User guide

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-25
Manipulating Map Views
RGB values. The current color is displayed in the small box to the right of the color bar
icon.
• To set the color used to label nodes, click the color bar icon labeled Node Text Color.
This displays a color selection window where you can selecta color by using color
swatches, or by specifying HSB or RGB values. The current color is displayed in the
small box to the right of the color bar icon.
• To set the color of the text used to label links, click the color bar icon labeled Link Text
Color. This displays a color selection window where you can select a color using color
swatches, or by specifying HSB or RGB values. The current color is displayed in the
small box to the right of the color bar icon. The default is black.
• To use a gradient node background color (the color is shaded from light to dark to
light), click the checkbox labeledNode GradientBackground.Toturnthegradientoff,
so that the node background will be a uniform solid color, click in the checkbox to
remove the check mark. The defaultis to use a gradient background.
• To select whether RMON statistics should be enabled for this map, click the checkbox
labeled Rmon Statistics. When RMON statistics are on for a map, the percent
utilization will be displayed for links.
RMON statistics can be enabled separately for each map in the view. The default is to
have RMON statistics disabled for the map.
It is possible to disable RMON statistics for the Topology applet as a whole, so
that the Rmon Statistics checkbox will not have any effect. This is done setting
RMON properties on the Server Properties page of the Administration applet.
Adding Map Background Images
You can add images of your own to use as background images for topology maps by
placing them in the
BackgroundImages directory in the EPICenter server installation.
Both
.gif and .jpg image types are supported.
Background images are kept in the directory
<epicenter_install_dir>\extreme\gifs\topology.BackgroundImages
where <epicenter_install_dir> is the root directory of your EPICenter server
installation (by default
epc3_0\extreme\gifs\topology.BackgroundImages in the
Windows operating environment, or
/opt/epc_30/extreme/gifs/topology.BackgroundImages on a Solaris system).