Port Groups

The Port Groups selection in the top navigation bar provides access to the All Port Groups and GigaStream pages, for creating port groups and GigaStreams, respectively.

All Port Groups

Selecting Port Groups under Port Groups opens the Ports Group page by default. This page is used to create a port group, which can simplify administration of GigaVUE ports. Administrators can create groups of ports that can then be quickly assigned to different user groups. With clustered ports potentially numbering into the hundreds, port groups provide a useful shorthand when assigning multiple ports to different user groups. (To create user groups, select Roles and User from the navigation pane, and refer to Managing Roles and Users” in the GigaVUE Administration Guide for more details.) The following are the different types of port groups:

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Network Port Group—contains only network ports.

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Tool Port Group—contains only tool ports or tool GigaStream, which is a combination of multiple tool ports.

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Hybrid Port Group—contains only hybrid ports or hybrid GigaStream, which is a combination of multiple hybrid ports.

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Circuit Port Group—contains only circuit ports or circuit GigaStream, which is a combination of multiple circuit ports.

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Load Balancing Port Group—contains tool ports for load balancing. The maximum number ports allowed for port load balancing is 16.

However, port groups that include GigaStream can only be used with GTP Overlap Flow Sampling maps. For more information about GTP Flow Sampling, GTP Whitelisting and GTP Overlap Flow Sampling maps, refer to GigaSMART GTP Whitelisting and GTP Flow Sampling.

Create Port Groups

To create a Port Group, do the following:

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Select Ports > Port Groups > Port Groups.

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Click New.

The Port Group configuration page appears.

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Configure the Port Group:

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Enter an alias in the Alias field.

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(Optional) Enter a description in the Description field.

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Select the Port type from Network , Tool , Hybrid or Circuit.

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(Optional) Click in the Ports field and select the ports for this port group .

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(Optional ) Click in the Tags field and select the tags for this port group.

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Click Apply.

The Port Group created is added to the list view.

Edit Port Group

You can edit the optional fields in the Port Group such as Description, Ports, Tags, Tunnel endpoints etc. To edit, do the following:

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Select Ports > Port Group. The Port Group page displays .

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Select a Port Group and then click Actions>Edit.

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After editing your configurations ,click Apply.

Clone Port Group

In some cases, you may want to create a Port Group that is similar to an existing one. To do this use the Clone feature.

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Select Ports > Port Group.

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Select the Port Group that you want to copy, and the click Actions>Clone.

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Enter a new alias in the Alias field.

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(Optional) Add or update Description in the Description field.

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(Optional) Click in the Ports field and select the ports for this port group .

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(Optional ) Click in the Tags field and select the tags for this port group.

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Click Apply.

Use the following buttons to manage the Port Groups.

Button	Description
Tags	Use to associate tags to Port Groups and to remove the tags from Port Groups when not required. To add tags: 1. Select the required Port Groups to which the tags must be applied. 2. Click the Tags drop-down menu button and select Add. 3. In the Add Tags to Resources page, select the required Tag Keys and Tag Values. 4. Click Ok to save the configuration. The Port Group is associated with the selected tags. To remove tags: 1. Select the required Port Groups that are already associated with tags. 2. Click the Tags drop-down menu button and select Delete. 3. In the Delete Tags from Resources page, select the required Tag Keys and Tag Values that must be removed from Port Groups. 4. Click Ok to save the configuration.
New	Use to create a new Port Group. Refer to Create Port Groups for detailed information.
Actions	Use the Actions drop-down button to perform the following options: ● Clone: Use to clone the selected Port Group. Refer to Clone Port Group for details. ● Edit: Use to edit the selected Port Group. Refer to Edit Port Group for details. ● Delete: Use to delete the selected Port Group.
Export	Use to export the Port Groups in CSV or XLSX format. The following options are available: ● Export All: All Port Groups in the list view are exported. ● Export Selected: Only the selected Port Groups are exported.