HP Netsight manual Generating Submaps Automatically, Subnet Mapping Window

Creating Network Maps

The Map View workspace will update automatically to display the new map in its position in the hierarchy. The Submap icon itself will display the current status of its associated map; double-clicking on a Submap icon will also open or activate the associated map.

You can only place a Submap symbol in the root map that was active when the Insert

TIP Submap process was initiated.

Generating Submaps Automatically

If you prefer, NetSight Element Manager can create a map hierarchy for you automatically, using the both the subnets you have defined via the Discover Manager and those which have been automatically defined when you added devices to your central node database.

For more information on using subnets as part of a discover, see Defining and Selecting

TIP Subnets in Chapter 3, Discovering Nodes. For more information on viewing the subnets that are currently defined, see Using the Subnets Window, also in Chapter 3.

Once you have added your network devices to the central node database, you can automatically create a map hierarchy as follows:

1.Select File—>New—>Subnet Mapping from the primary window menu bar. Note that this menu option is always available, even when no map windows are open or active. The Subnet Mapping window, Figure 6-9, opens.

Figure 6-9. The Subnet Mapping Window

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