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:  VIEWS 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 also right-click on the drawing board to get a menu from where you can choose to add devices, Servers, Printers, etc. For more information about the various options available in the right-click menu, see Creating Editing Views.
   
   
   Figure:  Right-Click Menu
   

    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.

   On the EDIT VIEW  page, right-click on the Drawing Board area and a list of options are displayed using which you can perform the following tasks:

   • Display/ Hide the IP addresses. Right-click on the network diagram and select Show IP Address. To hide the IP addresses on the network diagram, right-click on the network diagram and select Hide IP Address. 
     
     

     

     Figure: Show IP Address
     
     

   • Display/ Hide the host names. Right-click on the network diagram and select Show Host Name. To hide the host names on the network diagram, right-click the network diagram and select Hide Host Name. 
     
     

     

     Figure: Show Host Name
     
     

   • Search for any device on the network diagram using Search Device option.
   • Pin/ Unpin devices. If you Pin a device, the device is fixed to that position and you cannot change the position by dragging. If you Un-pin a device, the device can be moved from its fixed position to a new position. The option to unpin a device is available only if a device is pinned.
   • Delete any node from the network diagram using the Delete Node.
   • Add Connectors between the source device and the destination device using the Add Connectors option. After you click the Add Connectors option, an outline is displayed around the device, place the mouse pointer on the device and drag it to the destination device. The Connector is added between the source device and the destination device. You can edit, move, or delete the Connectors using the Edit Connector, Move Connector, and Delete Connector options.
   • Points help you to position the Links/Connectors between the devices in an angular position to provide better look and feel to a Network Diagram. Add, remove, show, and hide Points using the Add Point, Remove Point, Hide Points, and Show Points options.
   • Jumpers provide clear picture about the Connectors, especially, when the Connectors are complex in a Network Diagram. Add or remove the Jumpers using the Add Jumper and Remove Jumper options.
   • Send the devices behind the Drawing Board or on the Drawing Board for the overlapped devices using the Send to Back and Send to Front options.
     
   • View the Interface information of the Network Device using the Show Interface Information option.
   • View the device history using the Show Device History option.
   • View/ hide the grid using the Show Grid/ Hide Grid options.

   • Re size the window by specifying the width and height using the Re size Window option. 
     
     

     

     Figure: Re size
     
     

   • Add devices using the Add Device option. For more information about the fields on the Add Network Device Details pop-up, see Edit Network Device Details.
   • Add Servers using the Add Server option. For more information about the fields on the Add Server Details pop-up, see Adding/ Modifying Servers.
   • Add Printers using the Add Printer option. For more information about the fields on the Add Printer Details pop-up, see Adding/ Modifying Printers.

   • Add or edit labels using the Add Label and Edit Label options. 
     
     
     

     

     Figure: Add Label

     Field Description

     The following table describes the fields on the Add Label pop-up:

     Fields	Description
     Label	Specify the label name.
     Font	Select the font for the label.
     Size	Select the size of the label.
     Color	Select the color of the font.
     Background Color	Select the background color.

   • Change the background color of the Drawing Board using the Background Color option. 
     
     

     

     Figure: Edit Background Color

   • Move the position of the devices along with the links, using mouse pointer hold and select one or more device and move it to a new position.
     
   • Move the position of complete Network Diagram using the Select All option and moving to a new position. Select Deselect All option to deselect the devices.
   • Select multiple devices using the Control (Ctrl) key and delete or edit multiple nodes using the Delete Multiple Node and Edit Multiple Node options.
   • Print the Network Diagram displayed on the Drawing Board using the Print Network Diagram option.

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.