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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 for IP VPNs showing a summary table 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 prompting user to specify customer group ID for 27 VPNs. Text 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 AOScreenshot of network management tool showing hierarchy of Layer 3 VPNs. Summary section lists 29 VPNs, organized by customer groups. ALPHAOMEGA has HUB_AO and SPOKEPPL connections, secured by lock icons. PE Devices section at bottom.