Deleting manually added devices

You can delete manually added devices from the topology. This action completely removes all data associated with the deleted devices from the NCIM topology database.

You use the Delete Device Wizard to delete manually added devices from the topology. All data associated with the manually added device is removed from the NCIM topology database.
Note: If you want to remove a discovered device from the domain, you must use the RemoveNode.pl script.

Complete the following steps to launch the wizard and delete manually added devices from the topology.

  1. Click the Incident icon and select Network Availability > Network Hop View.
  2. Within the Network Hop View, display a topology map.
    The displayed topology map must contain at least one of the devices which you want to delete.
  3. In the Network Hop View, select one or more manually added devices to delete. Then right-click to display the context menu and click Topology Management > Delete Device from the context menu.
    Note: You can distinguish manually added devices from discovered devices by noting which devices have the associated manually added device iconManually added device or connection .
    The Delete Device Wizard Device Selection window opens.
  4. Complete the Device Selection window as follows.
    Please select the devices you would like to permanently delete
    Lists all manually added device selected in the topology map. If you also selected discovered devices, these are ignored and are not shown in this list. You can change the selection here by deselecting devices as required.
  5. Click Next.
    The Confirm Device Deletion window is displayed.
  6. Review the information on the Confirm Device Deletion window and click Finish.
    The Success window is displayed indicating that the specified devices have been deleted from the topology.