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Composite Links
For composite links, the information panel displays the following information:
In addition, for each link endpoint, the following information is displayed:
The New Menu
The Default map contains all the network devices known to EPICenter, arranged based on EPICenter’s
internal algorithms (see the discussion
on page 293 in the section “Displaying a Network Topology
View” ). However, it is often convenient to create views based on other criteria, such as physical
location, departmental organization, and so on. The Topology Viewer lets you create additional views
that organize your network elements in any way you wish.
New View
You can create a new view (and its Root Map) by selecting New View from the New menu.
A Create New View dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 135 .
total errors The total errors, if RMON is enabled on the device and if RMON statistics are enabled
for this map. This is updated regularly, typically every 30 seconds.
VLANs/Ports/Tag table Displays information about the VLANs configured on the endpoint port
status The overall status of the composite link—up, down, partially up, or unknown. Partially
up indicates that some links in the composite are up, some are down.
link count The number of individual links in the composite link
links status The number of links up, partially up, down and unknown
endpoint 1 and endpoint 2 The name of each endpoint node
endpoint 1 device and
endpoint 2 device The device type or each endpoint node
endpoint table A table showing the endpoint ports (or slot and port) for each individual link in the
composite link, along with the link status and whether the link is load shared. You may
need to move the right side boundary of the panel to see the last two columns.