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Displaying EPICenter Groups and Resources
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function. The exception is the three predefined groups, Hosts, Users, and Port Groups, which are
considered Manual resources but cannot be destroyed. If the user-defined resource is a group,
you can add and remove children as desired.
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Imported resources are assigned a source name as part of the Import process. See “ Importing
Resources ,” on page 242 for more information.
User-defined (Manual) resources can be deleted using the Destroy function. System-defined
(EPICenter) and imported resources cannot be deleted, although they
can be removed as children of
other groups to which you have added them. See “ Deleting Resources—The Destroy Function ,” on
page 229 for more information on deleting resources, and “ Removing A Child Resource from a
Group ,” on page 232 for more information on removing resources from groups.
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Unique Name —A name that uniquely defines this resource within the Source scope. For user-
defined resources (Source is Manual) this is always blank.
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For pre-defined resources, the Unique Name is the same as the Resource Name.
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For device resources, the Unique Name is the device IP address.
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For port resources, the Unique Name is the IP address of the device followed by the port number.
For ports on a chassis device, the port number combines the slot number and the port number.
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For resources imported from a file or LDAP directory, the Unique Name is specified in the input
process, and may be different from the Resource Name.
Below these fields there are two tabbed pages whose contents depends on the type of resource being
displayed.
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For Groups, you can view a list of Children of the group. This lists the resources (individual
resources or subordinate groups) associated with the selected group. For each child, the list includes
the resource name, its type, and its source.
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For User, Port, and Host resources, you can view a list of Relationships for the resource. This
displays a list of other resources related to the selected resource.
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For all types, you can view a list of the Attributes associated with the resource. The exception is the
top level (root) node, “Groups,” which has no attributes.
Resource Filtering
The field at the top of the Component Tree provides a drop-down menu from which you can select a
filter to apply to the Component Tree display. This filter controls the types of resources that are
displayed as subcomponents of the groups in the tree. This feature is useful when you have a large
number of resources of various types, and lets you limit the display to resources of a specific type in
which you are interested.
Groups are always displayed. The following filter choices determine the types of individual resources
that are displayed within the groups:
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All allows resource children of all types to be displayed.
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Devices shows only the Device resources within the groups.
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Hosts shows only Host resources within the groups.
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Ports shows only Device and Port resources within the groups.
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Users shows only User resources within the groups.
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VLANs shows only VLAN resources within the groups.