User Manual

AS8100 Sitespan
Release Description
DLP 001
605-0000-449
Issue 1.1 Date 28/10/98
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Figure 3: Screen shot showing equipment, map and tree views.
Management of larger networks benefit from the use of hierarchical structures
to help reduce clutter and to clarify the display of information. Sitespan’s
broadest categorisation of object is Server. Each Server manages a collection
of Sites of equipment at different geographical locations. A Site is defined to be
a collection of Racks of equipment at a given geographical location. In turn, a
Rack is defined to be a collection of Shelves, and a Shelf as a collection of
Cards.
The graphical representations permit the user to move quickly from view to
view i.e. simply double clicking a server produces the Site view which displays
the racks and shelves. From this a double click on a shelf provides the shelf and
card view. A double click on a card provides the user with configuration and
status information for that card. The user can specify all labels used within the
hierarchy. This ensures that the system maintains a customised and operator
specific feel.
5.3.1. Map and Tree Views
To assist in the representation of the relationship between the managed
equipment and its geographical placement, maps may be imported to the system
and the Server icons overlaid on them. The graphical file format utilised by the
system is Enhanced Meta File (EMF), which was selected due to its small
resource requirements under Windows NT. Double-clicking a site icon presents
the graphical Site view. Multiple map views may be created and displayed.
Each map view requests the user to define location co-ordinates, which are