To manage configuration forms with built-in navigation trees

Steps
 
1 

Open a configuration form that displays a built-in navigation tree.

When the form opens, it is unlocked, as indicated by the open lock icon on the tab header for the form.

2 

To keep the form open when additional tree objects are selected, click the lock icon. Alternatively, you can right-click on the tab header and choose Lock. The icon indicates that the form is locked.

An unlocked form closes and is replaced when another object is selected in the tree.

3 

Select additional objects in the built-in navigation tree. A configuration form for each object opens as a tab on the main configuration form. Lock each tab to keep the corresponding form open when a new object is selected.

If the tabs of the open forms exceed the width of the window, double arrows are displayed. Click on the double arrows to display a drop-down menu of the open configuration forms.

For service configuration forms, you can select objects in two ways:

  1. Expand the tree and select an object.

  2. Open an object-type list.

    An object type is an item in the tree that can be expanded to display child objects.

    This method is convenient when an object type contains many child objects that require a search filter.

    Note: Service navigation trees for VPLS, I-VPLS, B-VPLS, MVPLS, IES, and VPRNs display a maximum of 50 access interfaces, SAPs, MSAPs, subscriber SAPs, and spoke and mesh SDP bindings at a time. When this limit is reached, you can click on the message beside the containing object under which the SAPs or access interfaces are listed to open a tab with the full list of objects.

    1. Click on an object type in the tree. A list form opens as a tab and displays the objects available for the object type.

    2. Select an object in the list and click Properties. If the list form was not locked, it is automatically locked. Depending on the object type, a form for the selected object will open as a tab in the main configuration form, or a separate form will open for the object.

4 

To undock a form from the main configuration form, click on the tab header and choose Undock. The tab disappears and the form is displayed as a standard NFM-P form, separate from other tabs and the main configuration form.

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