Creating dynamic views of subnets

To create network views for each of the subnets in your network, create a dynamic view of the subnets.

Before you begin

If you want to store the view in a custom container, you must create the container before you begin this task.

About this task

Typically, networks contain large numbers of class C subnets, which result in large numbers of views. By creating a dynamic view of subnets, you can restrict the number of views to class A and class B subnets.

Tip: If you want to create network views that contain more than one subnet, then do not create a dynamic view. Instead, create a standard network view for device collections.

To create a dynamic view of the subnets in your network:

Procedure

  1. Click the Incident icon and select Network Availability > Network Views > Libraries.
  2. Click New View New button.
  3. Complete the General tab as follows:
    Name
    Type a name for the network view, dynamic view, or network view container.
    Important: It is best practice to use network view names containing Latin characters only. Network views names containing non-Latin characters (for example Cyrillic characters) are not supported as they cannot be imported and exported when migrating to a new version of Network Manager.
    Parent
    Select the node under which the view appears in the hierarchy in the Navigation Tree. To display the view on the top level, select NONE.
    Type
    Select Dynamic Views – Subnet.
    Layout
    Select Orthogonal, Circular, Symmetric, Hierarchical, or Tabular layout.
    Map Icon
    If you want a different icon than the default icon to represent the view, click Browse Browse button to browse for an icon.
    Tree Icon
    If you want a different icon than the default icon to represent the view, click Browse Browse button to browse for an icon.
    Background Image
    Click Browse Browse button to browse for an image to use as the background for the view.
    Background Style
    Specify whether the background image is to be centered or tiled.
    Line Status
    Specify how the lines that represent the links between devices should be rendered.
    You can choose not to display any status, or to display the system default. Alternatively, lines can be colored based on the associated Event Viewer event with the highest severity, and can appear with an additional severity icon.
  4. Click the Filter tab. Select your network domain from the Domain list.
  5. Select the required option from the Subnet list:
    Option Description
    A & B Creates network views for each of the class A and class B subnets in your network
    A, B & C

    Creates network views for each of the class A , class B, and class C subnets in your network.

    Typically, this option automatically creates a large number of subnet network views because most networks contain many class C subnets.
    The Preview list is automatically populated based on your selection.
  6. Click OK.
    The new view is added to the navigation tree in the Navigation Panel. If you added the view to a container, expand the container node to see the new view in the tree.

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