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Assign a Role to Switches

Assign a role to a switch so that it can be managed by role-based configuration rules in your configuration template.

You can select and apply a role to an individual switch from the switch details page or from the switch list. Use this feature to ensure that a switch does not inherit a role that does not exist. A switch can have only one role at a time.

You can create new switch roles as part of Select Switches Configuration rules in a switch template (Organization > Switch Templates or Sites > Switch Configuration). See also: Configure Switches Using Templates.

To assign a role to a switch:

  1. Click Switches to go to the switch list.
  2. Identify the switch that you want to assign a role to and then select the switch check box.
  3. On the More menu, click Assign Switch Role.
  4. In the Role field, specify the switch role and then click OK. Click inside the Role field to view all the available roles. The Role field displays the switch roles that exist in the configuration template associated with the selected switch. Make sure that the role you assign to a switch exists in the configuration template associated with the selected switch.
    Alternatively, navigate to the switch details page (Switches > Switch-Name), specify the switch role in the INFO section, and save the configuration (see the image below).