Enterasys Netsight, User Manual

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Tree Views
5-16 Excluded Nodes
Excluded Nodes
NetSight Element Manager’s architecture — which stores all node information in a central
database, and lets you choose how to view it — provides you with great flexibility in the
management and storage of node information. One of the ways you can manage your
collected node information is through the use of Excluded Nodes. There are two levels of
node exclusion: exclusion from an individual view, and exclusion from all views.
Exclusion from an individual view removes a node from that view and places it on the
Excluded Nodes list displayed in the Tree View Properties window; exclusion from all
views removes the selected node from the central node database into the Excluded Nodes
list.
For more detailed information on the process and effect of node exclusion, see Excluded
Nodes in Chapter 4, List Views .
Tree Views and Maps
NetSight Element Manager can help you sort out the relationship between your tree views
and your maps by helping you locate the map on which a node has been placed.
Using the Go To Map Function
You can use the Go to Map function to locate a node on the map on which it has been
placed — provided, of course, that the map is open.
1. Open and/or activate the Tree View which contains the node whose map you
wish to locate, and click to select one node.
2. Select View—>Go to Map from the primary window menu bar, or click the
right mouse button on the selected node, and select Go to Map from the
resulting menu.
If the selected node is associated with a map which is open, the correct map window will
be activated, and the selected node will be highlighted.
If the selected node is associated with a map which is open but minimized, the minimized
map icon will be highlighted.
If the selected node is associated with a map that is closed, or is not associated with any
map, a message window opens, indicating that no map containing the selected node could
be found.
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The Go to Map function requires your map files to be open, though they need not be
active. NetSight Element Manager will not be able to locate a node’s map if that map is
closed.