About removing devices from a topology map
WhatsConnected allows you to customize topology maps by removing devices from a topology map.
There are four methods to remove devices from a topology map:
- Remove all devices from a topology map.
- Remove a single device from a topology map.
- Remove select devices from a topology map.
- Remove connected devices from a topology map.
The following steps describe the methods to remove devices.
To remove all devices from a topology map:
- Select the topology map in the topology tree view.
- Right-click in the topology map area. The right-click menu appears.
- Select. All devices are removed from the topology map.
To remove a single device from a topology map:
- Select the topology map in the topology tree view.
- Right-click on a device on the topology map. The right-click menu appears.
- Select. The device is removed from the topology map.
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Select a device on the topology map. - Press DELETE. The device is removed from the topology map.
To remove selected devices from a topology map:
- Select the topology map in the topology tree view.
- Right-click in the topology map area. The right-click menu appears.
- Click. The Select Devices dialog appears.
- Use the Select Devices dialog to select the devices that you would like removed from the topology map.
- Press CTRL to select multiple non-contiguous devices in the list.
- Press SHIFT to select multiple contiguous devices in the list.
- Click . The selected devices are removed from the topology map.
To remove connected devices from a topology map:
- Select the topology map in the topology tree view.
- Right-click on a device on a topology map. The right-click menu appears.
- Select . The following options are displayed.
- [x/y]. Remove all the connected network devices from the topology map.
- [x/y]. Remove all the connected servers from the topology map.
- [x/y]. Remove all the connected workstations from the topology map.
- . Remove all virtual machnies from the topology map.
- [x/y]. Remove all the connected printers from the topology map.
- [x/y]. Remove all connected devices from the topology map.
: [x/y] represents the following:
y = number of devices of this type connected to the device you have selected.
x = number of connected devices that are already on the topology map.
- . Click to use the Select Devices dialog to individually select the connected devices to remove from the topology map.
- The selected devices are removed from the topology map.