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These tools are provided for working with specific technologies:
Labels—For Ethernet links, lists all LSPs and their source and destination labels. For more 
information, see Viewing LSPs Configured on an Ethernet Link, page 17-13. 
VCs—For ATM links, lists configured and misconfigured VCs. For more information, see Vi ew i n g  
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Figure 7-16 Topological Link Properties Window
Step 5
Click Calculate Affected. The total number of potentially affected parties is displayed in the Affected 
Parties area.
Step 6Click Show Affected. The Affected Parties window is displayed as shown in Figure 7-17. For 
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Figure 7-17 Affected Parties Window
Step 7
To view the potentially affected destinations if a link were go to down, click an entry in the Source table. 
The potentially affected destinations are displayed in the Destination table. 
Step 8To view source or destination properties in inventory, click the required hyperlinked entry. 
Managing Missing Links (Static Links)
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A link is considered flickering when it is connected, disconnected, and reconnected when using the same 
connection technique because the topology information is conflicting. When this situation occurs, Prime 
Network generates a system event with the message “Physical Link discovery inconsistent.”
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Figure 7-18 Create Static Link Window
Step 3
Select the required port on both the A Side device and the Z Side device.
Step 4Click Create to validate the connection and create the new link. 
A success message is displayed.
A warning message is displayed if any of the following apply:
A validation check fails.
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Step 6Click Ye s . 
The ports are connected, and a link is created between the selected ports.
A warning message is displayed if any of the following conditions exist: 
One of the validation checks fails.
The operation status of one port is Up and the other port is Down.
The ports selected are not of the same type.
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Prime Network provides many context-sensitive commands that you can use to make changes in the 
network. You can launch these commands by right-clicking an NE and choosing Commands. Your 
permissions determine whether you can run these commands, and the commands that are available 
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Figure 7-20 Add Element Dialog Box
Step 3
Use one of the following tools to locate the NEs you want to add to the map. 
Search for the elements you want to add to the map. For example, you can search Ethernet Services 
by the system name, NEs element type, pseudowires by their role, and so forth. 
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Removing Elements from a Map 
When you delete an element from a map, it is removed from the map in the database. However, it 
continues to be managed by Prime Network. Your user account permissions determine whether you can 
remove items from a map. 
To remove a network element from a map, right-click the NE and choose Remove from Map.
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Making Changes to Aggregations
This table shows how to make changes to aggregations:
Closing Maps, Renaming Maps, and Other Map Operations
NoteIf you cannot perform these tasks, you do not have sufficient privileges.If you want to... Do this...
Add an NE to an aggregation (certain 
restrictions exist; for example, you cannot 
add an EVC to a...