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Chapter7 Managing Network Reso urces
Network Device Groups
Creating, Duplicating, and Editing Network Device Groups Within a Hierarchy
You can arrange the network device group node hierarchy according to your needs by choosing parent
and child relationships for new, duplicated, or edited network device group nodes. You can also delete
network device group nodes from a hierarchy.
To create, duplicate, or edit a network device group node within a hierarchy:
Step1 Choose Network Resources > Network Device Groups.
The Network Device Groups page appears.
Step2 Click Location, Device Type, or another previously defined network device group in which you want to
create a new network device group, and add it to the hierar chy of that group.
The Network Device Group hierarchy page appears.
Step3 Do one of the following:
Click Create. If you click Create when you have a group selected, the new group becomes a child
of the parent group you selected. You can move a parent and all its children around in the hierarchy
by clicking Select from the Create screen.
Check the check box next to the network device group name that you want to duplicate, then click
Duplicate.
Click the network device group name that you want to modify, or check the c heck box next to the
name and click Edit.
The Device Group - General page appears.
Step4 Modify fields in the Device Groups - General page as shown in Tabl e 7-2:
Step5 Click Submit.
The new configuration for the network device group is saved. The Network Device Groups hierarchy
page appears with the new network device group configuration.
Related Topics
Network Device Groups, page 7-2
Deleting Network Device Groups, page 7-3
Creating, Duplicating, and Editing Network Device Groups, page 7-2
Performing Bulk Operations for Network Resources and Use rs, page 7-8
Table7-2 Device Groups - General Page Field Descriptions
Field Description
Name Enter a name for the NDG.
Description (Optional) Enter a description for the NDG.
Parent Enter the name of the parent associated with the NDG. The NDG is structured as an
inverted tree, and the parent name is the name of the top of the tree.
Click Select to open the Groups dialog box from which you can select the appropr iate
parent for the group.