All groups are based on a nested hierarchy. Appliance groups allow you to assign policies to appliances in that group. Global group policies can be overridden by policies lower in the hierarchy. The hierarchical management of devices allows access to all of the Riverbed appliances and in a global infrastructure.

You should carefully design your network hierarchy so that you can identify what policies are needed on the appliances in each group. Carefully designing the group hierarchy will ensure that you implement the best solution for your network.

All groups are based on a nested hierarchy. Appliance groups allow you to assign policies to appliances in that group. Global group policies can be overridden by policies lower in the hierarchy. The hierarchical management of devices allows access to all of the Riverbed appliances in a global infrastructure.