NMC-RX 7.3.x User Guide, Vol. 1 > Understanding the User Interface > Using the Device Workshop

Using the Device Workshop

The Device Workshop lets you create, configure, view, list, and delete all objects associated with the particular device. (Some objects also have statistics.)

You can open a Device Workshop in two ways:

• Double-click a device from the context area of the Network Workshop.
• Select a device from the context area of the Network Workshop, right-click, and select Configure.
  

  NOTE: You can open up to three Device Workshops simultaneously. Only protocols related to the type of Juniper Networks device that you are working with appear in the context area.

  
  

Figure 8:

Device Workshop

 NOTE: The Device Workshop title bar displays the name of the device that you are configuring, as well as the group that contains the device.



 

Using the Context Area

The context area in the Device Workshop lets you access an object configuration. The context area is divided into two sections—the Instance Explorer (top) and the Device-wide Explorer (bottom).

Instance Explorer

The Instance Explorer lists instances of the device. From the Instance Explorer, you can navigate a hierarchy based on the physical elements starting at the system level. You can then select a particular module/slot and move through the upper layers (such as interfaces, subinterfaces, and circuits) to fully configure the device.

Figure 9: Instance Explorer

Device-wide Explorer

The Device-wide Explorer lists object types, such as IP interfaces and virtual routers. Select the object, right-click, and select List All to list all instances of the object that are configured on the E-series router.

Figure 10: Device-wide Explorer

Using the List Area

The list area displays the results of a List All command. Each entry in the list area is capable of responding to all actions and queries applicable to the particular instance.

To sort objects in the list area alphabetically, click the column header. When you click the header a second time, the objects sort in reverse order.

To display entries in the list area:

1. Select an instance in the list area, and right-click.

A menu of available commands appears.

2. Click List All.

A list of the objects that you can display in the list area appears.

3. Click an object type from the list.

The list area displays the list of objects relative to the instance selected. In this example, it is a list of circuits.

The Back and Forward buttons at the top of the list area let you return to the previous list (Back) and move to the next list (Forward). The previous and next lists may be for a different object type than the current list display. You can also click Refresh to update the list.

4. From the list area, click the instance that you want to configure.
   

   NOTE: Read-only users cannot configure objects.

   
   
5. Right-click, and select Configure.

The Config tab for configuring the selected instance appears in the work area.

Using the Work Area

The work area of the Network Workshop and the Device Workshop displays a configuration tab for an object in either read-only (view) or read/write (configure) mode.

When you finish editing the parameters (in this case, for a Frame Relay interface), click Save at the top of the area to save the settings.

NOTE: The Save button becomes active only if you make changes to your original configuration.

If there is a layer below the one that you are configuring (such as a subinterface), the Lower Layer button is enabled. Click the button, and then click the corresponding tab to view the configuration of the lower layer.