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Managing Network Resources
The Network Resources drawer defines elements within the network that issue requests to ACS or those 
that ACS interacts with as part of processing a request. This includes the network devices that issue the 
requests and external servers, such as a RADIUS server that is used as a RADIUS proxy.
This drawer allows you to configure:
Network Device Groups—Logically groups the network devices,...

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Network Device Groups
In ACS, you can define network device groups (NDGs), which are sets of devices. These NDGs provide 
logical grouping of devices, for example, Device Location or Type, which you can use in policy 
conditions. 
When the ACS receives a request for a device, the network device groups associated with that device are 
retrieved and compared against those...

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Step 4Click Submit.
The network device group configuration is saved. The Network Device Groups page appears with the 
new network device group configuration.
Related Topics
Network Device Groups, page 7-2
Deleting Network Device Groups, page 7-3
Creating, Duplicating, and Editing Network Device Groups Within a Hierarchy, page 7-4
Performing Bulk Operations for Network...

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Creating, Duplicating, and Editing Network Device Groups Within a Hierarchy
You can arrange the network device group node hierarchy according to your needs by choosing parent 
and child relationships for new, duplicated, or edited network device group nodes. You can also delete 
network device group nodes from a hierarchy.
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Deleting Network Device Groups from a Hierarchy
To delete a network device group from within a hierarchy:
Step 1Choose Network Resources > Network Device Groups.
The Network Device Groups page appears.
Step 2Click Location, Device Type, or another previously defined network device group in which you want to 
edit a network device group node.
The Network Device...

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You must install Security Group Access license to enable Security Group Access options. The Security 
Group Access options only appear if you have installed the Security Group Access license. For more 
information on Security Group Access licenses, see Licensing Overview, page 18-34.
Viewing and Performing Bulk Operations for Network Devices 
You can view the...

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–Device Type
You can specify full IP address, or IP address with wildcard “*” or, with IP address range, such as 
[15-20] in the IP address search field. The wildcard “*” and the IP range [15-20] option can be 
specified in all the 4 octets of IP address. The Equals option only is listed in the search condition 
when searching by IP address. 
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Step 2Choose the filter condition and the Match if operator, and enter the filter criterion that you are looking 
for in the text box.
Step 3Click Go.
A list of records that match your filter criterion appears. You can export this list to a .csv file.
Step 4Click Export to export the records to a .csv file.
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Step 3Click any one of the following operations if you have previously created a template-based .csv file on 
your local disk:
Add—Adds the records in the .csv file to the records currently available in ACS.
Update—Overwrites the records in ACS with the records from the .csv file.
Delete—Removes the records in the .csv file from the list in ACS.
Step 4Click...

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Exporting Network Resources and Users
To export a list of network resources or users:
Step 1Click Export on the Users, Network Devices, or MAC Address page of the web interface.
The Network Device page appears.
Step 2Choose the filter condition and the Match if operator, and enter the filter criterion that you are looking 
for in the text box.
Step 3Click Go....