HP Network Direr Software Products manual Components, Map Structure

156CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH THE MAP

	The map and the tree work in conjunction with each other. When you
	select a device, subnet or device group within the tree it is also selected in
	the map and vice versa. Once you have made your selection: you can use
	the pull-right menu, in either the tree or the map, to perform an action
	on that item.
Components	The following section describes the principal features of the map and the
	tree and the operations you can carry out from them.
Map Structure	The map provides two basic views of your network topology, depending
	upon whether or not you choose to view the devices in your network
	grouped by subnet or as individual devices. Within each view you can
	navigate around the map, and focus on particular areas of the topology
	that are of interest to you.
	To change from one view to another, toggle View > Group Map by
	Subnet.

The Grouped The default view shows the devices in your network logically grouped by Network View IP subnet. This view is hierarchical, consisting of:

■The top-level map — This map presents a logical layer-3 view of your network, showing the routers and layer-3 switches, the links between them, and which IP subnets they are logically connected to.

■Submaps — These present logical groupings of the devices on your network. There are two types of submap:

■Subnets — are automatically created by 3Com Network Director during Network Discovery, and allow you to view the network broken down into separate IP subnets. Each subnet contains all devices with related IP addresses.