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Maintenance -> Topology
Topology Snapshot Create Topology snapshots for each hosts.
Merge Topology Create arbitrary topologies by merging the topologies of a set of hosts.
Snapshot History Review historical snapshots.
Grouping Group devices within a topology.
 
 
Topology Snapshot [ Back ]

Use the Create Topology Snapshot function to create and update the topology view from the host. When the individual host topologies have been updated, the merged topology views will also be updated.

NOTE: To view topologies in the Monitoring and Diagnostic windows, you must first create a topology snapshot.

This function is used to retrieve topologies from different hosts (master and slaves) and merge them into a Master Topology.
- Click [Create and Retrieve Selected Topologies] to start discovery on the selected hosts.
- Once all topologies are retrieved, the Status should say 'Done'. Then click [Merge and Push Master Topology] to merge all available topology into the 'MASTER' topology.
- The 'Last Snapshot' column contains the date of the last time a topology was extracted from this host.
- The 'Last Master' column contains the date the last Master Topology was sent back to that host.
- If a timeout-error occurs, you may need to increase the timeouts in
System Timeouts
Note: This function requires Solaris 8 or above to work.  
 
Merge Topology [ Back ]

By merging topologies, multiple host topology drawings are combined into a single topology drawing.

To create a combined (merged) topology:

  1. Select two or more topologies and enable the corresponding Select checkboxes.
  2. Enter a unique name for the merged topology and click Create.
  3. To delete a merged topology, select the topology from the Combined topologies section and click Delete Selected.

    By clearing previously-stored information about a host's topology, you force the SAN agents to collect new information and draw a new, updated topology.

 
 
Snapshot History [ Back ]

Using Snapshot History, you can display a list of previously-stored configuration snapshots, with the most recent SnapShot first.

To review historical topology snapshots:

  1. Click the Snapshot History link.
  2. Click the filename you want to display.
 
 
Grouping [ Back ]

Grouping allows you to display multi-level topologies and to aggregate a large number of devices in a single view.

To create a new group name, you must specify a hostname or merged topology name, a group code, and a description. The name and code are arbitrary, but should be chosen to accurately reflect the top level. An example of this might be a campus name (Campus1 with a code of Building 1).

To Create and Maintain Groups:

  1. Click [Add Category] to add the group name.
  2. Once you have created the group name, select the Group Category tab at the top of the window.

    The Group Detail screen is displayed, showing a list of all the devices contained in the host or merged topology you chose in the previous step.

To Add Devices to a Particular Group:

  1. Select the device's checkbox and select an ID for the group.

    The Group ID enables multiple instances of similar objects. An example of this is rack1, rack2, rack3, and so on.

    You can also create subgroups by using the '.' notation in the Group-ID field. By using names such as lab1.rack1 and lab1.rack2, you create a lab1 group that contains two separate rack groups. The '.' notation enables multi-level grouping.

  2. To access the the Group Summary window, select the Summary link above the Group-ID column.

    This menu allows you to select the color and type of group icon that you want displayed. From this window, you can also add a description, which will appear next to the icon in the Topology view.

  3. To delete a component from a group, select the group checkbox, clear the Category ID field of the component you want to delete, and click UpdateIDs.
  4. To display the grouping view for certain levels, select the group name from the Filter pulldown menu.