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Deploy new or updated device configurations to the entire device group.
• Deploy new or updated policies to the entire device group.
• Create reports using the log information from the entire device group.
Device groups enable you to execute certain NSM operations on multiple security devices
at the same time. For example, if you have a device group of the same type of devices
running similar ScreenOS versions, you can upload the firmware on all devices in the
group at the same time. You can also add devices to the NSM UI, place the devices in a
device group, and then import the device configurations for all devices in the device group
at one time.
The devices that you add to a device group must exist; that is, you must have previously
added or modeled the devices in the domain. You can group devices before configuring
them. You can add a device to more than one device group. You can also add a device
group to another device group.
NOTE: You cannot apply a template to a device group. You must apply templates to
individual devices in a device group. If you need to apply the same set of templates to
multiple devices, you can create a single template that includes all the templates that
are to be applied to a device, and then apply the combined template to each device.
Example: Creating a Device Group
In this example, you create a device group that includes security devices used to protect
the Sales and Marketing department of your organization.
1.
Add and model the following devices to the management system:
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Outside Sales
• Marcom
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Direct Marketing
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Sales
• Marketing
2.
In the navigation tree, select Device Manager > Devices .
3.
Click the Add icon and select Group from the list. The New Group dialog box displays
all existing devices for the current domain in the Non-members list.
4.
In the Name field, enter Sales .
5.
In the Non-members list, select the devices that you want to be part of the Sales
device group.
6.
Click Add to move the selected devices to the Member list (or drag the selected
devices into the Member list), and then click OK .
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