Zones Management

Overview

Manage zones by using the Inventory > Zones page.

A zone is a container for grouping peers by network address. Each peer belongs to a zone. When two peers communicate, the conversation is tagged with a client zone and a server zone.

Each zone has a name and layer tags that you can edit. Priority is set on a per-rule basis. For each conversation, the system evaluates rules in priority order and selects the first zone whose filters match the client and server IP and MAC addresses. If the default ordering does not produce the expected result, adjust zone priority.

A global fallback zone is created by default to store any conversation that is not matched by any rule. This remains true even after you add filters to other zones.

Zone Selection

Zone names are organized in a tree of subnames delimited by slashes (/), similar to a file system. In all drop-down lists in the UI, selecting a parent zone selects all conversations in that zone and in any of its child zones.

Tips

Search

Use the search bar at the top of the page to find a zone. While searching, use Collapse all to quickly scan results, or Expand all to view nested zones.

Note: You can search zones by name, MAC address, subnet, and VLAN.

Add a Zone

1. Click the plus icon ( + ) in the top-right corner of the Zones page.
   The new zone appears at the top of the list.
2. Edit the zone and add rules as needed.
   Flags control inheritance. If a parent has a specific flag or value set, the child inherits that value and you cannot edit it. Values that are not inherited from the parent can be edited.

Edit a Zone and Its Rules

1. Select a zone.
2. To change the name or tags, edit the fields and click Save.
3. Click the ellipsis (...) to open the action menu, then choose one of the following:
   • Add zone. Add a child zone.
   • Move zone. Move a zone to a different parent if needed.
   • Clone zone. Create a new zone with identical settings.
   • Delete zone. Delete a zone that is not in use.
4. Manage rules within the selected zone:
   • Add, clone, or remove rules.
   • Point to a field to view tooltips that explain settings.
5. When prompted, review confirmation dialogs and choose Save or Cancel to avoid losing changes.

Fallbacks

A fallback is a zone with a broader filter but a lower priority than more specific rules. Set the fallback priority lower than the priority of specific zones; otherwise, the fallback will shadow those zones.

Using the “Fallback” naming convention allows you to select a specific server, all servers, or all other servers not explicitly specified.

Import and Export

Import and Restore Zones

1. Click the ellipsis (...) in the top-right corner of the page and select Import and restore.
2. Select a JSON or CSV file, click Select file, locate the file and then click Open.
3. Click Import zones.

Caution: Import and restore replaces all zones with the contents of the selected file. Zones not included in the file are deleted, and included zones are set to the file’s version.

Note: If you select a CSV file, the UI sends the file to the appropriate API automatically.

Export Zones

1. Click the ellipsis (...) in the top-right corner of the page.
2. Select the file format:
   • Export as CSV.
   • Export as JSON.

The file is downloaded.