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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 a network management tool showing an IP VPN summary panel with VPN names, types, AS numbers, and PE/CE device counts.
  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 for customer group ID for 27 VPNs. Input field shows AO. 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 AOInterface screenshot of a network tool showing a hierarchy of 29 Layer 3 VPNs. It includes Summary, Customer Groups, and specific VPN instances like ALPHAOMEGA and AO with secured hub and spoke sites.