User's Manual

Working with Templates
11-54 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
To create a simple link, select an interface in the left pane and drag it to the right pane, or from right to left.
To modify the link properties, click a property field and enter an appropriate value.
Figure 11-32 Link Properties Example
Table 11-10 lists and defines the default properties for the selected links.
Table 11-10 Default Template Link Properties
Property
Name Description
Name Name you assigned to this link, or the default name assigned by the Templates perspective. Enter a
link name of up to 80 alphanumeric characters, including spaces and special characters.
Description Text string that describes this link.
Type Type of link: simple.
Priority You can assign a priority level to links in a Template by clicking the Priority-Value field and
selecting a priority value. The lowest priority level, highest priority level, and default priority (the
priority of any link that has not been set) are determined by a file on the Active System Manager
server. If these values have not been modified in that file, they come with the default priority of 1
(the priority of any link that the priority has not been set, including links in old Templates that
predate the Active System Manager link priority feature). These values can be changed on the
server in the config.properties file.
Note You can also perform loopbacks; for example, a loop back to itself on two different ports.
Loopbacks are only allowed in the left pane, not the right pane.
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