The BloxOne location feature utilizes the geocode system to identify the location of a host. You can create a location profile and associate it with a host or multiple hosts, so you can later identify the exact host location. This feature is also useful when you want to group multiple hosts by a geocoded addres and be able to later identify the hosts by their location. For example, if you have deployed eight hosts at the same office or branch and would like to identify them by location, you can use the location feature to accomplish the task.
When you set up a location profile and associate it with multiple hosts, you can view the host location in the map view of the Manage > Infrastructure > Hosts page. All hosts appear on the world map with their exact latitude and longitude coordinates. On the map, you can also mouse over a specific location to view detail information about the location. For more information, see Configuring Hosts.
Note that you can remove a location profile only when you have removed the association on all affected hosts. You can then remove the location profile from the system. For information, see Removing Location Profiles.
All tasks you perform for the location feature are recorded in the audit log. For information, see Viewing Audit Logs.
The Manage > Infrastructure > Locations page provides a card view and a table view for displaying information. You can toggle between the card and table view by clicking the icon on the upper right corner of the navigation bar.
Card view
Table view
By default, the card view displays the following information for each each location profile you have created:
Name of the location profile
Country of the location
Location address you have entered
Contact information of the location, if any
Latitude and longitude coordinates of the location
When you toggle to the table view, the Locations page displays the following information:
LOCATION: The name of the location profile.
POSTAL CODE: The postal code of the location, if applicable.
STATE: The state of the location, if applicable.
COUNTRY: The country in which the location resides, if applicable.
NAME: The name of the administrator or contact person for the location profile.
PHONE: The phone number of the administrator or contact person.
EMAIL: The email address of the the administrator or contact person.
LATITUDE: The latitude coordinate of the location.
LONGITUDE: The longitude coordinate of the location.
DESCRIPTION: The description of the location profile.
You can also do the following:
Perform a local search to view locations based on your filtering criteria; and you can page through the results.
Click … > General Information to view detail information and a map of the location. For information, see Viewing General Location Information.
For more information, see the following: