User's Manual

Working with Templates
11-46 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
VLANCount—VLANCount Provisioning property facilitates the user to fetch the user-defined
range of VLAN IDs from a group associated with VLAN component. If the VLANCount value
is blank, the Active System Manager software selects a VLAN ID randomly from the associated
group and allocates it to the VLAN component. On the other hand, if count is specified and
VLAN group name is not provided, then Active System Manager will randomly pick the VLAN
IDs and will associate it with the corresponding VLAN component.
VLANId—Single or multiple VLAN IDs is associated with the VLAN component in a
template. However, in case of multiple VLAN IDs, the value can be provided in the value range
format (10..15).
If the VLANId is blank, the VLAN ID is automatically supplied by the Active System Manager
software at the time of the realization; otherwise, the ID must be a valid number that you set in
your inventory.
• Inventory—Click the Inventory tab and set the values of the following Inventory properties:
VLANGroup—Facilitates the user to provide VLAN IDs in a group. VLAN groups are created
on a matrix switch where the user is required to create a VLAN group name that can have VLAN
ID ranges along with individual VLAN IDs.
The user can associate only one group at a time with VLAN component. If the user has specified
the VLANCount, then the specified number of VLAN IDs will be associated with VLAN
component. If the VLANCount is not specified, then a VLAN ID is selected randomly from the
specified group and is associated to the VLAN component.
To create a VLAN ID group, the group name is to be defined in curly brackets and its
corresponding VLAN IDs or Ranges must be in parenthesis. For example; {Group1}(1..10)
where Group1 is the VLAN group name and 1..10 range are VLAN IDs added to Group1.
Assettag: The VLAN ID is associated with a matrix switch through an assettag. The value of
assettag Inventory parameter can be any existing matrix switch.
For more information on setting VLAN ID values, see the “Setting Up Layer 2 Switching”
section on page 11-43.
Using Annotations
The Annotations feature allows you to create the following graphical functions to add to your existing or
new Templates:
• Note—Allows you to create a note and drag it to the Template within the Template editor. The
properties for that note display in the Properties tab. The Note also has a Content tab that allows you
to assign a name or content specific to the Note, assign the indentation (how far the text is from the
border of the note), assign the font, and apply a URL to the note, where you can access the URL directly
by pressing Ctrl and clicking the note. The Content tab is specific only to the Note annotation.
• Oval—Allows you to draw around a Template environment as a grouping or to highlight an area of
specific importance within a Template or Template editor.
• Rectangle—Allows you to draw around a Template environment as a grouping or to highlight an area
of specific importance within a Template or Template editor.
• Annotations Connection—Allows you to link to the Template (or Templates) from one annotation to
another, or from one annotation to a specific Template environment.