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60 EPICenter Concepts and Solutions Guide
Getting Started with EPICenter
Figure 25: Topology Map with VLAN information
In this mode, the map dims out all the links that are not involved in the selected VLAN. It also shows
information about the VLANs for a selected device in the Map Element Description panel. You can even
do some basic VLAN configuration from the Topology View in VLAN mode—such as adding links or
edge ports to a VLAN.
Automated Map Creation vs. Manual Map Creation
EPICenter automatically creates the Default Topology View based on the devices in your EPICenter
inventory database. It creates submaps based on the subnet structure of your network, and
auto-populates the map with devices based on that structure. It also attempts to discover the links
between devices using EDP, and places those on the map as appropriate. As new devices are added to
the EPICenter inventory, they are automatically added to the default map (unless you have disabled the
auto-populate feature for the default view).
EPICenter cannot discover links between devices where EDP is not running (third-party devices,
Extreme Networks devices with EDP disabled, or Extreme Networks devices running certain old
versions of ExtremeWare). However, you can add user-defined links between devices to represent links
that EPICenter cannot discover. Once you specify an endpoint (port) on each device for the link,
EPICenter can display status for that link.
You can create new Topology Views to represent your networks in any way you want. You can have
EPICenter auto-populate a view you create or you can select devices to add to your map individually.
You can create and delete submaps, add, move and delete devices, create links, add annotations, give
names and labels to your devices and so on.