To access this dialog:
On the WhatsUp Gold web interface, in Map View, right-click inside the map. From the right-click menu, click Map Options > Map Properties. The Layer-2 Map Properties dialog appears.
Use the Layer-2 Group Properties dialog to add and configure a new device group map for WhatsUp Gold.
Use the dialog boxes to configure the group map:
Tip: Click on a tab name to view field information for that tab.
Select the Update Mode:
Use the Devices on Map and Connected Devices boxes to design a filter for the devices you want to include on the map. Click Edit to open the Edit Devices Filter dialog and make device filter selections. For more information, see Configuring Device Filters.
If you want to see layer-2 links for devices in the map, select the Show Layer-2 Links option.
If you want to see association links for devices in the map, select the Show Association Links option.
To understand the layout modes, you must be familiar with the layout strategy used by the application's topology engine. For each map, the topology viewer automatically selects a root device, which becomes the starting point of the diagrams. The root device is selected based on finding the device on the diagram with the most network connections.
Using the connectivity model, the topology viewer sets the root as the parent and then assigns all connected devices as children. This process continues until all devices on the topology map are given a parent/child relationship.
With the parent/child relationships calculated, the topology viewer provides three layout modes for any topology map. These modes describe the manner in which each child node (or device) is given its position on the topology map. The layout modes are described as follows:
Note: When increasing the node angle, if a large number of devices are shown connected to one parent, the radial layout may overlap (make a full circle). In this case you may need to decrease the node angle and increase the level spacing.
Direction. This setting indicates the placement of the root device and the direction the children will be placed from the root device.
Alignment. This setting indicates the placement of the root (or parent) device in relationship to its children.
Level Spacing. This setting dictates the amount of space between the parent and child devices. Increase this value to provide more spacing between the parent and children devices.
Node Spacing. This setting dictates the amount of space between each child (or sibling) devices. Increase this value to create more space between sibling devices.
Note: Shift + Left Mouse click functionality is only enabled on the WhatsUp Gold admin console.
Note: Alt + Left Mouse Click + Mouse Move functionality is only enabled on the WhatsUp Gold admin console.
Select the Monitor Settings you want to apply to the map. You can select to:
Click OK to save changes.