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docs(dim): compare DIM terminology with RFC and RIPE usage
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docs(dim): gateway is skipped by automatic allocation
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docs(dim): gateway is handed out, interface and VRRP addresses are not
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Expand Up @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ internal.test. 86400 IN NS ins2.internal.test.

### Setup your IP Space - Containers

You manage your IP-Space in DIM with the following objects: `containers`, `pools` and `subnets`. For a minimal layer 2 Management you can tag your pools with `vlan` information.
You manage your IP-Space in DIM with the following objects: `containers`, `pools` and `subnets`. How these compare to the RFC and RIPE terms (aggregate, prefix, subnet, allocation, assignment) is described in [dim/doc/terminology.rst](dim/doc/terminology.rst). For a minimal layer 2 Management you can tag your pools with `vlan` information.

For an enterprise environment where you have several v4 /16 and v6 /32 aggregates to manage, you typically add these directly as containers.

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Expand Up @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ individual node from this tree is called Ipblock (or simply block) and it
represents a CIDR-like block of IP addresses (ex: ``10.0.0.0/8``). The children
Ipblocks represent a subset of the parent address space.

How these terms relate to the RFC and RIPE vocabulary network engineers use
is described in :ref:`terminology`.

Each block can have a status value associated. The most interesting status
values are:

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