Description of IP network view template

The IP network view template ip_default.xml defines dynamic network views for a wide range of IP network classes and collections.

Warning: Do not use the ip_default.xml template if you have large or very large networks. The ip_default.xml template is intended mainly for educational purposes to demonstrate how the topology can be displayed. Running this template against a large or very large production topology could have a serious impact on the memory and performance of your Network Manager installation, particularly on displaying and using network views. If you have large or very large networks, create network view templates that enable operators to generate a limited set of network views or create network views manually.
For more information about creating network views and network view templates, see the following topics:
How to create network view templates and make these templates available to operators
See Deploying pre-configured network views
How to create network views manually
See Creating network views
For more information about network sizes, see Deployment scenarios.

Dynamic views are created for the following items:

  • Alert views. The following alert views are presented:
    • All devices with PingFailRootCause events
    • All devices with SnmpLinkInDiscards events
    • Alert views based on event severities
    • Monitoring views: network views resulting from Network Manager polling and used by the adaptive polling scenarios
  • ASMs running on devices. An ASM agent running on a device corresponds to a commercial server or database product running on that device. These network views group devices within a network based on the commercial server or database products running on those devices.
  • BGP networks
  • Customer MPLS VPNs
  • Device classes
  • HSRP groups
  • IGMP
  • IPMROUTE
  • NAT address spaces
  • OSPF routing domains
  • Subnets
  • VLANs
  • VPLS
  • VTP domains

No dynamic view is created for an item if no item of that type exists on the network. For example, if your network has no HSRP groups, then no dynamic view is generated for HSRP groups.