Operation Guide

On the topology toolbar, click the 1:1 icon (for the star theme). Or, right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Zoom > 1:1 from the shortcut menu.

On the topology toolbar, click the Zoom In icon (for the star theme) or the Zoom Out icon (for the star theme). Or, right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Zoom > Zoom In or Zoom Out from the shortcut menu.

On the topology toolbar, click the Fit Content icon (for the star theme). Or, right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Zoom > Fit Content from the shortcut menu.

This function adjusts the scale of the topology to display all nodes in the topology area. This function does not change the topology layout. The location of nodes remains unchanged in the topology.

On the topology toolbar, click the Magnifier icon (for the star theme) to enable or disable the magnifier. In the topology, hover the cursor over the area you want to magnify.

On the topology toolbar, click the Over View icon to open or close the over view area. By default, the over view area is open. Hover the box in the over view area to control the topology displayed in the topology area.

On the topology toolbar, click the Hide Left Tree And Tab icon .

Switch from the pointer tool to the hand tool: On the topology toolbar, click the hand tool icon . Or, right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Hand Tool from the shortcut menu. With the hand tool, you can drag the whole topology.Switch back to the pointer tool if you need to perform actions on the nodes and links.

Switch from the hand tool to the pointer tool: On the topology toolbar, click the pointer tool icon . Or, right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Pointer Tool from the shortcut menu. With the pointer tool, you can perform such operations on nodes and links in the topology as clicking a node/link, right-clicking a node/link, double-clicking a node/link, and dragging a node.

On the topology toolbar, click the Add Background icon and specify an image as the background of the topology. The neighbor topology does not support this function. You can upload an image or select an image or GIS map as the topology background. To resize the background, right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Adjust Background > Manual Adjust or Resume Original Size from the shortcut menu.
Precautions£º
When editing a topology that had used the GIS map as background, close and reopen the topology if you need to use the GIS map as background again.
The longitude and latitude on the GIS map are rounded to three decimal places.

On the topology toolbar, click the Remove Background icon . The neighbor topology does not support this function.

The background map can be moved and stretched after the background map is adjusted by the right key.When the background map is drawn to the lower right corner, there is a rolling bar in the lower right corner. If you want to continue to stretch but the mouse is selected by default scrollbar, therefore cannot continue to stretch, can use the mouse to click on the background map Center right slightly drag. Continue to adjust from the upper left corner.

On the topology toolbar, click the Save icon . Or, select the Save On Close Tab option in advanced settings to save the topology when you close the tab. This function saves your modifications to a topology, such as resizing the topology or background, modifying node/link labels and topology layout, and device lock status.

On the topology toolbar, click the Export Map To Visio icon and click Download Visio File for Topology. The topology is saved in a .vdx file. Guidelines: The exported node information does not contain node status. Exported node labels are device IP addresses. You cannot export subviews, notes, additional node icons, and custom icons.
Precautions:
Multiple links between two devices will overlap in an exported Visio file, where the distance between two links cannot be adjusted.
When the distance between two devices is too long, the device icons might be too small to be seen in an exported Visio file. As a best practice, narrow the distance.
To export the typology map successfully, make sure a device label does not contain ampersands (&).

On the topology toolbar, click the Save As Image icon and click Download Image for Topology. The topology is saved in a PNG file.

On the topology toolbar, click the Layout icon . This function enables the system to automatically lay out the topology.

Right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Reload from the shortcut menu. This function displays the most recent status of nodes and links in the topology. The neighbor topology does not support this function.

On the topology toolbar, click the Find icon . Or, right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Find from the shortcut menu. In the Find dialog box, query devices or subnets by IP address or label. This function allows you to query and locate devices or subnets globally. For topologies embedded in pages, you can query devices or subnets only in the current view.

On the topology toolbar, click the Select MST Instance icon . In the MSTP Instance dialog box, select an MST instance and click View to display the topology for the instance. In the MSTP topology, nodes and links not in the MST instance are grayed out. Click Clear to restore the complete topology.

On the topology toolbar, click the MST Region Details icon .

On the topology toolbar, click the Legend icon. This function displays the representation and status of each icon.

On the topology toolbar, click the Advanced Settings icon . On Global Settings tab, configure the following settings: Save On Close Tab, Display hidden nodes, Transparency, Display high-speed links in thick lines, Double click tab to close, Use multiple labels, Label vertical distanceand, AutoLayout offset, Use ErrorLevel Tick, Use Default HandMode, Use RouteTopo, Show Cloud and Device Link, Show cloudLinks, Bundle Link and Bundle Link Display alarm Enable Delayed Delete GIS Map Type. On the Color Settings tab, configure the following settings: Node Label Color, Link Label Color, Label Background Color, Topology Background Color, Topo Font, Topo Font Size, Topo Font Bold, and Topo Font Italic.

Save On Close Tab: Select this option to automatically save topology changes when you close the topology. If you do not select this option and there are topology changes, a prompt pops up for you to choose whether to save topology changes. This option is not selected by default.

Display hidden nodes: Select this option to display hidden nodes in an IP topology, or clear this option to hide the hidden nodes. If you select this option, you can control the opacity of the nodes by setting the Opacity field. This option is not selected by default.

Display high-speed links in thick lines: Display links in thin or thick lines, depending on their bandwidth values. This option is not selected by default.

Double click tab to close: Double-click the tab of the current topology to close the topology. This option is selected by default.

Use multiple labels: Right-click a blank area and select Device Label or Link label to display device or link labels. This option is selected by default.

Label vertical distance: Set the vertical distance between a node and the node label, in the range of 0 to 99. The default is 10.

AutoLayout offset: Set the node offset used for automatic layout. The default is 1.

Use ErrorLevel Tick: Select this option so a device node or link in the topology flashes when an alarm of the highest level occurs. This option is not selected by default.

Use Default HandMode: Change the mouse pointer to a hand shape to allow users to perform only the following tasks: Drag the background area of a topology, open or close a topology, or view the tips. This option is not selected by default.

Use RouteTopo: Use the route topology. By default, the route topology is not used.

Show Cloud and Device Link: Display calculated links between the clouds and devices.

Show cloudLinks: Display calculated links between clouds.

Bundle Link: Display only the bundle link and the number of links in the bundle if the number of links between nodes reaches the specified threshold. By default, this option is selected and the threshold is 5.

Bundle Link Display alarm: Choose to use the highest or lowest alarm level among the links as the alarm level of the bundle link.

Enable Delayed Delete: Use the delayed link delete feature. This option is not selected by default. The default delay time is 4320 minutes.

Icon Type: Change the icon type for nodes in the topology. The icon type can be 3D Icon or 2D Icon. The default icon type is 2D Icon.

GIS Map Type: Select the GIS map to be used as the background for the topology. The default map is OpenStreetMap.

Right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Set Default Topology View from the shortcut menu. The system displays the current topology when you open Network Topology next time.

Right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Path Topology from the shortcut menu. Specify the source and destination devices by IP address, and click OK. The system displays the path topology between the source and destination devices. The embedded topology does not support this function.

Double-click a link, or right-click a link and select Link Information from the shortcut menu. The Link Information dialog box displays the basic information and interface information of the link.

• The Basic Information tab displays information about the link, such as link name, link status, left and right nodes, and interface names.
• The Left Interface and Right Interface tabs display information about the left and right interfaces of the link, such as interface description, administrative status, operational status, MTU size, transmission rate, alias, interface type, IP address, IP subnet mask, MAC address, last status change time, and last refresh time. To view MP interface and PoE interface information, click View MP Interface or View PoE.

Right-click a link and select Modify Link Name from the shortcut menu. In the Modify Link Name dialog box, modify the link name and click OK.

Right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Device Label > Show IP, Show Label, Show SysName, Show Vendor, Show Device Type, or No Label. To display multiple labels for each device, select the Use multiple labels option in advanced settings.

Right-click in a blank area of a topology and select Link Label > Show Name, Show Interface, Show Type, Show Device Name, Show Interface Alias, or No Label. To display multiple labels for each link, select the Use multiple labels option in advanced settings.

In the Global Settings tab of the Advanced Settings dialog box, you can select whether to bundle links and set the minimum number of links required for bundling. In the topology, the links between two nodes will be automatically bundled when the number of links is greater than or equal to this value. When you clear the Bundle Link box, all links in the topology will be expanded.

In the Advanced Settings dialog box, select the Display hidden nodes option. The topology displays hidden nodes as translucent. By default, hidden nodes are not displayed.

In the Advanced Settings dialog box, select the Display high-speed links in thick lines option. The speed of a link is the lower interface transmission rate of the link. If one end of a link connects a host, cloud, or subnet, the speed of the link is the transmission rate of the other end.

In the Advanced Settings dialog box, select the Double click tab to close option. This function enables you to close a topology by double-clicking the topology tab except the last topology you open.

On the Color Settings tab of the Advanced Settings page, you can set the node label color and link label color. After the setting, the node label color and the link label color are displayed as you set in each theme. If not set, the node/link label color varies in different themes.

The lower-level NMS operations in the topology include the lower-level NMS custom view, lower-level NMS topo, and lower-level NMS cloud management functions. To perform these operations, first add lower-level NMS devices to the topology.

• Open Lower-Level NMS View: Right-click a lower-level NMS device, and select Lower-Level NMS View from the shortcut menu to open the custom view list for the lower-level System.
• Open Lower-Level NMS Topo: Right-click a lower-level NMS device, and select Lower-Level NMS Topo from the shortcut menu to open the topology for the lower-level System.
• Add Lower-Level NMS Cloud: Right-click a lower-level NMS device or a blank area, and select Add Lower-Level NMS Cloud from the shortcut menu to create a lower-level NMS cloud. Double-click the lower-level NMS cloud to open the lower-level NMS topology bound to the cloud.
• You cannot open views, subnets, clouds for a lower-level topology in a higher-level NMS. To perform the operations for the topology, log in to the lower-level NMS and open the topology.