How do I configure a resource group?

Purpose

This procedure describes how to configure a resource group. You create a specific type of resource group from within a group directory of the same type.

Steps
 
1 

In the upper left-hand corner of the GUI, select from the Manage the Following: menu the type of group directory in which you want to configure a resource group:

  • Network Element Group Directories

  • Port Group Directories

  • LAG Group Directories

  • Service Group Directories

2 

On the Group Directories list on the left-hand side of the GUI, click on the group directory to which you want to add a resource group.

3 

On the right-hand side of the GUI, click png13.png Add Resource Group. The Add Group form appears.

4 

Specify a name and description for the resource group and follow the instructions in the form, clicking Continue to navigate through the pages.

5 

In the Add NEs|Ports|LAGs|Services step, specify network resources for the group, either through inclusion filters or manually:

  • Filter resources based on resource attributes. Select Attribute Filter from the menu, click Add Filter and select a resource attribute. The available attributes varies according to the type of resource group you are configuring (NE, port, LAG, or service).

    When the new filter appears in the list, click png15.png Add Filter and type an attribute value. You can repeat this step to specify multiple attributes.

  • Filter resources based on advanced filter expressions. Select Advanced Filter from the menu. Type a filter expression in the Filter Contents field, starting with a resource attribute, followed by a Boolean operator and an attribute value. The system suggests possible attributes, operators, and attribute values as you type, and displays error messages in red when an expression is invalid. You can combine attribute-value expressions using AND and OR operators.

    If you are creating a filter to include a large number of resources, it is better to specify an attribute with a range of values to include the resources. Specifying a large number of individual resource attribute values linked together with OR operators creates a complex inclusion filter that will burden system resources and possibly cause the import process to fail.

    Any IPv6 addresses in an advanced filter expression must be enclosed in single quotation marks (‘ ‘).

When you have finished configuring your filters, click Continue. The filter results are listed in the Review and Adjustments form.

6 

Click Finish to save the group.

End of steps