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title: device
description: Represents an appliance, computer, or network element.
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# device

Represents an appliance, computer, or network element.

|                       |                                                                                                                                                                                |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| *OID*                 | 2.5.6.14                                                                                                                                                                       |
| *Names*               | device                                                                                                                                                                         |
| *Superior classes*    | [top](oc-top.html)                                                                                                                                                             |
| *Class type*          | STRUCTURAL: for structural specification of the DIT. Entries have only one structural object class superclass chain.                                                           |
| *Required attributes* | [cn](at-cn.html), [objectClass](at-objectClass.html)                                                                                                                           |
| *Optional attributes* | [description](at-description.html), [l](at-l.html), [o](at-o.html), [ou](at-ou.html), [owner](at-owner.html), [seeAlso](at-seeAlso.html), [serialNumber](at-serialNumber.html) |
| *Origin*              | [RFC 4519](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4519)                                                                                                                      |
| *Schema file*         | 00-core.ldif                                                                                                                                                                   |