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Adding Device Groups

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After the update finishes, the device status displays as "Managed", indicating that
the device has connected and the management system has successfully updated
the device configuration.
For more details on the Rapid Deployment, see "Using Rapid Deployment (ScreenOS
Only)" on page 138.

Activating Many Devices with Configlets

Before activating devices and creating a configlet, you must configure a modeled
configuration for the device in the NSM UI.
To create configlets and activate many devices:
In Device Manager, select Devices.
1.
Click the Add icon and select Activate Many Devices. The Activate Device wizard
2.
appears.
Select the devices to activate.
3.
Specify the output directory for the
4.
configuration, NSM creates a
following GUI Server directory:
/usr/netscreen/GuiSvr/var/ManyDevicesOutput/<inputFile_YYYYMMDDHHMM>/
NOTE: For security, you cannot edit a configlet file directly. To make changes to the
information in any configlet file, run the Activate Many Device wizard to regenerate the
configlet.
Send the file to the onsite administrator for the corresponding device. After the
.cfg
5.
onsite administrator installs the configlet on the physical security device, the device
automatically contacts the NSM Device Server, which establishes an always-on
management connection. For instructions for the onsite administrator, see "Installing
the Configlet" on page 143, or refer to the Rapid Deployment Getting Started Guide.
Click OK. A Job Manager window displays the progress of the activation. When
6.
finished, click Close.
Update the physical device with the modeled configuration.
7.
You can create groups of devices to manage multiple devices at one time. Use device
groups to organize your managed devices, making it easier for you to configure and
manage devices within a domain. You can group devices by type (such as all the
NetScreen-5GTs in a domain), by physical location (such as all the security devices in
the San Jose office), or logically (such as all the security devices in sales offices throughout
western Europe).
Use the groups to:
file. For each modeled ScreenOS device
.cfg
output file. By default, the
.cfg
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file is saved to the
.cfg
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