Creating Views from Drawing Board

You can create, modify, and specify configuration details of a View. You can create Views in the following ways: Creating Views from Drawing Board or Creating Views from Discovered Devices List.

To create Views from a Drawing Board:

1. Select Operations > Configuration > Networks > View > Edit View.
2. On the EDIT VIEW page, click ADD NEW on the ACTIONS panel.
3. On the DRAW VIEW page, select the Tenant and other required details. For more information about fields on the DRAW VIEW page, see Field Description.
   
   
   Figure: DRAW VIEW page
   
   

4. Click ADD DEVICE on the ACTIONS panel to add devices into the View. On the ADD DEVICE pop-up page, select the devices you want to add to the View and click SUBMIT.
   

    See Screenshot and Field Description.

   
   Figure:  ADD DEVICE pop-up page
   

   Field Description

   The following table describes the fields on the ADD DEVICE pop-up page:

   Field	Description
   Tenant	Lists the configured Tenants. Select a Tenant from the list.
   Job Name	Lists all the Jobs created for discovering devices from Network. All the jobs configured for the selected Tenant are displayed in the list. Select a Job from the list.
   Available Devices	Lists all the available devices with the details, such as IP Address, Host Name, and Device Type for the selected Job Name. Select one or more devices that you wish to add to the Network View and click the  icon. The selected devices are displayed in the Selected Devices list. If you want to select all the devices in the Available Devices list, select the check box in the header row of the list. You can also search for a device using the SEARCH text box.
   Selected Devices	Lists the selected devices for creating a Network View. If you want to remove one or more devices from the Selected Devices list, select the check boxes for the devices and click the  icon. You can also search for a device using the SEARCH text box.
   Override Device Details	Select this check box to override the selected device details.

   Note:

   You can view various options on the drawing board from where you can choose to add/edit/delete devices, Servers, Printers, etc. For more information about the various options available in the right-click menu, see Creating Editing Views.
   
   
   Figure:  Drawing Board

    Creating Editing Views

   On the EDIT VIEW page (Operations > User > Views > Create Views > Draw Network Views)., you can edit a View, add new devices, view IP address, host name of the selected device, search for devices, and perform other tasks to modify a View.

   The following check boxes are available on the Drawing Board:

   Option	Description
   Check box	The following check boxes are available on the Drawing Board: Show IP Address: Enable or disable this check box to display or hide the IP Address on the network diagram. Show Host Name: Enable or disable this check box to display or hide the Host Name on the network diagram. Show Link Name: Enable or disable this check box to display or hide the Link Name on the network diagram. Figure: DRAWING BOARD
   	On clicking Modify icon, you can view the following options: To Add Node: Click  icon and click on the empty space of the drawing board. The  Select Device Type pop-up page is displayed. You can select a Device Type such as Network Device, Server, or Printer from the drop-down list. For more information, see Editing Network Device Details or Adding Servers or Adding Printers. To Add Connector: Click  icon click on a node and drag the connector to connect with the other node. For more information, see Creating Views from Drawing Board.
   	You can select a device on the network diagram and click the Edit Node icon to edit the device details.
   	You can select a specific device and click the Delete Selected icon to delete a particular device from the network diagram.

5. Click SUBMIT on the DRAW VIEW page. The Update Device, Server, Printer and Link Details pop-up pages are displayed. Fill in the required details for the newly added devices and click Submit. The devices are added to the View. 

    See Screenshot and Field Description.

   
   Figure:  Update Device, Server, Printer and Link Details pop-up page 

   Field description

   The following table describes the fields on the Update Device, Server, Printer and Link Details pop-up page:

   Field	Description
   Device
   Do not override properties already exist	If selected, the existing property values of the added device are not overwritten. If not selected, the existing property values of the added device are not overwritten.
   Service Entitlement	Lists the configured Service Entitlement options. Select a Service Entitlement option from the list box.
   Criticality	Lists the options to specify the criticality of the device Ignore Low Medium High Select an option from the list box based on the criticality of the device.
   Customer	Lists the configured customer names. Select a customer name from the list box for whom the device is installed.
   Vendor	Lists the configured vendors names. Select a vendor name from the list box. These vendor names are appended to the list each time a device from a new vendor is added during the discovery process.
   Location	Lists the configured locations. Select the location of the device.
   Ping Protocol	Lists the configured protocol names. Select a protocol using which you want to communicate with the device.
   Mail To	Type in the e-mail id of the people to whom the alert / notification mails about the device status need to be sent in “To” list. Alert Mail: The alert mail is sent whenever the device is down or whenever the device has crossed the threshold. Notification Mail: The notification mail is sent whenever the device status changes to UP from Down and also when the device utilization is below the specified threshold.
   Ping Timeout (in ms)	Type in the ping time out for the device. In the specified time the device communicate the destination IP address for the device to reach and record results.
   Ping Retry	Type in the number of times the ping operation need to be repeated for the added device.
   Server
   Do not override properties already exist	If selected, the existing property values of the Server (of the added device) are not overwritten. If not selected, the existing property values of the Server (of the added device) are not overwritten.
   Service Entitlement	Lists the configured Service Entitlement options. Select a Service Entitlement option from the list box.
   Server Category	Lists the configured Server Categories. Select the Category of the Server for the added device.
   Server Type	Lists the configured Server types. Select the type of Server for the added device.
   OS Type	Lists the Operating System type for the Server. Select the OS.
   Customer	Lists the configured customer names. Select a customer name from the list box for whom the Server is installed.
   Vendor	Lists the configured vendors names. Select a vendor name from the list box. These vendor names are appended to the list each time a device from a new vendor is added during the discovery process.
   Location	Lists the configured locations. Select the location of the Server.
   Criticality	Lists the options to specify the criticality of the Server. Ignore Low Medium High Select an option from the list box based on the criticality of the Server.
   Mail To	Type in the e-mail id of the people to whom the alert / notification mails about the Server status need to be sent in “To” list. Alert Mail: The alert mail is sent whenever the Server is down or whenever the Server has crossed the threshold. Notification Mail: The notification mail is sent whenever the Server status changes to UP from Down and also when the device utilization is below the specified threshold.
   Printer
   Do not override properties already exist	If selected, the existing property values of the printer (of the added device) are not overwritten. If not selected, the existing property values of the printer (of the added device) are not overwritten.
   Customer	Lists the configured customer names. Select a customer name from the list box for whom the printer is installed.
   Location	Lists the configured locations. Select the location of the printer.
   Link
   Service Entitlement	Lists the configured Service Entitlement options. Select a Service Entitlement option from the list box.
   Ping Timeout (in ms)	Type in the ping time out for the Link. In the specified time the Link communicate the destination IP address for the Link to reach and record results.
   Mail To	Type in the e-mail id of the people to whom the alert / notification mails about the Link status need to be sent in “To” list. Alert Mail: The alert mail is sent whenever the Link is down or whenever the Link has crossed the threshold. Notification Mail: The notification mail is sent whenever the Link status changes to UP from Down and also when the Link utilization is below the specified threshold.
   Ping Retry	Type in the number of times the ping operation need to be repeated for the Link..

Field description

The following table describes the fields on the DRAW VIEW page:

ACTIONS

This section explains all the icons displayed on the ACTIONS panel of the DRAW VIEW page.

SHOW LIST

Click SHOW LIST to display the LIST table showing all the configured Views for the selected Tenant.


Figure: VIEW page: List of Views 

• To modify a View, click the configured View Name. Make appropriate changes and click SUBMIT.

• To display the inactive Views, click the Include Inactive check box.

  Note:

  When the Views are displayed under the LIST table, the ADD NEW action is displayed on the ACTIONS panel. Click ADD NEW to configure a new View.

ADD DEVICE

Click ADD DEVICE to add a device to the View.

References

To create Views from the discovered devices list, see Creating Views from Discovered Devices List.