Associate a Device Cluster with an Offline Configuration

Once you have added a device cluster to an NF, the device cluster must be associated with an offline configuration.

Pre-requisites: You must add an offline configuration before you associate the device cluster with an offline configuration. See the Add an Offline Configuration section for more information.

1. Expand the Device Manager slider and click Devices.
2. In the Managed Devices pane, select the device cluster that you want to associate with an offline configuration and click Edit.
3. In the Associate Offline Configuration to NF Device Cluster dialog box, view and complete the following fields:

   Name	Description
   Network Function	The NF to which this device cluster belongs.
   Device Cluster	The empty device cluster group that you selected. For example: CSM-core
   Offline Configuration drop-down list	Select the name of the offline configuration from the list of available offline configurations that is available (that is not currently in use) that the device cluster uses. This offline configuration is used to initiate devices (that are added later) to this device cluster. Note: The offline configuration may not display in the selection box under the following circumstances: It is in use by another device cluster. Its redundancy type does not match the type that is selected when the device cluster was created. The pre-existing offline configurations are also filtered.
   Synchronized Mode check box	The synchronized mode determines if the devices in the device cluster have their individual configurations kept in synchronicity with the configuration defined in the offline configuration as it changes over time. Check the check box to use the offline configuration for activating devices when they are added to the device cluster, and for all future configuration management of those devices to go through the offline configuration. Individual configuration management for synchronized devices becomes "read only." If the check box is left unchecked (Default), the offline configuration is used to activate devices only when they are added to the device cluster, and all future configuration management of those devices is maintained separately from the offline configuration.

4. Click Apply.