Understanding the User Interface > Working with Objects

Working with Objects

From the Network Workshop and the Device Workshop, you can select objects and perform the following operations:

• View
• List All
• Create
• Configure
• Delete

You can access these operations several ways:

If the operation appears dimmed, it is not available for the selected object.

• Network Workshop—You can choose an operation from both the context area and the list area pop-up menus. You can also choose the operation from the Configuration menu. (See Figure 10.)

Figure 10: Accessing Common Operations in the Network Workshop

• Device Workshop—You can choose an operation from the Instance Explorer, Device-wide Explorer, and list area pop-up menus. You can also choose the operation from the Configuration menu. (See Figure 11.)

Figure 11: Accessing Common Operations in the Device Workshop

Operations

A user privilege level determines which operations that a user can perform. Table 7 lists the operations that a user can perform in each privilege level. See the following sections for more information about each operation.

 Table 7:  Operations Supported by User Privilege Level  

 Privilege Level
 View
 List All
 Create
 Configure
 Delete

 Security

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes

 Yes


 Read/write

 Yes

 Yes

 Partial1

 Partiala

 Partiala


 Read-only

 Yes

 Yes

 No

 Partiala

 No





  Footnote: 1See Chapter 8, Configuring Security Settings for additional information.

View

Use the View command to display the current configuration for an object. You can review detailed information and check parameter settings for the object, but you cannot change any settings. There are no user restrictions to use the View option.

To view an object, click the object in the Network Workshop or the Device Workshop. The current configuration for the object appears in the work area.

List All

Use the List All command to display all objects of the same type. Whether you use List All from the Network Workshop or Device Workshop, the list of objects always appears in the list area.

The List All command can be very useful. When you list all objects of one type, you can quickly locate many objects. You can also use List All to display all objects associated with another higher-level object. For example, you can list all subinterfaces associated with a particular interface or customer sites associated with a certain customer.

• Device-wide Explorer—In the Device-wide Explorer, you can use List All to list all the objects of a particular type that are associated with a particular device.

To list all objects, select the object that you want to list, right-click, and select List All. For example:

In this case, all IP addresses associated with the device appear in the list area.

You can sort objects in the list area alphabetically by clicking the column header. If you click the header a second time, the objects are sorted in reverse order.

• Instance Explorer—In the Instance Explorer, use the List All command to list different types of objects associated with a specific instance.

To list all objects, first select the instance with which you want to associate the object. Then right-click, select List All, and click the type of object you want to list.

• Configuration menu—Use the Configuration menu to access List All for many network-wide objects, such as virtual LANs, profiles, and servers.

To list all objects, from the Configuration menu, click List All, and click the object that you want to list.

When you select List All from the Configuration menu, you can list all objects that are associated with the selected object in the Instance Explorer.

Create

Use the Create command to create a new object, assign it a name, and set its parameters. For example, depending on your user privilege, you can create an object such as an interface, subinterface, or circuit.

Because every Create dialog box is different, each Create action is described in the chapter that discusses the object type, but the premise is the same:

1. Select the instance with which you want to associate a new object.
2. Right-click, select Create, and click the object type that you want to create. For example, you can create a Frame Relay subinterface from a Frame Relay interface instance selected in the list area.
3. Set the parameters, and click OK.

The new object appears in the appropriate area; for example, the Instance Explorer or the list area.

Configure

Use the Configure command to modify the parameters for an object. For example, you can rename an object or change its parameter settings.

To configure an object:

1. In the Instance Explorer or the list area, select the object that you want to configure, right-click, and select Configure.

The Configuration tab for the object appears in the work area.

2. Modify the parameters, and click Save.

Changes are sent to the E-series device and saved in the NMC-RX database. (Some changes, such as those to groups and customer profiles, are sent only to the database.)

Delete

Use the Delete command to remove an object permanently from the NMC-RX application. Only users with security privileges can delete an object.

Read/write and read-only users cannot delete groups, devices, or user profiles. If you are a read/write user and do not have access to the device, you cannot delete it. However, you may unmap the device. When you unmap the device, it is removed from its place in the hierarchy, but is left in the NMC-RX database.

You cannot delete a user profile that is associated to a Config Sync Service or a Polling Service.

To delete an object:

1. In the Instance Explorer or the list area, select the object that you want to delete, right-click, and select Delete.

The Confirm Delete dialog box appears.

2. Click OK.
   

   NOTE: If you delete an instance in the Device Workshop, the object is deleted from the E-series device and from the database. (Some deletions, such as groups and customer profiles, are deleted only from the database.)