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A-11 Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 User Guide Appendix A Icon Reference Links NE Physical Inventory Icons Links The following sections describe link icons and characteristics: Link Icons, page A-12 Link Colors, page A-13 Link Characteristics, page A-13 Icon Device Chassis Cluster Satellite Shelf Slot/Subslot Port/Logical Port Unmanaged Port
A-12 Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 User Guide Appendix A Icon Reference Links Link Icons Icon Description Icon Description Asynchronous Transfer Mode Unknown Bidirectional Forwarding DetectionPhysical layer Border Gateway Protocol Private Network-to-Network Interface Business link Point-to-Point Protocol Ethernet Pseudowire Frame Relay Serial Generic Routing Encapsulation MPLS TE Tunnel Internal MPLS TP Tunnel IP VLAN Link aggregation group IPv6 VPN over IPv4-MPLS Multilink Point-to-Point ProtocolVPN MPLS Fiber Channel Entity Association
A-13 Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 User Guide Appendix A Icon Reference Links Link Colors Link Characteristics Color Severity Description Critical Critical alarm is on the link. Major Major alarm is on the link. Minor Minor alarm is on the link. Normal Link is operating normally. Selected Link is selected. Example Description Solid Line vs. Dashed Line Solid line—Physical, topological, or service link, such as a link between two devices. Dashed line—Association or business link between such elements as EVCs, VPLS service instances, or VPN components. Link Widths Normal—Contains links of the same group. Available groups are: Business GRE MPLS-TP Pseudowire VLAN All others Wide—Aggregated links that contain links of different groups. When viewing a map at a low zoom level, aggregated links cannot be distinguished in the client. Tunnel—The center color represents the severity of any alarms on the link.
A-14 Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 User Guide Appendix A Icon Reference Severity Icons and Colors for Events, Tickets, and NEs Severity Icons and Colors for Events, Tickets, and NEs When new tickets are accumulated, a label is displayed in the navigation pane and map, based on the following formula: Arrowhead vs. No Arrowhead No arrowhead—Bidirectional link. Arrowhead Unidirectional link, with the flow in the direction of the arrowhead. Icon Color Severity Red Critical Orange Major Yellow Minor Light Blue Warning Green Cleared, Normal, or OK Medium Blue Information Dark Blue Indeterminate Example Description
A-15 Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 User Guide Appendix A Icon Reference Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports) n s [+] where: For example: An object with three critical new alarms, two major alarms, and one warning alarm is labeled 3C+. An object with five minor new alarms is labeled 5m. Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports) The following topics describe the buttons used in the Vision client: Prime Network Vision Buttons, page A-16 Table Buttons, page A-19 Link Filtering Buttons, page A-19 Events client Buttons, page A-20 Ticket Properties Buttons, page A-20 Report Manager Buttons, page A-21 Symbol Description nThe number of alarms with the highest severity that have the source as the network element and are part of the network element ticket(s). sThe highest severity level in the new tickets: C = Critical M = Major m = Minor W = Warning N = Normal (cleared alarm) i = Informational +Additional, less severe tickets (optional) exist.
A-16 Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 User Guide Appendix A Icon Reference Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports) Prime Network Vision Buttons Button Function Opens the Network Elements tab. Map Options Creates a new map in the database. Opens a map saved in the database using the Open dialog box. Adds a network element to the map or to the subnetwork selected in the navigation pane and displayed in the content pane. Saves the current map (the background and the location of devices) to the database. Viewing Options Displays the map view in the Vision client content pane (the button toggles when selected or deselected). Displays the list view in the Vision client content pane (the button toggles when selected or deselected). Displays the links view in the Vision client content pane (the button toggles when selected or deselected). Overlay Tools Chooses and displays an overlay of a specific type on top of the elements displayed in the content pane in the map view. Ethernet Service MPLS-TP Tunnel Network Clock Pseudowire VLAN VPLS VPN None—Removes the existing overlays. When an overlay is selected, all the elements and links that are part of the overlay are colored, and those that are not part of the overlay are dimmed.
A-17 Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 User Guide Appendix A Icon Reference Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports) Displays or hides a previously defined overlay of a specific type on top of the elements displayed in the content pane in map view. NoteOverlays do not reflect changes that occur in the selected service. As a result, the information in an overlay can become stale. Refreshes the overlay. Navigation Tools Moves up a level (goes to parent) in the navigation pane and map pane to enable you to view different information. Opens the Link Filter dialog box, enabling you to display or hide different types of links in the map and links views. If a link filter is applied to the map, the Link Filter Applied button is displayed instead. Indicates a link filter is currently applied to the map and opens the Link Filter dialog box so you can remove or modify the existing link filter. If no link filter is applied to the map, the Link Filter button is displayed instead. Opens a window displaying an overview of the network. Search Tools Finds the previous instance of the search string entered in the Find in Map dialog box. Opens the Find in Map dialog box, enabling you to find a device or aggregation in the map by its name or IP address. Finds the next instance of the search string entered in the Find in Map dialog box. Opens the Find Business Tag dialog box, enabling you to find and detach a business tag according to a name, key, or type. Map Zoom and Layout Tools Defines the way in which the NES are arranged in the Vision client map view: circular, hierarchical, orthogonal, or symmetric. Fits the entire subnetwork or map in the map pane. Activates the normal selection mode. Button Function
A-18 Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 User Guide Appendix A Icon Reference Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports) Activates the zoom selection mode, which enables you to select an area in the map pane to zoom in on by clicking and dragging. Activates the pan mode, which enables you to move around in the map pane by clicking and dragging. Print Preview Options Opens the Printer Setup dialog box so you can specify your print settings. Opens the Print dialog box so you can print the displayed network or map to the required printer. Zooms in on the network or map. Zooms out of the network or map. Displays the entire network or map in the Print Preview window. Button Function
A-19 Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 User Guide Appendix A Icon Reference Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports) Table Buttons Link Filtering Buttons Icon Name Description Find Searches the current table for the string you enter. Export to CSV Exports the information displayed in the list view. Either the selected rows are exported, or, when nothing is selected, the entire table is exported. Sort Table Values Sorts the information displayed in the list view (for example, according to element category). Filter Filters the information displayed in the table by the criteria you specify. Clear Filter Clears the existing filter. Show All Rows Displays all table rows that meet the current filtering criteria. Show Only Selected RowsDisplays only the rows that you select. Button Name Description All Links Displays the complete list of links for the selected context (map or aggregation). In other words, the list is not filtered and all the links are displayed, including external links. External Links Displays links with only one side of the link in this context (map or aggregation) and the other side either not in the map or outside the selected context. Flat Links Displays the links currently visible on the map for the selected context (map or aggregation), excluding any thumbnails. Deep Links Displays the links for the current aggregation where both endpoints are within the currently selected context.
A-20 Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 User Guide Appendix A Icon Reference Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports) Events client Buttons Ticket Properties Buttons Button Function Displays the previous page of events in the Events client window. Displays the next page of events in the Events client window. Refreshes the events displayed in the log by querying the database. If a filter is active, the refresh is done according to the filter. The log returns to the beginning of the list, displaying the events in ascending or descending order depending on the order of the current list. Descending order means that the last event is displayed first. Displays the Events client Filter dialog box, which enables you to define a filter for the events displayed in the Events client log. Toggles automatic refresh of event data on and off. You define the refresh-time period (in seconds) in the Events client Options dialog box. The default is 60 seconds. If a filter is active, the refresh is done according to the filter. Displays the properties of the selected event or ticket in the Properties pane. Icon Description Refreshes the information displayed in the Ticket Properties dialog box. Acknowledges that the ticket is being handled. The status of the ticket is displayed as true in the ticket pane and in the Ticket Properties dialog box. If a ticket was acknowledged, and some events were correlated to it afterward, then the ticket is considered to have not been acknowledged. This button is enabled only if the ticket is not acknowledged. Requests the relevant Prime Network system to remove the faulty network element from the Prime Network networking inventory. In addition, it sets the ticket to Cleared severity or status (the icon is displayed in green) and automatically changes the acknowledged status of the ticket to true. This button is enabled only if the severity of the alarm is higher than Cleared or Normal. Clicking on this ticket will deacknowledge a ticket. Saves the notes for the selected ticket. This button is enabled only when text is entered in the Notes field of the Notes tab.