How do I view information about an object in the map?

Purpose

You can view information about NEs or links in the map, either in short-form in a tooltip, in the info panel, or in detail in separate NSP GUI.

Steps
 

Open Network Map and Health, Network Map View.


To display basic identification and status information for a map object, hover over the object.

The information appears in a tooltip.


To view detailed information about an object in an external NSP view, right-click on the object and select one of the following options (options vary, according to object type):

Cross-launch options for NEs

  • View In Current Alarms opens the Current Alarms list for the NE.

  • Show In Network Elements list displays the NE in the Network Inventory, Network Element list.

  • Open In NE Inventory displays an NE in the Device Management, NE Inventory on a separate browser tab, along with all configured objects.

  • View in Object Troubleshooting displays the NE in the Object Troubleshooting dashboard with detailed performance and alarm information.

  • Open in NE Session opens a Telnet session with the NE.

  • Plot Statistics displays KPI plots for the NE in the Data Collection and Analysis view.

  • Add to Watchlist adds the NE to the Watchlist view for monitoring.

Cross-launch options for links

  • View In Current Alarms opens the Current Alarms list for the link.

  • Show in Link List displays the link in the Network Inventory, Link list.

End of steps