User`s guide

RingView Modeling
The RingView Modeling Process RingView for Token Ring
2-4 User’s Guide
RingView Modeling
Several different model types are used to model Token Ring stations. These
model types fall into two basic categories: those that represent devices and
those that represent managed applications of devices.
Device Model Types
RingView does not create models of the actual Token Ring devices. These
models are created manually by a user or automatically by the AutoDiscovery
application. RingView does however use the device models to create models of
Token Ring applications associated with these devices. Thus the device model
types used by RingView include any that support devices with Token Ring
interfaces. For example, the model type HubCSITR is used to model
Cabletron’s TRMM2 and TRMM4 devices. In the case of non-Cabletron,
SNMP-compliant devices for which there is no vendor-specific model type, the
GnSNMPDev model type may be used. As noted under Use of MAC Addresses
on Page 2-2, RingView does create GenTRStation or GenTRStn_NM models
for MAC addresses that do not belong to existing models.
Managed Application Model Types
In addition to the device model types used by RingView, there are also a
number of model types that represent managed applications of Token Ring
devices. Models of these types are created automatically at the same time the
associated device model is created based on the model type of the device and
the particular 802.5 LAN MIB it supports. Upon creation, application models
are placed in the associated device model’s Application view. RingView will
place them in the LAN_802_5 model’s Topology view as appropriate, from
where they can be manually copied into other views, if desired.