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To help you to group and manage the unique identification of resources, the SMS uses named resources. You can define and use named resources within the system for:

Devices — Exception Rules, Servers, Management Routes
Events — Inspection Events (Source and Destination Addresses)
Profiles — Restrictions and Exceptions (Source and Destination Addresses)
Responder — Policies (Inclusions and Exclusions)

Named resources are similar to aliases, and named resource groups are similar to groups of aliases. The SMS supports, and in some cases requires the creation of, named IP addresses, VLAN IDs, and named email addresses. For example, when you configure the SMS to deliver SMTP messages, you must create a named email address group for the recipient list. In another example, if you allow the creation of an external SMS database, you can restrict access to that database instance to only those members included in a specific named IP address group.

Important

Access to named resources functionality is based on user roles. Users with SuperUser capabilities can create or edit named resources; users with SuperUser or Admin capabilities can view named resources; users with Operator capabilities do not have access to named resources.

Resource types

The SMS uses three types of resources: unnamed, named, and permanent.

Locked resource	Description	User Capabilities
Locked resource	Description	Edit	Delete
Unnamed resources	Automatically assigned and used for autocomplete when you enter a value in a field that supports named resources. Select the Show Unnamed Items check box to show or hide these values. If you create a filter exception without assigning the source or destination IP address to a named IP address group, then you have created an unnamed IP address group. The IP address group exists on the SMS, but the SMS does not have a way to identify the name of the group.	No	Yes
Named resources	Created by the user.	Yes	Yes
Permanent resources	Created by the SMS and not by the user.	No	No

Note

Named resources are used only on the SMS. In its communication with the device, the SMS sends only the constituent parts of a named resource (IP addresses, CIDR, and email address) to the device. The named resource itself is not sent.

View whether a named resource is in use

Click Show References to view whether the named resource is currently in use. If it is in use, the SMS displays the respective settings for the named resource.

Save a copy of a named resource

Click Save As to create a copy of the named resource or named resource group with a different name.

Delete a named resource

You cannot delete a named resource if it is currently in use on the SMS. When you click Delete, the SMS displays the respective settings for the named resource. You must first remove the named resource from these associated items before the named resource itself can be deleted.