User guide

Configuring Network Services Creating Network VLANs
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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide
When the Physical Links table is the active panel, the Link menu pull-down appears and the following options are available:
• Managed Object Properties - The base properties of the physical link.
• Alarms/Events - This will invoke the Fault Management tables for Alarms and Events on the selected link.
• Manage/UnManage - The link may be set to unmanaged to indicate that it is not a real link, but rather a modelled link. The
color of the link will be gray and the link will not change status based on alarms.
Note: As mentioned in 6.2.4, when creating a model physical link (does not actually exist), it is recommended to go to the Physical
Links table in Network Inventory and UnManage that link. Doing this will unmanage any associated model VLAN links.
• Update Status - The AlliedView NMS checks the alarm database for its status. The status is updated automatically, so this
update status request should not be necessary for links.
6.2.7 Alarm Indicators from the Maps and Inventory Tables
When there is an alarm condition for any component in the network VLAN configuration, the following categories of alarms
may be raised:
• Port
• VLAN IF
• Link
• Discovery
• Topology
For any component in any map or table, right-clicking the component brings up the Network Events or Alarms table for only
that component and the condition can be examined more closely.
6.3 Creating Network VLANs
From the Physical Network map, a Network VLAN can be created using a GUI wizard that goes through all of the steps to
create all of the needed components.
Note: The user can also highlight a VLAN that already exists in the VLAN Network node and right click; all of the VLAN tasks are
accessible.
6.3.1 Creating Initial VLAN Information
To create a network VLAN, select one or more nodes on the Physical Network map. This can be done by clicking one node,
and then holding down the Shift key while selecting other nodes. Links between nodes can be selected as well. Select Network
Services -> VLAN -> Create VLAN from the pull-down menu, or right-click one of the nodes. The Create VLAN Net form will
appear, as shown in Figure 6-9. The form will be pre-populated with the selected nodes and links. Table 6-4 shows the
options available.