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EndPoint Devices View
Links View
Free Ports View
About Topology Manager Preferences
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The
table provides detailed information about all the endpoint devices
End Point Devices
that exist in the current network topology. The table includes all endpoint devices
connected with an EX Series switch, such as IP phones or desktops, but excludes all
Juniper Networks devices, routers and switches. You can save the information in the table
as comma-separated values in a file.
The
table provides detailed information about all the links between devices
Links
discovered by the topology discovery engine. You can save the information in the table
as comma-separated values in a file.
Multiple discovered Link Aggregation Group (LAG) links between two interfaces are
displayed as a single link. When you launch the
displayed LAG link, you can view the aggregate ports on both devices.
The
table lists all the free ports available on the devices discovered by the
Free Ports
topology discovery engine. If the administrative status of a device port is down, it is
considered a free port. The managed status of a Juniper Networks device is indicated in
the
Device Status
column. You can save the information in the table as comma-separated
values in a file.
You can right-click on a free port listed in the topology tabular view and launch a
wizard. However, this feature is enabled only if the free port is discovered on
Template
an NSM-managed EX Series switch with its connection status up. The wizard allows you
to view all the templates already applied on the device as well as those that can be
applied to it. You can then select and apply a template to the device. For more details,
see Chapter 13, Role-based Port Templates.
NOTE: The topology view is not automatically refreshed with every change in the actual
network topology. While a discovery is in progress, the Topology Manager view is that
of the last topology discovery. The Topology Manager view is refreshed only when the
topology discovery is completed.
The topology discovery engine performs a topology discovery according to your
preferences. Clicking
Preferences
The topology preferences dialog has three tabs:
Default Credentials Tab on page 632
Refresh Interval Tab on page 632
Preferred Subnets Tab on page 632
Link Details
dialog box from the single
in the tool bar opens the Topology Preferences Dialog.
Chapter 14: Topology Manager
Port
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