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Creating a Topology View | Presentation Capabilities
OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 257
Creating a Topology View
Creating a topology map of devices or services is as simple as right-clicking the items you want to
map, and selecting Topology. You can also save different topologies after configuration and fine-
tune its appearance using the tools provided. For a detailed description of the Virtualize portlet and
its available options, see
Topology Portlet on page 241.
CAUTION:
If you installed a firewall on the application server, ports 80 and 8080 must be open for topology to work.
Create a topology map as follows.
1 Navigate to the Managed Resources portlet.
2 Select the items you want to include in the topology map.
3 Right-click the selections and then select Topology.
The Topology portlet is displayed.
Note that Topology uses Adobe Flash. The pop-up menu includes the Flash Settings, Global
Settings, and About Flash menu items.
4 Organize the objects and draw the needed connectors.
5 Save your view.
Your view is now available from the Topology Views portlet.
6 Fine-tune your view using the Overview, Layout, and Properties options.
7 Save any changes.
If you do not see what you expect, make sure that you refresh your browser so cached images
do not interfere with current images.
If you want to initiate Actions on a node or its components, right-click the node, select
Details, right-click the reference tree node/component, and then select Actions.