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Cisco Media Gateway Manager 5.0 User Guide
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Chapter 2 Basic Concepts
How Do I Navigate within Cisco MGM?
2.1.1.2 Group Properties
The Group Properties pane displays information about the group that is currently selected in the topology
tree.
A group consists of other groups or NEs. Groups give you the flexibility of subdividing the management
domain you are monitoring. For example, a group can represent all NEs within a geographical location.
Click the expand icon (+) next to a group in the topology tree to view the objects that are assigned to
that group. The same group can have multiple instances in the topology tree. The contents of all instances
of a group are always the same. Any changes to one instance of a group will be reflected in all instances
of that group.
You can add and delete groups; however, the option to delete a group is not available until all objects
are removed from the group. If the group has multiple instances in the topology tree, you can delete all
but the last instance of the group.
The Group Properties pane has two tabs: Status and Identification.
2.1.1.2.1 Status Tab
Table 2-3 describes the Status tab fields.
2.1.1.2.2 Identification Tab
Table 2-4 describes the Identification tab fields. Only users with the appropriate user access profile can
edit these fields.
Table 2-3 Field Descriptions for the Status Tab
Field Description
Group ID User-defined name of the selected group.
Description User-defined description of the selected group.
Total NEs Total number of NEs within the selected group.
Unavailable NEs Number of NEs within the selected group that the Cisco MGM server cannot currently reach.
NEs in Alarm Total number of NEs within the selected group that currently have an active alarm.
Unmanaged NEs Number of NEs within the selected group that are currently unmanaged.
Alarm Status Total number of alarms within the selected group, by severity. In addition, this field lists how many
of the total NE alarms have a critical, major, minor, or warning status. If the same NE experiences
more than one type of alarm simultaneously, that NE is included in the count for each severity level.
NE Count by
Operational State
Total number of NEs within the selected group according to operational state. Values are In Service,
Under Maintenance, and Out of Service. Also shows the number of NEs within the selected group that
are initializing or synchronizing their configuration.
Table 2-4 Field Descriptions for the Identification Tab
Field Description
Group ID Unique user-defined name of the selected group.
Description User-defined description of the selected group.
Location Name User-defined geographic location of the selected group.