How do I associate NEs or routers with a region?

Purpose

Use this procedure to search for NEs or routers and manually associate them with a region in the Map Layout.

NEs can also be included in a region by way of inclusion filters. If you configure a region’s inclusion filter criteria to match a newly-discovered NE, then the NE is automatically added to a region; see How do I create a region for a physical Map Layout?.

Note: Nokia recommends that each NE/router be associated with only one region.

Steps


1	Open Map Layout.
2	In the Map Layout GUI, select Physical or IGP from the Layer drop-down list, depending on which map layer you need to work in.
3	Click NEs Without a Region or Routers Without a Region. A red flag on the icon indicates that NEs or routers with no region are present.
4	The NEs\|Routers Without a Region form opens with a list of all objects not associated with a region. Do one of the following to associate an NE/router with a region: Search the list and click on an object you want to associate with a region. Click Associate. A list of available regions is displayed. Click on the region you want to add the object to and click Associate to add it to the region. Click Add Filter and type the name of the region you want to add NEs/routers to. The list contents reduce to show only objects not associated with the specified region. Click on an object in the list and click Associate to add it to the region.
5	Click Close.
6	After you have associated NEs or routers with a region, you must place those objects on the map. Expand the region(s) you associated NEs/routers to. Newly-associated NEs/routers may take up to 30 seconds to become completely available in the Map Layout GU. Drag NEs/routers into position and click Deploy Layout Changes To Common Layout to save your changes. If you do not place an NE or router after associating it with a region, it is assigned a default location in the region. End of steps