User's Manual

Working with Templates
Template Management 8-41
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 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 with corresponding VLAN component
VLANId—Single or multiple VLAN IDs can be is associated with VLAN component in a
template. However, in case of multiple VLAN IDs, either the value can be provided in the value
range format (10..15).
If the VLANId is blank, the VLAN ID is automatically 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 8-38.
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+click 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 specific
importance within a Template or Template editor.
• Rectangle—Allows you to draw around a Template environment as a grouping or to highlight 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.