Extreme Networks EPICenter 4.1, Software Installation Manual

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286 EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide
Network Topology Views
In addition, from a managed device node on the map, you can invoke other EPICenter functions such as
the alarm browser, Telnet, real-time statistics, a front panel view, the VLAN Manager, or ExtremeWare
Vista for the selected device, or view device properties from a Properties window.
Maps are initially created in a layout based on information in EPICenter’s device inventory about the
devices and their connectivity. You can customize the layouts into hierarchical views using cut and
paste, or by deleting devices from a map and then adding them to a different map. You can also add
and remove “decorative” nodes (nodes that aren’t discovered or managed by EPICenter) and links.
Displaying a Network Topology View
Click the Topology button in the EPICenter Navigation Toolbar to display the main Topology View
page, as shown in Figure 133.
NOTE
If you have not yet performed a Discovery (i.e. there are no devices in EPICenter’s Inventory database)
the map will be blank.
Figure 133: The Topology View
A View is a unique, named hierarchy of maps, consisting of a root map and optional submaps,
depending on the topology of the network. The current View name is displayed in the pull down field
at the left of the icon bar.
View name
L2 cloud node
Submap node
Links
Information
panel
Text node
Hyper node
Device nodes
Decoration node