User guide

Configuring Network Services Network VLAN Manager (Excluding EPSR)
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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide
Right clicking on the Network VLAN, VIF Device, or LINKPORT Node node allows the administrator to perform various
tasks, listed in the following table
Note: The last selection, View Protection Domains, is covered in the EPSR subsection, 6.13.
6.7.5 Importing Physical Link Configurations
Since the physical link configuration for an existing network can be large and complex, the Network VLAN Manager can have
an Excel spreadsheet of the physical links imported. This will populate the Physical Network map, and any existing Network
VLANs that use those links will be configured.
Following are the rules for creating the link configuration file for this release:
• The file must be an Excel spreadsheet. (Future releases will support other filetypes.)
Note: When the AlliedView NMS is on a Sun platform, an Excel spreadsheet can still be imported, although it cannot be viewed by
the user.
• The heading row must have the following columns:
• LinkName - The name of the link (values are optional)
• Source Device - A known device that the AlliedView NMS will have already discovered
• Source Port - A valid port on the source device
• Destination Device - A known device that the AlliedView NMS will have already discovered
• Destination Port - A valid port on the desalination device
• The spreadsheet must reside in the following directory on the NMS:
<server path>\Allied Telesis\AlliedViewNMS\<NMS load>\state
Figure 6-23 shows an example of an Excel spreadsheet.
TABLE 6-6 Device VLAN Functions on the Network VLAN Manager
Type of VLAN Function Description
VLAN Interface
(VIF) Device
View VLAN Interface... Brings up chassis view for the VLAN Interface chosen
Extend VLAN... Extends the chosen VLAN. Refer to 6.4
Resync Device... Query and re synchronize the VLANs and their
associated ports on the selected device.