Within the network, you can create groups of elements and use SDS to share specified data among the member elements at the Admin Group Members scope. By default, all elements are members of the "System Defaulted" administration group. If you do not need to create additional administrative groups, all elements can remain in the default group.
To change the name of the local group
Access the Admin Groups form. The name of the group to which the local element belongs is displayed in the Admin Group frame.
Click Change, enter the new name and click Save.
To create a new administrative group or to move elements to an existing group
Ensure that the elements are sharing data via SDS. SDS must be sharing data among the elements in order to update the membership status of the remote elements.
Access the Admin Groups form.
In the Group Members frame:
select
All to move all elements to the
new group
or
check the individual boxes of each element that you want to move to the new group.
Click Move.
Click
Existing Group and select the
desired group from the drop-down menu
or
Click New Group and enter a
group name.
Click Save.
Notes:
Administrative Group members must be sharing data via SDS.
If you move the local element to a another group, the system updates the Admin Groups form to list the group members of the new group.
You can only view the member elements of the local group (that is, the group to which the local element belongs). To see a list of member elements of another group, you must log into an element that belongs to that group and open the Admin Groups form.
To delete a group, you must first remove all the member elements from that group by moving them to another group. After you have moved all the elements out of the group, the group is deleted. A member element is also removed from the group if you delete the element from the network using the Network Elements form.
