HP Transcend Traffix Manager manual Groupings

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The Map shows a hierarchical view of the devices in your network according to the selected grouping. By selecting a Geographical grouping for example, devices will be grouped according to which country they are in. Within each country, devices may be grouped according to which city they are in.

The hierarchy of groups in the Map corresponds to the order of attributes in the selected grouping. Devices with the same value for the first attribute, such as Germany for example, are grouped together. Within each country group, devices with the same value for the second attribute, such as Munich, are grouped together. You can further refine the hierarchy by adding attributes to the grouping: a third attribute Department1, for example.

If a device does not have a value assigned to it for an attribute, then this device may appear in a group called unassigned. The unassigned group is known as a redundant group. You can collapse redundant groups, so that devices within them appear in a higher-level (assigned) group instead.

Predefined Groupings There are four predefined groupings in Traffix Manager:

■DNS — Devices are grouped according to their DNS name.

This grouping is made up of the predefined attributes Network Layer Type (for example, IP, IPX, DECNet, ATALK), and DNS Layer 1 through DNS Layer 8. See Table 5 for more information about these attributes.

■Type and Network — Devices are grouped by their Network Layer Type and network address.

This grouping is made up of the predefined attributes NL Type and Network. All devices in the Map have both of these attributes assigned so there are no redundant groups. See Table 5 for more information about these attributes.

Within this grouping, devices are grouped by their major protocol classes, that is, their NL Type, and are then further grouped in a way appropriate to each protocol. For example, DECNet devices are grouped by DECNet Area, IPX devices are grouped by IPX domain and IP devices are grouped by class A/B/C Subnet.

If you use subnets other than class A/B/C at your site, you may want to create a site-specific subnets grouping. You can create a customized view of IP subnets in your organization in the following way: