Overview

Device objects

The device object is the discovered device at the top of the hierarchy in the navigation tree, directly below the network icon.

This chapter contains the procedures to configure device objects using the navigation tree. Device object properties forms, which are used to configure specific parameters for discovered devices, are accessed using objects on the NFM-P navigation tree. See Chapter 3, NFM-P navigation tree for more information about using the navigation tree.

The device icons in the navigation tree represent device objects. See Chapter 6, Device support for more information about the supported device types.

Most of the configured properties for this object are inherited from the device. The Properties contextual menu option from the navigation tree allows you to configure or modify the parameters for the object. See the specific procedures in this chapter for the respective tab of the properties form that is to used to configure the device object.

Ring group objects

The NFM-P allows you to create and manage ring groups in the ring group view of the navigation tree. Ring groups are used to group devices logically to represent a typical network topology.

Note: The NFM-P uses VLAN groups instead of ring groups to group OmniSwitch NEs. See Chapter 76, VLL service management for more information about VLAN groups.