Equipment groups

General information

Equipment groups allow you to organize the network into logical groupings of NEs, for example, in a geographical area, or by equipment type. An equipment group is sometimes called a topology group. Some of the views in the view selector, for example the Equipment view, allow you to use the navigation tree to create and manage equipment groups.

An equipment group can contain up to 2000 NEs. The NFM-P client displays NEs in the navigation tree up to a limit of 500 NEs per group. An administrator can specify a system preference for the default number of NEs to display when a group is expanded on the tree (up to 500); see the procedure to configure NFM-P system preferences in the NSP System Administrator Guide. See To manage NEs in equipment groups on the navigation tree for information about managing NEs in equipment groups on the navigation tree.