Call rate policies can be applied to either endpoints,
or to users, within network managed by IBM® Sametime® Bandwidth Manager.
If you choose to use groups, they can be Sametime user groups, groups
created specifically for use with bandwidth management, or a mixture
of the two.
About this task
To create a group of users or endpoints (a
room or home network), perform the following steps.
Procedure
- On the server hosting the bandwidth manager, open the IBM WebSphere® Application Server Integrated
Solutions Console and log in as the WebSphere administrator.
- Click .
The user name and password that you
specified during the Bandwidth Manager deployment manager installation
is used to automatically log in to the Bandwidth Manager.
- Click the Groups tab.
- To configure a group, click New to
create a new group or click the name of an existing group in the list
to modify its group information.
To remove a group from
bandwidth management, select an existing group and click Delete.
- Configure a group's site properties on the site details
page. Provide a name and, optionally, a description for the group.
The name is required, and must be unique within the bandwidth manager
deployment.
If you deployed a cluster of bandwidth managers,
make sure you have not used this name on another node.
- Assign members to the group. Add members from user directories
or enter IP addresses for meeting rooms or home networks.
- To add members to the group by their names, click the Individual
users and groups radio button. Select User in
the Search by list. Optionally, narrow your
search by entering a first or last name in the Search for text
box. Click the Search button to find members,
and click the Add button to assign them to
the new group.
- To add members to the group by adding the members of
an existing Sametime group,
click the Individual users and groups radio
button. Select Groups in the Search
by list. Optionally, narrow your search by entering the
name of an existing Sametime group
in the Search for text box. Click the Search button
to find a Sametime group,
and click the Add button to assign the members
of the Sametime group
to the new bandwidth management group.
- To add an endpoint to the group by IP address, click
the IP Address radio button. Enter the IP address
in the text field. Click the Add button to
add the endpoint to the group.
- Click Apply or Ok to
create the group.
Click Reset to clear the Assign
Members fields, or click Cancel to
discard all new configuration settings for this group.