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Visualize My Network | Display Strategies
Visualize My Network
The Visualize My Network portlet displays discovered devices, mapping them in relationship to
each other. It also lets you store and retrieve views you have arranged, as well as configure the
default view (see View on page 261 for more about these capabilities).
See General > Entity Change Settings on page 60 for the way to set the summary portlet refresh
See General > Entity Change Settings on page 60 for the way to set the summary portlet refresh
interval. The default is 40 seconds.
The color displayed in these topologies indicates the alarm severity of the node or link (“edge”)
The color displayed in these topologies indicates the alarm severity of the node or link (“edge”)
only. No color or icon indicates a device’s network status or availability, although hovering the
cursor over a node displays that information.
Visualize can act like a filter, too. Portlets like Alarms and Ports respond to clicking a node in
Visualize can act like a filter, too. Portlets like Alarms and Ports respond to clicking a node in
Visualize, displaying information relevant to only that node.
How To:
Create a Visualization
Creating a topology map of devices or services is as simple as right-clicking the item(s) you want to
map, and selecting Visualize.
You can also save different topologies after you configure them. See View on page 261 for more
You can also save different topologies after you configure them. See View on page 261 for more
about that.