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Add Network Objects

In Cisco Secure Access, Network Objects describe reusable network resources. You can add the Network Objects in Secure Access and then build groups of Network Objects.

A Network Object represents an internet capable entity that is managed by your organization. A Network Object is defined by a single IPv4 address, IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR block, range of IPv4 addresses, or wildcard mask. A Network Object's name is unique within the Network Objects in the organization.

After you add a Network Object in Secure Access, the resource is available for you to select on a Network Object Group and as a source and destination on private access rules. For more information about reusable source and destination components, see Components for Private Access Rules.

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Prerequisites

Guidelines for Adding Network Objects in Secure Access

  • A Network Object must have a unique name within the scope of all Network Objects in the organization.
  • A Network Object is defined by the type of the network resource and IP address information. A Network Object is either a Host, Range, or Network.
    • Host—An IPv4 address, for example: 10.10.10.10.
    • Range—A range of IPv4 addresses, for example: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.10.
    • Network—An IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR block or wildcard mask.
      • IPv4 CIDR block—IPv4 addresses, for example: 192.168.1.0/24.
      • Wildcard mask—An IPv4 address with a wildcard mask, for example: 192.168.10.0/0.0.0.255.
      • IPv6 address—An IPv6 address, for example: fd00:b0fc:8844:3345:186a:6fd7:bab:5f72/24.
  • Network Objects are IPv4 and IPv6 static IP addresses (public and private) and dynamic IP addresses over IPv4.
  • Secure Access supports valid IP addresses only.

Procedure

Add a Network Object to your collection of reusable network resources in Secure Access.

  1. Navigate to Resources > Network and Service Objects.

  2. On the Network Objects tab, navigate to Network Objects , and then click Add Object.

  3. Navigate to General.
    Note: Enter a valid name for the Network Object that is unique for all Network Objects in the organization.

a. For Name, enter a name for the Network Object. Secure Access supports a sequence of 1–255 alphanumeric, space, hyphen, and underscore characters.

b. (Optional) For Description, enter text that describes the Network Object.

  1. Navigate to Object values.

  2. For Value, choose either Network, Host, or Range.
    Note: You must choose the type of the Network Object and enter the IP address information.

a. Click Network, and then enter a IPv4 CIDR block, IPv6 address, or Wildcard mask.

b. Click Host, and then enter an IPv4 address.

c. Click Range, and then enter a range of IPv4 addresses separated by a hyphen (-).
For example: 192.168.0.0-192.168.0.10.

  1. Click Add Network Object.

View Network Objects

View the Network Objects that you added to the organization in Secure Access.

  1. Navigate to Resources > Network and Service Objects.

  2. On the Network Objects tab, navigate to Network Objects.
    Secure Access displays the properties for the Network Objects in the organization.

    • Name—The name of the Network Object.
    • Type—The type of the Network Object, for example Network.
    • Includes—The values of the IP addresses or wildcard mask for the Network Object.
    • Included in—The list of Network Object Groups that include the Network Object.
    • Access rules—The list of rules that have the Network Object selected on the rules.

Search on Name for Network Objects

Search for the Network Objects in the organization.

  1. On the Network Objects tab, navigate to Network Objects.

  2. In the search bar, enter a sequence of characters to query for the name of the Network Objects.

Manage Network Objects < Add Network Objects > Edit a Network Object

Updated about 1 month ago