| 1. Login via the frontend & select Sandbox tab | _See [frontend](../Sandbox-User-Interface#mec-sandbox-wireframe#SBox01)_ |
| 1. Login via the frontend & select Sandbox tab | _See [frontend](../Sandbox-User-Interface#mec-sandbox-wireframe#sbox01)_ |
| 2. Select the `dual-mep` network to deploy in the user sandbox | `dual-mep` scenario has `mep1` for Zone 1, 2 & 3 locality and `mep2` for Zone 4 locality <br><br> Each node runs an instance of Location service with its own dataset; RNIS & WAIS are MEC system wide services.
| 3b. Pre-configure MEC Application with an Application Instance ID (e.g. `appInstanceId`) | MEC Platform Manager (MEPM) usually assigns `appInstanceId` to running applications <br><br> To support external user applications, the `appInstanceId` has to be generated from the [frontend](../Sandbox-User-Interface#mec-sandbox-wireframe#SBox04)<br><br> Generating the `appInstanceId` asks for the locality of the MEC Application (e.g. `mep1` or `mep2`)|