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Forming VPN Customer Groups

Often times, many VPNs belong to the same customer, so you may group together multiple VPNs into a Customer Group. Once a particular Customer Group has been formed, you may create demands for it. Reports can also be filtered to show information relavant to the group only. The following steps describe how to form Customer Groups.

  1. First go to Summary to see a list of all the VPNs. Select one or more VPNs and choose Form a Customer Group from the Actions menu. As shown in the following figure, VPNs HUB_AO and SPOKEPPL_* have been selected to be grouped into a Customer Group.
    Figure 1: Forming a Customer GroupScreenshot of network management tool showing IP VPN summary table with VPN names like CASTOR and POLLUX, Layer 3 types, and AS numbers. Left panel lists Layer3 VPNs, filter bar present. Actions menu has options like Form a Customer Group and Print.
  2. Next, supply a customer group ID for the selected VPNs to group together as shown in the following figure.
    Figure 2: Supply a customer IDDialog box titled Input prompts user to specify customer group ID for 27 VPNs with input field showing AO and buttons OK and Cancel.
  3. In the following figure, the resultant Customer Group, AO, is shown expanded in the structured list.
    Figure 3: Customer Group AOHierarchical view of a network tool showing 29 Layer 3 VPNs, with customer group ALPHAOMEGA, hub HUB_AO, and secured spoke nodes SPOKEPPL_2 to SPOKEPPL_30.