HP Netsight manual Excluded Nodes, Excluding Nodes from an Individual View, Creating the Filter

List Views

As with classes, nodes which support more than one topology will be displayed in any view for which one of its topologies is selected. You can also choose to filter on nodes whose topology is unknown.

Creating the Filter

When you create a filter, you select the specific attributes in each category that define the nodes you want to display, and de-select the attributes that define nodes you do not want to display. Filter categories are linked by logical ANDs, and attributes within categories are linked by logical ORs; this means that, in order to be displayed in a filtered view, a node must match at least one selected attribute in each category. You must leave at least one attribute selected in each category.

To specify a view filter:

1.In each filter category list box, click on the check box next to the specific attribute to include or exclude associated nodes from the list view.

You can also use the select and deselect check boxes located above each filter category

TIP list box to either select or deselect all of its specific attributes; remember, however, that you must leave at least one attribute selected in each category in order to create your filter.

2. Click on OK to set the filter parameters.

Once you have finished configuring all of the parameters for your list view, click OK in the New List View window or List View Properties window to create the new list view or modify an existing view.

Excluded Nodes

NetSight Element Manager’s architecture — which stores all node information in a central database, and lets you choose how to view it — provides you with great flexibility in the management and storage of node information. One of the ways you can manage your collected node information is through the use of Excluded Nodes. There are two levels of node exclusion: exclusion from an individual view, and exclusion from all views.

Excluding Nodes from an Individual View

Excluding a node from an individual List, Tree, or Map View removes that node from the selected view only — the node’s information is still stored in the central node database, and it will be displayed as appropriate in other views. For a map view, excluding a node from the current (or active) view simply removes the icon from the map; no record of that node’s former place on the map is maintained. For a List View or Tree View, however, excluding a node from the active view places it on a special excluded nodes list associated with the selected view. This list is displayed in the view’s Properties window, as

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