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Chapter 5 Working with Prime Network Vision Maps

Working with Aggregations

Working with Aggregations

Prime Network Vision enables you to group network elements and display them as an aggregation.

Aggregations can contain network elements, services, other a ggregatio ns, and so for th.

Note You cannot aggregate service entities that exist within a service. For example, you cannot aggregate

VRFs that exist within a VLAN.

For more information on working with aggregations, see the following topics:

• Grouping Network Elements into Aggregations, page 5-16

• Adding Elements to an Existing Aggregation, page 5-18

• Viewing an Aggregation Thumbnail, page 5-16

• Ungrouping Aggregations, page 5-19

• Viewing Multi-Chassis Devices, page 5-19

To aggregate network elements:

Step 1 Select the network elements. To select multiple items, press Ctrl.

Step 2 Aggregate the network elements by choosing Node > Aggregate.

Step 3 In the Aggregation dialog box, enter a unique name for the aggregation and click OK. The ag gregat ion

is displayed in the navigation pane and the map pane. Aggregations are displa ye d as a sin g le en tity with

the Aggregation icon and a plus sign, as in the following examples:

The aggregation icon changes color according to the alarm severity. For more informatio n about sev erity

colors, see Alarm Indicators, page 2-12.

You can view a thumbnail of a selected aggregation in the map pane, including all aggregated elements

and any nested aggregations.