Chapter3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM
Working with Views
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Working with Views
When SGM discovers your network, all discovered nodes, signaling points,
linksets, and links are placed in a DEFAULT configuration view, which is stored
on the SGM server and shared by all SGM clients. The DEFAULT view cannot be
modified by the clients. It is always available, for users who need to view the
entire network.
Initially, all clients use the DEFAULT view. However, SGM enables you to create
your own, client-specific views, which are subsets of the DEFAULT view, to meet
your individual needs.
You can choose the nodes you are interested in managing, remove all other nodes
from your view, and modify the layout of the topology map in the Topology
window. You can save all of this customized information in a view, set that view
as the default view for the SGM client, and use the SGM client from then on to
manage only the part of the network you are interested in, with the settings you
prefer.
You can also create many different views on a given SGM client, with each view
devoted to a different aspect of the network. You can then switch between views
to manage different parts of the network, or switch to the DEFAULT view to see
the entire network.
If a given SGM client is used by more than one person, each user can create his
or her own personal view.
To help you keep track of which view you are currently using, most SGM
windows display the following information:
•In the title bar, the name of the system on which the SGM server is running.
•In the bottom right corner:
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The name of the current view.
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The text (New Nodes Exist), if there is at least one newly discovered
node or signaling point in the network that has not been added to your
current view. To add the node to your current view, see the “Viewing the
Topology of the Network” section on page3-259. To exclude the node
from your current view, see Step6 in this section.
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The text (Modified), if the view has been modified but not yet saved. You
must save the v iew if you wan t to save your changes. Se e Step 10 in this
section for more details.