Displaying a Network Hop View related to a network view

You can switch from a network view containing a device to a Network Hop View containing the same device. Switch from a network view to a Network Hop View to navigate around the network by specifying increasing numbers of hops, or connections, from the faulty device.

To switch from a network view to a Network Hop View.
  1. In the Network Views network map identify a device.
  2. Right-click the device and click Find in Network Hop View.
    The Network Hop View appears in a separate browser window centred around the selected device.

    You can select multiple devices to display in the Network Hop View. You can either press Ctrl and click the devices or drag a box around them with the mouse to select multiple devices. The number of devices that you can select is limited by the topoviz.hopview.maximum.seeds property in topoviz.properties. The default value for this property is 10. If it is negative, the number of devices that you can select is unlimited.

You can perform any of the following actions on this device:
  • Investigate network routes to this device
  • Drill into the device using the Structure Browser to investigate the health of device components
  • Log into the device to examine processes running on the device
  • Browse the MIB associated with this device