DCFM Enterprise User Manual (53-1001775-01, June 2010)

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Contents
Defining an event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Call Home for virtual switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Assigning an event filter to a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Assigning an event filter to a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Overwriting an assigned event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Removing an event filter from a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Removing an event filter from a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Removing an event filter from the Call Home Event Filters table .122
Searching for an assigned Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Chapter 5 View management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
About view management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Creating a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Editing a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Deleting a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Copying a view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
About topology layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Customizing the layout of devices on the topology. . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Customizing the layout of connections on the topology . . . . . . . . .129
Changing a group’s background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Reverting to the default background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Changing the product label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Changing the port label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Changing the port display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Grouping on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Collapsing groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Expanding groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Viewing connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Configuring custom connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Saving a custom connection configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Deleting a custom connection configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Customizing the main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Zooming in and out of the connectivity map . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Showing levels of detail on the connectivity map . . . . . . . . . 135
Exporting the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Customizing application tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Searching for a device in the connectivity map . . . . . . . . . . . 139