Avalanche uses locations in order to organize devices, users, and settings.
Locations in the Navigation Window
A server location is the basic component of the Avalanche system. Each server location contains at least one mobile device or infrastructure server. You can define a server location in a way that best suits your network administration processes—for example, you can create server locations by geographic location or by network role.
A collection of one or more server locations is called a region. When you apply configurations to a region, the configurations are applied to every server location within that region. Regions allow you to manage settings for multiple server locations simultaneously.
For each server location, you also have the option of creating group locations. A group location is a group of devices that connect to the same server. Devices can be added to a group location using selection criteria. Group locations allow increased flexibility for assigning different profiles at the same server location.
Avalanche uses selection criteria to determine which devices belong to each group location. For example, if Group
Each user and profile has a home location. A user will be able to access items associated with his home location and any sub-locations. A profile will be available at its home location and inherited by any sub-locations. Profiles can be excluded from sub-locations so that they are not applied, however. When a profile is created, the home location is set by default to the location you currently have selected.
This section describes how to manage locations and provides information about the following topics:
| • | Managing Regions |
| • | Managing Server Locations |
| • | Managing Device Servers |
| • | Managing Group Locations |
| • | Applying Profiles to Locations |
| • | Editing Exclusions |
| • | Using the Infrastructure Site Tool |
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