Assigning an Action to a device

You can assign one or more individual actions to a device, or assign an action policy that may contain multiple actions used across your device list.

To assign actions to a device:

1. Right-click a device, then click Properties. The Device Properties dialog opens.
2. Click Actions. The Actions dialog opens.
3. Select the Apply individual actions option.
4. Click Add to access the Action Builder wizard.
5. Follow the directions in the Action Builder wizard.
6. At the end of the wizard, click Finish to add the action to the device.
7. If you need to add more actions to the device, click Add and repeat these directions.
8. When you have completed adding actions, click OK.

To assign an action policy to a device:

1. Right-click a device, then click Properties. The Device Properties dialog opens.
2. Click Actions. The Actions dialog opens.
3. Select the Apply this Action Policy option.
4. Select the action policy you want to use for this device. If you need to create a new action policy first, click Add to access the Action Builder dialog.
5. Click OK to save the changes.

After an action has been added to the device, the action fires when that device reaches the specified state.

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