already have address space that can be
% used for this assignment? (Yes/No)

space-available: No

Enter the legal name and primary location of the organisation that
will use this address space in the "legal-organisation-name:" and
"organisation-location:" fields. If this End User has a website, enter
the URL in the "website-if-available:" field. Otherwise, enter "none"
in this field.

If there is any address space assigned to this End User that is not in
use, indicate this in the "space-available:" field. If you answer
"yes", you can explain why the End User needs another assignment of
address space in the "Network Description" section at the end of this
form.

Addressing Plan

#[ADDRESSING PLAN]#
#As of 1 January 2010 assignments are for a period of up to 12 months.
#As of 1 July 2010 assignments are for a period of up to 9 months.
#As of 1 January 2011 assignments are for a period of up to 6 months.
#As of 1 July 2011 assignments are for a period of up to 3 months.
%
% How will the End User use this address space?
%
%       Subnet       Immediate    Intermediate  Entire   Purpose
%       size (/nn)   Requirement  Requirement   Period

(...)



- Supporting Notes
  for the Provider Aggregatable (PA) Assignment Request Form
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/iprequestsupport.html

(...)
#[ADDRESSING PLAN]#

#As of 1 January 2010 assignments are for a period of up to 12 months.
#As of 1 July 2010 assignments are for a period of up to 9 months.
#As of 1 January 2011 assignments are for a period of up to 6 months.

#As of 1 July 2011 assignments are for a period of up to 3 months.

%

% How will the End User use this address space?
%
%       Subnet       Immediate    Intermediate  Entire      Purpose
%       size (/nn)   Requirement  Requirement   Period

subnet: /26             32            64          64        Employee VPN
Access
subnet: /26             18            34          64        Financial
Services
subnet: /26             22            30          60        Workstations
subnet: /27             11            15          28        Public Services
subnet: /27              7            18          30        Operations
subnet: /24            176           192         240        Branch Offices
totals: /23            266           353         486


number-of-subnets: 6

% Will the End User return any address space?

address-space-returned: 85.118.187/24 to nl.bluelight in 3 months
The addressing plan shows how the End User will use the requested address
space. &#8232;&#8232;You can repeat the "subnet" row as many times as
needed. Delete any empty "subnet" fields before you send the request.
&#8232;&#8232;In the "Subnet size (/nn)" column, enter a slash notation
prefix for each subnet. Each entry should be large enough to contain the
number of addresses needed for that subnet over the next two years.
&#8232;&#8232;In order to demonstrate the predicted growth of your
network, you must  provide an estimate of the address space you will
require over three distinct periods: Immediate, Intermediate and the
Entire period. Your  estimates should include interfaces used for hosts,
routers, gateways, terminal concentrators and any other machines requiring
one or more network interfaces. These columns can either contain numbers
(for example, 128) or slash notation prefixes (for example, /25). Multiple
slash notation prefixes must be separated by comma(s) with no blank spaces
(for example, /25,/27).
Starting on 1 January 2010, a gradual reduction in the assignment period
will be applied. As the assignment period changes, so to will the
information required:

Up to 30 June 2010, assignments are for a period of up to 12 months.
Therefore, your request should reflect your immediate requirements,
predicted requirements for the coming 6 months, and predicted requirements
for the coming 12 months.

As of 1 July 2010, assignments are for a period of up to 9 months. Your
request should reflect your immediate requirements, predicted 
requirements for the coming 6 months, and predicted requirements for
the coming 9 months.

As of 1 January 2011, assignments are for period of up to 6 months. Your
request should reflect your immediate requirements, predicted requirements
for the coming 3 months, and predicted requirements for
the coming 6 months.

As of 1 July 2011, assignments are for a period of up to 3 months. Your
request should reflect your immediate requirements, predicted requirements
for the coming 2 months, and predicted requirements for the coming 3
months.

In the "Purpose" column, write a short description of each subnet. If
needed, you can write a more detailed description in the "Network
Description" section at the end of this form.

In the "totals" row, add the total of each column. The total of the
"Subnet size (/nn)" column should be the total amount of address space
you are requesting for this assignment.

In the "number-of-subnets:" field, enter the total number of subnets
listed in the addressing plan.

The "netname:" should be a short, descriptive name for the network and
should reflect the End User's organisation name. You should
use the same "netname:" when you register this assignment in the RIPE
Whois Database.

If there is any address space assigned to the End User that they will
return, list each prefix in separate "address-space-returned:"
fields. The expected time for renumbering is three months.  You can
use the following syntax: <x.x.x.x/xx> to <which LIR/ISP> in <time
period> for this field.

Equipment Description

#[EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION]#
%
% What equipment will be used and how will it use the 
% requested address space?

equipment-name: Core switches
manufacturer-name: Cisco
model-number: 25xx
other-data: 3 units

equipment-name: Servers
manufacturer-name: HP
model-number: various
other-data: 40 units

equipment-name: Firewalls
manufacturer-name: Cisco
model-number: PIX 515 E
other-data: 2 units, 8 IP addresses

equipment-name: Workstations
manufacturer-name: Dell
model-number: GX150
other-data: 22 units, 1 IP address each

equipment-name: Routers
manufacturer-name: Cisco
model-number: 3825
other-data: 2 units

equipment-name: Routers
manufacturer-name: Cisco
model-number: AS5300
other-data: 1 unit, 32 ports

The equipment description will help us (RIPE NCC) to understand the
requirements listed in the addressing plan and can be repeated as many
times as needed. Leave an empty line before each new "equipment-name:"
field.

In the "equipment-name:" field, enter the type of equipment requiring
address space from this assignment.

Enter the vendor name and model number for the piece of equipment in
the "manufacturer- name:" and "model-number:" fields.

If you have any more information about how this piece of equipment
will use the requested address space, add this in the "other-data:"
field.

Network Description

#[NETWORK DESCRIPTION]#
%
% Please add more information if you think it will help us 
% understand this request.

We have 11 branches across Santa City linked by corporate fibre
channels. We will assign a /28 subnet for each branch. Each branch
will have SMTP, WWW, file server, e-banking and dial-up pool.

Public Internet Services: SMTP (2 IP addresses), WWW (6 IP addresses,
2 servers), FTP (1 IP address), DNS (2 IP addresses) Financial
Services: 6 servers, 3 IP addresses each.  Operations network:
Security, Monitoring, VPN, Proxy, DNS

You can use this space for additional information that you think will
be helpful for us when we evaluate your request. A clearer
understanding of the network and its addressing needs can help us to
evaluate your request more quickly.

Network Diagram

#[NETWORK DIAGRAM]#
%
% Have you attached a network diagram to this request? (Yes/No)

diagram-attached: Yes

A network diagram (topology map) can help us to understand the set-up
of the network and its addressing needs.

End of Request

#[END of REQUEST]#

Best Regards,
Jan Janssen, Bluelight Admin

Please write your full name below the "#[END of REQUEST]#" header.
