How to Create a Port Group

Policy Manager allows you to group ports into user-defined port groups, similar to the way you can group services into service groups. Port groups enable you to configure multiple ports on the same device or on different devices, simultaneously. A port can be a member of more than one group.

When you create a user-defined port group, you select individual ports to add to the group.

Policy Manager also provides you with Pre-Defined Port Groups which are automatically populated according to port characteristics. See Pre-Defined Port Groups for more information.

Instructions on:

Creating a Port Group

  1. In the left panel, click the Port Groups tab.
  2. Right-click on the User-Defined Port Groups folder and select Create Port Group. This expands the folder and creates a "New Port Group" item.
  3. Type the port group name in the highlighted box and press Enter.
  4. In the right panel, click the Edit button and enter a description of the port group, if desired.
  5. To add ports to the group, click the Add/Remove Ports button and use the Add/Remove Ports window to add ports.

Adding Ports to a Port Group

You can add a port to a port group by right-clicking on the port and selecting Add to Port Group(s) from the menu.

You can also add ports directly from the port group:

  1. Select the left-panel Port Groups tab. Expand the User-Defined Port Groups folder and select a port group.
  2. You can either right-click the port group and select Add/Remove Ports from the menu, or click the Add/Remove Ports button in the right-panel Ports tab.
  3. In the Add/Remove Ports window, select the ports you want to put into the port group, and click Add.
  4. Click OK.

Alternatively, you can drag and drop a single port from a list of ports in the left panel (e.g., the list that results from expanding another port group) to the port group, or copy and add single or multiple ports from the right-panel device Details View tab (on the Network Elements tab) to the port group. To make multiple selections in the right panel, hold down Ctrl (for non-sequential ports) or Shift (for sequential ports) while selecting the ports.

Removing Ports from a Port Group

This procedure applies to user-defined port groups.

  1. In the left-panel Port Groups tab, right-click the port group from which you wish to remove a port, and select Add/Remove Ports.
  2. In the Add/Remove Ports window, select the ports you want to remove from the port group, and click Remove.
  3. Click OK.

Alternatively, you can right-click a single port under the port group in the left panel or multiple ports in the right-panel Ports tab, and select Remove Port(s) from Group.

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