User`s guide

RingView Displays
The User Interface RingView for Token Ring
3-6 User’s Guide
LAN_802_5 model can NOT be destroyed, even if
it was created manually rather than by RingView.
Also, no annotations, manual repositionings of
icons, or other edits are permitted when this mode
is in effect. In Normal mode, the display may be
edited in the same manner as any regular
SPECTRUM Topology view. However, any icon
position changes or manual pipe connections you
make in Normal mode will not be preserved if you
then switch back to RingView mode. Annotations
and background color settings will remain in effect
when you switch modes.
Ring Display This button lets you choose between two display
configurations for the Token Ring LAN’s Topology
view: Ring or Condensed. The Ring option
displays the Token Ring station icons along a ring-
shaped connection pipe icon as in Figure 3-3 and
Figure 3-5. The Condensed option displays the
ring topology more compactly, positioning the
station icons along a rectangular connection pipe.
In both cases, the station icons are arranged in the
same order in which the token is actually passed.
This button is grayed out unless the Display
Mode is set to RingView.
Station Display This button lets you determine whether the icons
displayed in the Token Ring LAN’s Topology view
will represent models of MAC Entities, as in
Figure 3-3 and Figure 3-4, or Physical Devices,
as in Figure 3-5. Note, for example, that the
TRHubStack icon representing a MAC entity in
Figure 3-3 is shown as a Micro-42T icon displaying
the device’s IP address in Figure 3-5. This button
is also grayed out unless the Display Mode is set
to RingView.
The default settings are RingView mode with MAC Entities in Ring
configuration. In order for any setting changes you make to take effect, you
must first save them by selecting the File menu’s Save All Changes option.
Alternatively, you can set your SpectroGRAPH so that you can press the right
mouse button to display the Commit Changes message box and then click on
the OK button.
RingView Displays
The following three figures (3-3 through 3-5) show how the same ring would be
depicted using different combinations of Token Ring LAN Topology view