Main Window
The NP Main Window displays the list of all existing Application Filters, Applications and Transport Entities (TEs). Each Application displays details of all its TEs.
There is likewise an event logger at the bottom, which can be cleared as required.
The Main Window allows to:
− Create/Edit/Delete Filter.
The Filter is used to retrieve and display only a specific list of Applications or TEs.
− Refresh Filter List.
− Create/Edit/View Application.
− Create/Edit/View TEs.
− View the Application Mgr. list, which displays all currently on-going Application Edits.
− Displays the “Out of Synch” and “Pending Changes” indications.
For details, please refer to section Main GUI Status Indications.
NP Main Window
The following generic menu items in the file system are accessible:
Application Manager List | Calls the Application Manager List dialog, which displays all currently on-going Application Edits. | |
Create |  | Calls the Create Application Filter dialog. |
Refresh Filter |  | Refresh the Filter List. |
New Application |  | Calls the Application dialog to create a new Application. |
Exit |  | Quit Networking Package. |
Set Auto Routing Parameters | Calls the Set Automatic Routing Parameters dialog to specify parameters used by the Automatic Routing facility of the NP. |
Multi Layer Routing | Select if client rates and higher rates should be included in the Manual Routing: Next Hop List dialog when creating a path/trail. If higher rate is selected, NP will automatically create the missing trails when a higher rate is selected. Note: The higher rate should per default not be suggested. They are confusing and in most cases the higher rates are already provisioned. |
Please note:
For cost based routing you may set required options as follows:
→ In the settings file “/opt/nem/etc/np.conf” a Path Cost Calculation Model can be chosen. The three options available are:
• Model 1: (CostWorking + CostProtecting)
• Model 2: (CostWorking + CostProtecting) / 2
• Model 3: (CostWorking * CostProtecting) / (CostWorking + CostProtecting)
→ The parameter “path_cost_calc_model” can be set to 1, 2, or 3. Default is 1, but by default the parameter is disabled. To enable the parameter, remove the # in front of the entry.
Help Viewer | Calls the help viewer and opens this page. |
Retrieve Application |  | Generates a list of NP Applications (data extracted from the NP database) that matches the defined filter attributes. |
Modify Filter |  | Edit the selected Filter. |
Delete Filter |  | Delete the selected Filter. |
Expand | Retrieves and shows all the Applications under the selected Filter. | |
Collapse | Hides the Applications under the selected Filter. | |
Details… | Calls the Application dialog to view details of the selected Application. |
Edit | Calls the Application dialog to edit details of the selected Application. |
Show NP Usage… | Opens a dialog to show information on the usage of the selected NP transport entity; see NP Usage. |
Supervision ► Enable… | Enable supervision of this TE. To do that, the service information attributes Customer, Service Level Agreement, and Network need to be selected. |
Supervision ► Disable… | Enable supervision of this TE. Must be confirmed by the user. If service supervision cannot be disabled, an error message is shown with the respective reason(s). |
Supervision ► Resume | Resume service supervision that has been paused before. |
Supervision ► Pause | Pause service supervision. |
Supervision ► Reload Configuration | Reloads the configuration from the NEs to make sure it is up to date in case of recent changes to the TE. |
Supervision ► Show Details… | Show service supervision details for this TE. Opens the TE in a view-only window of the Service Editor. The windows also provides an alarm tab showing active alarms of the TE. |
Supervision ► Show in Service Supervision… | Opens the service supervision dialog with a filtered view for the TE. |
Open in separate window |  | Open the TE Graph in a separate window for maximum space. |
Reload |  | Reloads and rebuilds the graph |
Options |  | Legend: Shows a legend of the graphical symbols and colors used in the graph. View Options: choose from the following options: - PATHS: - Working Path; - Protecting Path; - Sub Protecting Path. - VIEW SETTINGS: enable or disable the following options: - Show fixed TEs; - Show SNCs as Cloud; - Show Indistinct Sections. - LABELS: - Show TE labels; - Show NE IDs; - Show Shared Resource Counts; For protected TEs, indicates with a digit the number of TEs routed over shared resources. |
Issues |  | Shows possible issues that apply to the selected TE such as - Shared resources that represent a potential single point of failure, - resources that have a status issue, - Holes present in a TE due to incomplete routing. |
Edit |  | Toggle between Edit and View mode. In Edit mode you can edit the layout of the elements in the graph. You can move NEs to get a customized arrangement of NEs and sections. This is applicable to the physical graph only. |
Refresh |  | Refreshes the graph. |
Separator | In the split view, move the graph separator upwards or downwards: - upwards: give more space to the logical graph; - downwards: give more space to the physical graph. | |
Zoom in |  | Zoom in to the graph. Applicable separately to each graph. |
Zoom out |  | Zoom out of the graph. Applicable separately to each graph. |
Fit |  | Fit the graph sub-window with the following options: - Fit to screen, - Fit to height, - Fit to width. |
Download |  | Save a graphics file to your machine. The file is stored in the default download folder. Applicable separately to each graph. You can choose among two formats: - PNG, - SVC. |
Details |  | Opens the Application dialog for the selected element to show details on the selected application and TE. |
Show NP Usage |  | Opens the NP Usage dialog for the selected element. |
Configuration |  | Opens the Local Craft Terminal for the selected NE, using the chosen user class. |
Alarm List |  | Opens the list of active alarms for the selected NE. |