OpenView Network Node Manager: Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Solution

My Window Is Full of Icons

When first discovery is finished, the Internet submap may be filled with a nest of wagon wheels. This is to be expected in corporate networks containing hundreds of routers and thousands of subnets. This large IP-centric display accurately portrays the network’s connectivity and is very useful for troubleshooting network problems once you get past first impressions. Still, there is a compelling reason to partition this large map into a few dozen containers. Ease of use is one reason, and response time is a second. The partitions usually represent management domains or geographic regions.

Even inside a subnet icon there may be hundreds of switches, bridges, routers, and segment icons. The panning tool is your friend ...