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Define Default Map Settings

Default Map Settings define settings for all of your Node Group Maps.

Note You can override Default Map Setting using the Node Group Map Settings Configuration workspace. See Configure Basic Settings for a Node Group Map for more information.

To configure Default Map Settings, do the following:

  1. Navigate to the Default Map Settings tab.
  2. Make your configuration choices (see the Default Map Settings Attributes table).
  3. Click  Save and Close to return to the User Interface Configuration form.
  4. Click  Save and Close to save and apply your changes.

Note The NNMi Administrator can make the following adjustments using the nms-ui.properties file:

  • Labels on nodes and ports in maps scale as the map is zoomed in and out. The maximum width of the labels can be controlled.
  • By default, labels on nodes and ports are surrounded with a black rectangle to improve readability when labels overlap. The rectangle can be turned off.

Changes to these settings in the nms-ui.properties file are visible the next time users reload a map view.

Default Map Settings Attributes
Attribute Description
Map Refresh Interval

Specifies the refresh interval for Status Refresh.

Maximum Number of Displayed Nodes

Use this attribute to change the maximum number of nodes to be displayed on a map.

Note the following:

  • If you change the default value to display a large number of nodes at one time, you might need to re-adjust this number if maps are taking longer than expected to display.
  • In Layer 2 and Layer 3 Neighbor views, NNMi adds nodes one hop at a time. If NNMi finds a large number of nodes in a single hop, the number of nodes might exceed the maximum number specified.
  • The Initial Discovery Progress map provided by NNMi displays a maximum number of 100 nodes. The Maximum Number of Displayed Nodes that you specify does not change the maximum number of nodes for this map.
  • The Network Overview map provided by NNMi displays a maximum of 250 nodes by default. The Maximum Number of Displayed Nodes that you specify does not change the maximum number of nodes for this map. However, the NNMi administrator can change the maximum number of nodes displayed using a configuration file.

Note This number applies to the total number of nodes within the Node Group, including the nodes in any Child Node Groups displayed on the map.

Maximum Number of Displayed End Points

Use this attribute to change the maximum number of end points to be displayed on a map.

Note If you change the default value to display a large number of end points at one time, you might need to re-adjust this number if maps are taking longer than expected to display.

For troubleshooting issues, see also the nnmtopoquery.ovpl Reference Page. Use this command-line tool to list all connected neighbor interfaces for a specified node.

Multiconnection Threshold

Use this attribute to change the number of connections that must exist between two objects before NNMi displays the connections as one thick line on a map (known as a multiconnection).

When this number of connections is reached, NNMi displays the connections as one thick line on all maps except Path View maps.

Note To display the Interface objects and each connection, double-click the line representing the multiconnection.

Indicate Key Incidents

In the Node Group map, NNMi can enlarge the map symbol of any node associated with a Key IncidentIncidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None..

Users can click the Indicate Key Incidents button in the map view toolbar to toggle this feature on and off:

(on) = When the this Node Group map opens, NNMi enlarges any objects on a Node Group map that are Source Objects for a Key IncidentIncidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None.. (For example, when viewing the Node Group map, NNMi enlarges any node on a Node Group map that has an open root cause incident associated with it.)

(off) = When the this Node Group map opens, NNMi does not indicate the objects on a Node Group map that are Source Objects for a Key IncidentIncidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None..

NNMi administrators can override this default setting for a particular Node Group map, when you Configure Basic Settings for a Node Group Map.