Discovered Element > Expand Generic Hosts for the Switch after you have saved the topology.

To display hidden generic hosts connected to a switch:

1.Right-click a switch with a "+" icon. This "+" icon indicates the switch has hidden generic hosts.

2.Select Discovered Element > Expand Generic Hosts for the Switch from the drop-down menu.

The hidden elements for the switch appear in the upper-right corner of the topology.

Hiding Generic Hosts for All Switches

NOTE: This feature only pertains to unnamed generic hosts. If you name a generic host, you cannot use this feature to hide the named host. The hide generic element feature also does not work for grouped unnamed generic hosts and missing elements. To learn how to give a custom name to an unnamed generic host, see ”Assigning a Custom Name” on page 277. To learn more about groups, see the topic, ”About Groups” on page 252.

You can hide all unnamed generic hosts and unnamed generic Cisco switches by doing the following:

1.Right-click a switch.

2.Select Discovered Element > Hide Generic Hosts for All Switches from the drop-down menu. All unnamed generic hosts are hidden. A "+" icon is added to the icon of all switches that have generic hosts that have been hidden.

Expanding Generic Hosts for All Switches

NOTE: This feature only pertains to unnamed generic hosts. If you name a generic host, you cannot use this feature to hide the named host. The hide generic element feature also does not work for grouped unnamed generic hosts and missing elements. To learn how to give a custom name to an unnamed generic host, see ”Assigning a Custom Name” on page 277. To learn more about groups, see the topic, ”About Groups” on page 252.

Use the Expand Generic Hosts for All Switches feature to display hidden generic hosts. The hidden generic hosts are displayed in the upper-right corner of the topology if you select

Discovered Element > Expand Generic Hosts for All Switches after you have saved the topology.

To display hidden generic hosts for a domain:

1.Right-click a switch with a "+" icon. This "+" icon indicates the switch has hidden generic hosts.

2.Select Discovered Element > Expand Generic Hosts for All Switches from the drop-down menu.

The hidden elements for the domain appear in the topology.

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