Adding or editing groups

This topic provides instructions on adding and editing a static group.

On the Network > Spans > Groups page, do the following:

1. Do one of the following:

   • To add a new group, click Add on the menu bar.
   • To create a new group by duplicating and editing an existing group. click Copy in the Actions column.
   • To edit an existing group, click Edit in the Actions column.

   Success

   Tip

   To help you identify a group that you want to copy or edit, you can display a summary of the attributes of a group by clicking its name.

2. On the Details tab, enter the following information:
3. On the Devices tab, specify the devices to include in the group.
   • To add devices to be included in a group, click Add and then select devices from the list of detected devices.
   • To remove a device from the list, select the device and click Remove. To remove all devices, click Remove All.

   • To import devices from a text file that you want to be included in a group, click Import and then browse to the text file containing one device per line. If a device in the text file does not exist in the realm you have selected on the Details tab, the device is not included in the group. The following sample text file lists a set of devices that you can include in a group.

     bcan-cisco5510-02
     bcan-cisco6510-02
     bcan-cisco1200-01
     bcan-cisco1760
     bcan-fortigate

4. Click Save.

   Warning

   Note

   If the changes that you made by adding or removing groups during this edit session require substantial processing, this might take a few minutes to complete. For example, if you save an edit session for a Group in which you change the number of contained devices from 100 to 200, the resulting background thread might take 10 minutes to update the count value for the Group. The Group list page continues to display a value of 100 during the period until the thread completes.