HP Netsight manual About GoTo Symbols, Map and Device Status Conditions

Creating Network Maps

There is only one restriction to submap relationships: a map cannot be defined as a submap of more than one root map. In the above example, then, FLOOR_1 cannot be made a submap of any other root map while it is defined as a submap of BUILDING_A. If you try to add a second submap icon representing the same (FLOOR_1) map, the submap relationship will change — for example, adding FLOOR_1 as a submap of BUILDING_B removes its submap relationship with BUILDING_A. This change will occur without warning, but is also reflected in the workspace.

When creating submap relationships, place the appropriate submap icon in the appropriate map. You can use a submap icon to link two existing maps, or create a new map when you place the submap icon. Similarly, changing an established hierarchy can be accomplished by moving or removing the appropriate submap icons. You can even create a new map and place it at the top of your hierarchy just by adding the appropriate submap icons.

You can also create submaps based on subnets automatically; see Generating Submaps

TIP Automatically, page 6-15, for details.

About GoTo Symbols

Using GoTo symbols to link maps allows you to create a more free-form relationship among maps — one that can also be linked and unlinked at will. Placing a GoTo symbol into a map provides a quick and easy means of accessing the map represented by the symbol, and allows you to link maps outside of the status reporting hierarchy. GoTo symbols report the status of the maps they represent, but this status is not included in the overall status of the map in which the GoTo symbol has been placed. The relationships defined by GoTo symbols are not displayed in the Map View tree structure; there is no limit to the number of GoTo symbols you can add representing a single map.

Map and Device Status Conditions

Each entity in a nested hierarchy (submap, map, or folder) reports its overall status (and the status of its subparts) to the next layer up in the tree structure, as indicated by the color of the status icon located to the left of each map or folder entry in the Map View.

NOTE

GoTo symbols also report the overall status of the maps they represent, but the status reported by a GoTo symbol is not part of the overall status of the map in which it is placed, and will not be propagated up the tree hierarchy.

6-4 Working with Maps