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Working with Links
The following topics describe how to view information about static and dynamic links using the
Cisco Prime Network Vision (Prime Network Vision) user interface:
• User Roles Required to Work with Links, page 6-1
• What Are Dynamic and Static Links?, page 6-3
• Link Discovery and Flickering Ethernet Topology Links, page 6-3
• Viewing Link Properties, page 6-4
• Viewing Link Impact Analysis, page 6-12
• Adding Static Links, page 6-15
• Filtering Links Using the Collection Method, page 6-17
• Selecting a Link, page 6-18

User Roles Required to Work with Links

This topic identifies the GUI default permission or element scope security level that is required to work
with links in Prime Network Vision. Prime Network determines whether you are authorized to perform
a task as follows:
• For GUI-based tasks (tasks that do not affect elements), authorization is based on the default
permission that is assigned to your user account.
• For element-based tasks (tasks that do affect elements), authorization is based on the default
permission that is assigned to your account. That is, wheth er the element is in one of your assigned
scopes and whether you meet the minimum security level for that scope.
For more information on user authorization, see the Cisco Prime Network 4.0 Administrator Guide.
The following tables identify the tasks that you can perform:
• Table 6-1 identifies the tasks that you can perform if a selected element is not in one of your
assigned scopes.
• Table 6-2 identifies the tasks that you can perform if a selected element is in one of your assigned
scopes.
By default, users with the Administrator role have access to all managed elements. To change the
Administrator user scope, see the topic on device scopes in the Cisco Prime Network 4.0 Administrator
Guide.