User's Manual

204 CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH THE MAP
items to several submaps without having to launch the dialog box for
each submap.
A newly added cloud is initially present only in the submap that you add it
to. However, as soon as you add a link to the cloud the normal cloud
behavior takes over. For more information see “
Clouds and Submaps” on
page 168
.
Linking Items in the Map
Links can be added to the map between two devices, a device and a
cloud, or between two clouds. To add a link, select the two map items
that you wish to link and select Edit
> Add Link. An unvalidated link will
be added between the two map items. For more information about
unvalidated links see “
Unvalidated Links” on page 164.
After adding a link between two devices, or between a device and a
cloud, you may wish to set the port or interface that the link is attached
to on the device(s). For more information about how to set the port for a
device at one end of a link see “
Properties Dialog Box for a Node” on
page 236
.
Deleting Items from the Map
Any map item or link can be deleted from the map by selecting it and
selecting Edit > Delete. Deleting an map item or link will remove it from
all submaps that it is present in. The only way to re-add a map item is to
either re-discover it or use the Add Map Item dialog box.
If you delete an map item or link from the map that is still present in your
network and then subsequently rediscover the portion of network that
the map item or link is on then 3Com Network Director will rediscover
that map item or link and add it back into the map.
If you delete a subnet or device group from the map then all items within
that subnet or device group will be removed from the map.
Layer-3 connections cannot be manually deleted from the map.
However, if you delete a subnet then all layer-3 connections to that
subnet will be automatically removed from the map.