Viewing Interface Groups

Enterprise Device Manager lets you display the interface groups.

Prerequisites

Use the following procedure to display interface groups.

Procedure steps
Step Action
1

From the navigation tree, double-click QoS.
2

From the QoS tree, double-click QoS Devices.
3

Select the Interface Groups tab.
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Variable definitions

The following table outlines the parameters of the Interface Groups tab.

QoS Devices Interface Groups tab parameters

Variable Value
Id Displays a unique identifier of an interface group.
Role Specifies the tag (group name) used to identify interfaces with the characteristics specified by the attributes of this class instance. These identifiers can be used within a number of classes to identify a physical set of interfaces to which policy rules and actions can apply.
Capabilities Specifies a list of the interface capabilities used by the PDP or network manager to select the policies and configurations that can be pushed to the Policy Enforcement Point (PEP).
InterfaceClass Specifies the type of traffic interfaces associated with the specified role combination.
StatsTrackingType Specifies the type of statistics tracking. Options are aggregate, individual, or disabled.
StorageType

Displays storage type for this interface group:

  • Volatile
  • nonVolatile (default)
  • readOnly

This section contains information about the following topics:

Assigning ports to an interface group

Prerequisites

Use the following procedure to assign ports to an interface group.

Procedure steps
Step Action
1

From the navigation tree, double-click QoS.
2

From the QoS tree, double-click QoS Devices.
3

Select the Interface Groups tab.
4

Click Interface Assignment.

The Group Assignment screen opens.

5

Click the port numbers to add to the interface group.
6

Click OK.

Note:

Adding or deleting a number of ports on a switch experiencing a heavy load can take a long time and can cause the Enterprise Device Manager to time out.

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For more information, see QoS Devices Interface Groups tab parameters.

Deleting ports from an interface group

Prerequisites

Use the following procedure to remove ports from an interface group.

Procedure steps
Step Action
1

From the navigation tree, double-click QoS.
2

From the QoS tree, double-click QoS Devices.
3

Select the Interface Groups tab.
4

Highlight the interface group from which to delete ports.
5

Click Interface Assignment.
6

The Group Assignment screen opens.

7

Click the port numbers to delete from the interface group.
8

Click OK.
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For more information, see QoS Devices Interface Groups tab parameters.

Adding interface groups

Prerequisites

Use the following procedure to add an interface group.

Procedure steps
Step Action
1

From the navigation tree, double-click QoS.
2

From the QoS tree, double-click QoS Devices.
3

Select the Interface Groups tab.
4

Click Insert.
5

The Insert Interface Group screen opens.

6

Enter the desired ID number.
7

Enter the Role combination tag for this Interface Group.
8

Select the interface class desired for this interface group: trusted, nonTrusted, or unrestricted.
9

Click Insert.
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For more information, see QoS Devices Interface Groups tab parameters.

Deleting interface groups

Prerequisites

Use the following procedure to delete an interface group.

Procedure steps
Step Action
1

From the navigation tree, double-click QoS.
2

From the QoS tree, double-click QoS Devices.
3

Select the Interface Groups tab.
4

Highlight the interface group to delete.
5

Click Delete.

Note:

An interface group that is referenced by a policy cannot be deleted. The policy must first be deleted. Also, an interface group that has ports assigned to it cannot be deleted.

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For more information, see QoS Devices Interface Groups tab parameters.