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title: "Interface Groups Action Menu"
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The **Interface** **Groups** page provides an Actions column, populated with a series of gear icons. Clicking each icon displays a shortcut Actions menu offering group editing features: for interface groups, **View** **Members** lists the interfaces within the group. **Copy**, **Edit,** and **Delete** perform their respective functions on the selected group.

Use caution when deleting interface groups; the **Admin** **Down**, **Trunk** **Ports**, **Active** **Router** **Interfaces,** and **Switch** **Ports** groups are built-in groups with NetMRI and should not be removed without first having developed new groups with the desired functionality to take their place.

You create and configure interface groups on the **Interface** **Groups** page (**Settings** icon > **Setup** > **Collection** **and** **Groups** > **Groups** tab > **Interface** **Groups** side tab). The benefits of using interface groups include the following:

- Collect performance data at specific time intervals for particular port types (trunk ports, VLANs of a specific switch, router interfaces of a specific type, or any other arbitrary designation).
- Use regular expressions to strictly define the interfaces that qualify to be part of the group, ensuring accurate group membership.
- Obtain flow connection information.

The table in the **Interface** **Groups** side tab lists all interface groups, with default sorting by **Rank**. Each row shows group configuration settings, with a green check indicating that the option is enabled, and a red X indicating that the option is disabled.  
  
**Rank** determines the process settings for individual interfaces that belong to multiple interface groups. An interface is assigned the process setting associated with the highest-ranking group that includes the interface as a member.

> ⚠️ **Note**
> ⚠️ 
> ⚠️ Interfaces can be a member of one or more interface groups.

To create an interface group, perform the following:

1. Go to **Settings** icon > **Setup** > **Collection** **&** **Groups** > **Interface** **Groups** side tab.
2. Click the **Add** **Group** button (below the Interface Groups table). The **Add** **Interface** **Group** dialog appears.
3. Type a **Name** for the interface group. The group name is shown in all group-related displays and reports, so it should be meaningful without being too long.
4. Enter a **Rank** for the interface group. For more information, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Ranking</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105943858)</span>*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105943858)</span>[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105943858)<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105943858)</span>*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Device</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105943858)</span>*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105943858)</span>[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105943858)<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105943858)</span>*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Groups</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105943858)</span>*.
5. Type a **Membership** **Criteria** expression. For more information, see [*Understanding Device Group Membership Criteria*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105944041).
6. Activate the processing options for the group.  
**Performance** **Statistics** **Collection:** If enabled, NetMRI collects performance data for interfaces in the group. If disabled, the appliance gathers minimal data for interfaces in the group. This setting can be overridden for an individual interface on the **Interface** **Viewer** > **Settings** icon > **General** **Settings** page.  
**Frequency:** Select the performance statistics collection interval. The default is set as **Daily**.

> ⚠️ **Note**
> ⚠️ 
> ⚠️ You can set the Frequency to be more frequent than the default Daily setting.

7. Click the **Save** **&** **Close** button.

or

Click the **Save** **&** **New** button to save/close the current group definition and start a new group definition.

> Macro (legacy-content)

To view a list of interface group members, complete the following:

1. Click the **Action** icon for the group, and choose **View** **Members** from the shortcut menu. A new browser popup window appears, displaying the list of member interfaces.
2. Click the **Device** **IP** for any device to open the Device Viewer. Each interface listing provides a link for its respective Interface Viewer and its VLAN Viewer, where applicable.

To copy a group (to use as the basis for a new group), complete the following:

1. Click the **Action** icon for the group, and choose **Copy** from the shortcut menu. The new group is initially named "Copy x of <original name".
2. Edit the new group's name and settings.

To delete a group, complete the following:

1. Click the **Action** icon for the group, and choose **Delete** from the shortcut menu.
2. Confirm the deletion.

Exercise caution when deleting groups, because any associated group settings such as filtering and other attributes will also be deleted. For related information, see [*<span style="color: #0000ff"><u>Expressions in Group Definitions</u></span>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/netmri754/pages/105944138).