Owner's Manual

Topology Views 667
- View Name —A text field where you can enter, or alter an identifier for this view. If you change
the name, you can select
File -> Save , and the view name is altered in the Topology Views
screen. You can also
File -> Save As ... a copy of the view once you have changed the name
(but only after you change the name).
-
Created By —A read-only reminder of the username who created the view.
-
Created Date —The view’s creation date (read-only).
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Background —Use this pick list to select a background for the view. The backgrounds must be
.png, .gif or jpg files. Load a background by selecting the image file after you click the
command button (...) to the right of the pick list. Once you load the background image this
way, it appears in the pick list. Using these backgrounds, you can display your equipment
topology on a map or as sub-modules of a rack.
The default resolution for backgrounds is 1600 X 1200 pixels (width to height). You can
change the default width and height globally by overriding two properties:
com.dorado.redcell.topology.view.width=[pixels]
and
com.dorado.redcell.topology.view.height=[pixels]
The application maintains the original image’s aspect ratio between width and height to
avoid stretching images, widening or lengthening the image until it reaches the smallest
dimension, regardless of what you enter in the properties.
Any background you select stretches to fill the screen’s width when you import the image. If
you want a background that is a tall, slender rectangle, like a rack on which you can place
equipment, you may want to add white space to its right and left so that it appears without
filling the screen.
NOTE:
Best practice is to override property files in owareapps\installprops\lib. Create a text file
there with the
.properties extension, and enter the above properties. The advantage of overriding
properties like this is that installations of updates or patches do not overwrite your property tunings. In
any case, you must restart application server before the application recognizes the changes.
- Additional Filtering —This tree displays possibilities for global topology filtering. Click the
turners to expand the tree. Elements next to a green check appear in the display; elements
with a red “X” do not. Click the element to toggle between check and X.
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Entity Filtering —This panel lets you configure the appearance of topology connections or
equipment by specific entity (rather than global type). It also lets you configure the
appearance of special indicators. Click the turners to expand the tree. Elements next to a
green check appear in the display; elements with a red “X” do not. Click the element to toggle
between check, X or the yellow exclamation point. This third category highlights the selected
icon, surrounding it with a colored rectangle.