Add a Leaf Site

As explained in Set Up Sites, Leaf site is a child site and can be created as follows:

1. Log into the Domain Management page and click site on the Start Page to open Site Manager.
2. In the Site Manager, right-click the My Network or any other container sites () in the site tree and then select Add Leaf Site.
3. On the Site Definition tab, enter the leaf site name and click Site Properties to set the site properties.
4. Add devices to the leaf site using the following ways:
1. Dynamic Search:
1. Specify search criteria and a Boolean expression.
2. Click Search. See Dynamic Search for more details.
3. You can now include SDN and Public Cloud devices in the Site.
   
   

   Your can use the new API Server search criteria to make it easy to add SDN and Public Cloud devices to your Site.

2. Manually Add — click Add Devices Manually and then pick out devices from a device group, a site, or a device type.

   As explained in the Dynamic Search section, you can incorporate SDN and Public Cloud devices into your Site using both Manual methods and API Server search criteria

3. Exclude Devices — Click Exclude Devices and select the devices from any Device Type/Device Group/Site that you wish would not include in this leaf site. When you define the devices by the Dynamic Search, the excluded devices defined here will be assigned to this leaf site even if they satisfy the dynamic search.
   
   
4. Add Additional Devices for Map — This is a special feature that allows you to add devices to a Site map while do not include them as Site members. A device can only belong to one Site, but it can belong to multiple Site maps.
   
   

5. To define a site, enter the Region or Location in the Public Cloud Node. These two attributes are commonly used by users to define the site. To check the device location:
1. In the Search bar, enter your device name.
2. In the search results, point to the device and click the  icon to select View Device Details.
3. In the Device Detail pane, check for the Location.
   
   
6. Click Rebuild All Sites to rebuild the site topology.
7. Click Commit to commit the site changes if you are happy with the rebuilt sites.

Tip: To exclude specific device types from being involved in any site build or topology build, click Settings at the bottom of the Site Manager pane to select target device types.