45Provisioning Client User GuideDomain managementThis section describes the various tasks of domain management and includes thefollowing topics:• “Introduction to domains” on page 45• “Domain types” on page 46• “Selecting domain locales” on page 48• “Creating, reviewing, and deleting domain bulletins” on page 49• “Assigning IPCM parameters” on page 49• “Adding a local root domain” on page 53• “Adding a subdomain” on page 62• “Adding a foreign domain” on page 63• “Listing and modifying a foreign domain” on page 63• “Deleting a local domain” on page 64• “Deleting a foreign domain” on page 64• “Banning a user” on page 65• “User status reasons” on page 66• “Viewing user count” on page 68• “Private Public Name and Number Display” on page 70Introduction to domainsA domain is used as a control mechanism of users, services, devices, andtranslation. The Provisioning Client is used to provision a domain. You can definedomains and service packages available for a given domain by provisioningdomains.When defining domain and service packages, you can define subdomains and andassign the following components:• services to service packages• service packages to domains and users• translation information specific to a domain or a subdomain