HP Network Direr Software Products manual Devices, Device Icons

158CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH THE MAP

Submaps can contain shortcut symbols, that indicate that the device that is linked to is not contained in the current map. For more information see “Shortcut Symbols” on page page 186.

There are various methods that can be used to navigate between the top-level map and its submaps. For more information see “Navigation” on page 182.

The Ungrouped When you choose to view the devices in your network without grouping Network View them by subnet, 3Com Network Director displays the layer-2 (physical)

topology of your network in a single top-level map containing all of the devices discovered on your network. This view does not show:

■The subnets in your network. Consequently links from routers and layer-3 devices to the subnets they are logically connected to are not shown. In this view the devices that are contained within the subnets are shown in the top-level map.

■The device groups in your network. Any device groups within your network are expanded within this view so that the devices they contain are shown in the top-level map.

Devices

Each icon on the map represents a device on your network that has been discovered by 3Com Network Director through use of the Network Discovery wizard, or has been added to the map manually. For more information see “The Network Discovery Wizard” on page 109. For information about adding single devices to the map see “Adding Items to the Map” on page 202.

If you are only interested in your network infrastructure, and do not wish to view the end stations on your network then turn off the View > Show End Stations option. This will simplify the contents of your map by hiding all of the end stations. If you turn off this option then you may also wish to relayout your map. For more information see “Modifying the Map Layout” on page 200.

Device Icons

Each of the basic icons used to represent devices on your network has an image contained within it to show the type of device represented.