Device Groups And Port Groups; Map Views - Extreme Networks Ridgeline Guide Manual

Getting Started with Ridgeline
The status of items in Network Views is displayed graphically, with icons indicating the operational
condition of devices or ports, and lines indicating the state and traffic level of links between devices. A
bell icon shows the level of the highest alarm level for devices or groups.

Device Groups and Port Groups

Ridgeline's grouping feature allows you to assemble your devices and ports into groups and subgroups
and view information about them or manage them at a group level.
For example, you can create a device group, "Main Campus", consisting of devices in that location.
Within the "Main Campus" device group, you can create subgroups such as "Building 1", "Building 2",
and so on, and administer and view status of devices within the individual groups. You can create a
port group consisting of the voice-over-IP (VoIP) ports on all switches in your network, and monitor
status of the ports in the group.
In Network Views, device groups and port groups are represented with folder icons. If a group has
subgroups below it, you can click on the plus sign next to the group in the navigation frame to show
the group hierarchy, as shown in Figure 12.
Figure 12: Expanding a Device Group to Show the Hierarchy
The severity of highest level alarm for a group and its subgroups is indicated by the color of the bell on
the group's folder icon.
See Chapter 3, "Organizing Devices and Ports Into Groups" for more information.

Map Views

Ridgeline's network topology map feature allows you to view your network (Ridgeline-managed
devices and the links between devices) graphically, as a set of maps. These maps can be organized into
sets of submaps that allow you to represent your network as a hierarchical system of campuses,
buildings, floors, closets, or whatever logical groupings you want.
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