Device Locations

Locations are groups of equipment defined by IP addresses or router and port assignments. Assigning a location name to each group gives you the ability to view the devices that are located in a particular office or building, or to organize your devices by the department they belong to.

To create a location group:

1    Right-click an entry in the Locations folder of the Console tree, and choose Add Location to create a new group in the selected location. The Location dialog is displayed.

2    Enter a Name for the location.

3    Click Add and specify the criteria that can be used to identify the devices for this location in the Network Filter dialog.

4    If you want use the specified Name as the location property for the devices in the group, select the Override Client / Network Device location property check box.

5    Click OK to close the dialog and add the group to the Console.