User's Manual

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IP Topology view

The IP Topology view displays a map of the devices on your network. To display the topology map

for IP, you must have the IP - Main Display - IP privilege. For more information about privileges, refer

to “User Privileges” on page 1283.

For more information about the components and customization of the topology map, refer to the

following sections:

• “IP topology map components” on page 315.

• “Topology map elements” on page 315.

• “Topology map layout” on page 317.

For more information about functions you can perform on the topology map, refer to “Topology Map

functions” on page 286.

L2 Topology view

The L2 Topology view displays a map of the Layer 2 traffic for devices on your network. The links on

the map show physical links between physical ports of devices. If devices have more than one

physical link between them, all physical links display on the topology map. To display the topology

map for Layer 2, you must have the IP - Main Display - L2 privilege. For more information about

privileges, refer to “User Privileges” on page 1283.

The L2 Topology view Product List has two categories, System Groups and User-defined Groups.

System Groups has only All IP Products as a category, which contains all IP products in the system.

User-defined Groups contain all user-defined product groups with Topology Display enabled. Each