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.

Note: When associating groups in LAG Group Directories, you can add a group, but after closing the window, adding a group is no longer possible. As a workaround, refresh the window.

Steps
 
1 

Open Resource Groups.

2 

In the upper left-hand corner of the GUI, select from the 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

3 

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

4 

On the group directory list item, click png23.png More, Add Group

5 

In the Create Group form, specify a name and description for the resource group.

6 

Specify network resources for the group by configuring inclusion filters:

  • Click png16.png Filter.

    In the Advanced filter form, type a filter expression in the Filter Expression 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.

    You can also use the Expression Builder; select a Filter Attribute, followed by a Filter Operator, and a Filter Value. Then click +Add. The expression is added to the Filter Expression field.

    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 Apply Filter.

The filter-included resources are listed in the Create Group form.

7 

Click Submit to save the group.

End of steps