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Topology Manager Functions
There are multiple ways to invoke the functions provided by the Topology Manager:
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Using the menus at the top of the main applet frame
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Using the function buttons shown directly below the Topology Manager menus
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Using commands from a pop-up menu that appears when you right-click on a device shown on a
topology map
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Using commands from a pop-up menu that appears when you right-click on the map background
Topology Manager Function Buttons
The buttons at the top of the Topology view page provide the following functions:
These functions can also be accessed through the Topology View menus, in most cases from the Map
menu.
The Topology Menus
EPICenter provides a set of menus at the top of the main display frame. Most of these are standard
across all the EPICenter applets, and are described in
“EPICenter Menus” on page 32 .
The Topology Manager provides several additional menus that contain commands unique to Topology
Views. In addition, the Topology Manager adds menu items to the standard Display and Tools menus.
The Topology Manager menus contain the following items:
Table 27: Topology View Function Buttons
Mark Turns Mark Links Mode on or off. Mark Links mode lets you select multiple links on multiple
maps, and is used in conjunction with the Add Links to VLAN function. Performs the same
function as the Mark Links Mode command on the Tools menu. See
“Mark Links Mode” on
page 318 .
Map Creates a new map as a submap of the currently map. Performs the same function as the New
Map command on the New menu. See
“New Map” on page 296 .
Device Opens a list of devices not already used within the current view, and adds a selected device to
the current map. Performs the same function as the New Device Map Node command on the
New menu. See
“New Device Map Node” on page 297 .
Cut Cuts the selected node from the current map. Performs the same function as the Cut Map
Nodes command on the Edit menu. See
“Cut Map Nodes” on page 302 .
Paste Pastes a previously cut node onto the current map.Performs the same function as the Paste
Map Nodes command on the Edit menu. See
“Paste Map Nodes” on page 302 .
Layout Creates a default map layout, optimizing for node and link placement to minimize overlap.
Performs the same function as the Layout command on the Map menu. See
“Layout Map” on
page 305 .
In Zooms in the current map display. Performs the same function as the Zoom Map In command
on the Map menu. See
“Zoom Map In” on page 309 .
Out Zooms out the current map display. Performs the same function as the Zoom Map Out
command on the Map menu. See
“Zoom Map Out” on page 310 .