1. User Guide for the Enterprise Edge and Core Plug-in
  2. Device Manager
  3. Configure Device Groups

Configure Device Groups

You can configure a device group topology. One or more device groups can be nested to define the topology of the network, which can include naming conventions such as geographical references and location names. Once a device group is specified, user privileges must be assigned to the group appropriately. For example, if the user is only allowed to view the NF and its devices, then the privilege is set to VIEW. If the user is allowed to add or run commands on the NF and its devices, the privilege is set to FULL. See the Security Manager chapter in the Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager Administration Guide and the Configure a Network Function for Devices section later in this chapter for more information respectively.

Using the Default Home Device Group

You can add your NFs to the default Home device group if no other groups need to be created. Use this group with the following conditions:

  • You must be assigned full administrative privileges to view this device group.
  • You cannot rename this device group.
  • You cannot delete this device group.
  • When adding a device, the Home device group displays in the Add device group dialog box only if you have not targeted a previous device group from the table.

Add a Device Group

Use the following naming conventions when you add a device group:

  • It must start with an alphabetic character.
  • It can contain a minimum of three characters and a maximum of 50 characters.
  • It can contain the following characters: alphabetic, numeric, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
  • It can be a mix of upper-case and lower-case characters.
  • It cannot contain symbols or spaces.
  • It cannot be the same name as an existing group name within the same level in the hierarchy (sibling).
  1. Expand the Device Manager slider and click Device Groups.
  2. In the Device Groups pane, click Add.
  3. In the Add device group dialog box, enter the name for the device group in the Device group name field and click OK.
    The device group now appears in the Device Groups pane.

Move a Device Group to Another Device Group

When a device group is moved, all devices within that device group are moved.

Note:

A device group cannot be moved into one of its child groups.
  1. Expand the Device Manager slider and click Device Groups.
  2. In the Device Groups pane, click the device group you want to move and click Admin, Move.
  3. In the Move device group(s) to dialog box, click the device group in which you want to move your device group and click OK.

Rename a Device Group

You can rename a device group if it does not belong to another device group at the same hierarchical level.

  1. Expand the Device Manager slider and click Device Groups.
  2. In the Device groups pane, select the device group you want to rename and click Rename.
  3. In the Rename device group dialog box, enter the new name in the Rename device group to field and click OK.
    The new name appears in the Device Groups pane.

Delete a Device Group

You can delete a device group (folder) from the Device Groups list with the appropriate permissions, and under the following conditions:

  • Empty the device group folder and move all devices to another device group folder or delete the devices from the device group folder in order to delete the device group folder.
  • You cannot delete a device group if it causes a duplicate device group in the tree hierarchy.
  1. Expand the Device Manager slider and click Device Groups.
  2. In the Device Groups pane, click the device group and click Delete.
  3. In the Delete device group confirmation dialog box, click Yes to delete the device group.
  4. In the success dialog box, click OK.