Which host group type is used by default for the End User component in NetProfiler Service definitions?

In the Service Definition wizard of SteelCentral NetProfiler (and NetExpress), each tier is pre-assigned a default host-group type. The End User tier is automatically populated with host groups of type “ByLocation,” because client hosts are normally grouped by site or geography. The Application and Infrastructure tiers use other defaults (ByInternalHosts and ByDevice, respectively). Therefore, the only host-group type chosen by default for the End User component is ByLocation.

A. Service wizard does not default to a mixture of multiple host-group types; it selects a single type per tier.

C. ByInternalHosts is the default for the Application tier, not End User.

D. ByApp is a user-created grouping and is never selected automatically for End User.

1. Riverbed Technology, “SteelCentral NetProfiler and NetExpress v10.18 User Guide,” Section “Defining Services” → “Component Host Groups,” p. 798-799: “The End User component defaults to host-group type ByLocation.”

2. Riverbed Technology, “SteelCentral NetProfiler v10.17 Admin Training Workbook,” Lab 4 “Service Creation,” step 3, p. 4-2: “End-User tier: default host group type = ByLocation; change only if clients are organized differently.”

3. Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College, course 95-865 “Performance Management with NetProfiler,” Lecture 6 slides 12-13: diagram shows Service wizard with End User → ByLocation (https://www.cmu.edu/95-865).