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Topology Manager Functions
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Pop-Up Menus
The Topology Viewer provides three pop-up menus:
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When you select a device in the current map view, you can right-click to display a pop-up menu
that contains commands relevant to the selected device.
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When you select a submap in the current map view, you can right-click to display a pop-up menu
that contains a command for enabling or disabling alarm propagation at the submap level.
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You can right-click on the map background to display a pop-up menu with commands that let you
modify the currently selected map.
See “Right-Click Pop-Up Menus” on page 38 for basic information about using the device-related pop-
up menus.
Device Node Pop-Up Menu
The pop-up menu that appears when you right-click on a device node contains the following
commands:
Device > Enables you to view other types of information about a device (from other
EPICenter applets) without having to leave the Topology View. Provides a
submenu of commands that run in a separate window with the device
preselected: Alarms, Statistics, Sync, Telnet, Viewer, VLANs, Device
Manager. See
“The Device Sub-Menu” on page 39 for a description of
each command.
Macros > Displays a list of Telnet macros available for the selected device. See “The
Macros Sub-Menu” on page 41 for more information.
Table 34: Device Node Pop-Up Menu Commands
Connect Edge Port to VLAN Same as the Connect Edge Port to VLAN command from the Tools menu.
Opens the Connect Edge Port to VLAN Wizard, which guides you through
adding edge ports from a selected device to a VLAN. See
“Connect Edge
Port to VLAN” on page 320 .
Disable Alarm Propagation/
Enable Alarm Propagation Enables or disables Alarm Propagation for the selected device. If disabled,
this device will not be included when determining the alarm status at the
map level.
When a device has Alarm Propagation disabled, the alarm status for the
device is still be displayed as appropriate, but the alarm icon appears with
an “X” through it.
Device > Same as the Device command from the Tools menu. Provides a submenu of
commands: Alarms, Statistics, Sync, Telnet, Viewer, VLANs, Device
Manager. See
“The Device Sub-Menu” on page 39 for a description of each
command.
Technical Support > Same as the Technical Support command from the Tools menu.
See
“The Technical Support Sub-Menu” on page 40 for details.
Macros > Same as the Macros command from the Tools menu. See “The Macros Sub-
Menu” on page 41 for more information.
Properties Same as the Properties command from the Display menu. See “The
Properties Display” on page 85 for details about what this command shows.
Table 33: The Tools Menu