Defining Inventory

Complete the following steps to define an inventory under the Inventory tab.

1. Add devices to the inventory.

Click + Add Device to customize the target devices. Click OK to add more devices.

Note: The traditional devices should meet the following restrictions to avoid any warning or error:

• All traditional devices must be associated with a single Ansible Agent, which can be verified by viewing the devices’ Shared Device Setting and checking the devices’ front server. And then, you can go to Ansible Agent Manager to check if the front server is associated with a single Ansible Agent.

2. Define a host group.

We support 2 types of Host groups: Traditional Host Group and SDN

1. Define a Traditional Host Group
1.  Click Define Host Group to assign different devices to specified host groups.



Tip: The Define Host Group hyperlink will become available when one or more target devices are available.

2. Click + Add Host Group to create a host group with a group name. 



Note: Host Group name must obey the following rules:

• Cannot contain special characters such as = : ! @ # $ % ^ & *
• Must be unique.
• Maximum length is 32 characters.
3. Click Assigned Devices to assign devices to the created host group. Click OK. 

Tip: The More Devices hyperlink is currently inactive in this step.



4. Click OK. 

Tip: See Legacy Host Group for more details.

2. Define an SDN Host Group

   You cannot define the host group via UI when SDN Device is selected. SDN host groups can only be defined in the Inventory Template. See SDN Host Group for more details.