Change the Image for a Specified Icon

NNMi enables you to customize the icons associated with a Device Profile or specific Nodes. These icons appear in views, menu items, and as foreground images on an NNMi topology map.

You can specify icons for a specific Node, Device Family, Device Vendor, or Device Category. NNMi determines the icon to use in the following order of precedence:

Tip To use the command line to load the icon images to the NNMi database so they are available for use, see nnmicons.ovpl. To use the NNMi console to load images, see Add Device Profile Icons

Note NNMi provides a missing icon () to indicate a Device Profile icon is not available. The reasons that NNMi displays the missing icon include the following: 

  • The icon's graphic file has been deleted.
  • The icon's graphic file does not exist.

To change the image for a specified icon:

  1. Select the icon image that you want to change.
  2. Provide settings for the selected icon. (see the Device Profile Icon Images table).
  3. Click Save and Close to the Icon form.
  4. Click Save and Close to save and apply your changes.
Device Profile Icon Images
Attribute Description
Name

The unique name that identifies the icon.

Description

Provide additional information that you want to store about the icon.

Type a maximum of 2048 characters. Alpha-numeric, spaces, colons (:), and special characters (~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _+) are permitted.

Author

The name of the Author who created the icon object.

See Author form for important information.

Caution It is recommended that you create new icon objects rather than modify icons provided by . If the Author attribute value is Network Node Manager, any changes are at risk of being overwritten in the future. Also see: Export/Import Behavior and Dependencies

Click the  Lookup icon and select Show Analysis to display details about the currently selected Author, select  Quick Find to access the list of existing Author values, or click  New to create one.

Image-(16 pixels)

File name of the 16 pixel image. NNMi supports *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.gif, and *.png file types.

Specify the image file to be used for this icon.

Tip As you browse for the image file, NNMi displays the image and its size (for example 16x16).

Note Ensure that the image background is transparent.

Complete the process by uploading the file into the NNMi management server's database.

Image-(32 pixels)

Optional. File name of the 32 pixel image. NNMi supports *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.gif, and *.png file types.

Specify the image file to be used for this icon.

Tip As you browse for the image file, NNMi displays the image and its size (for example 32x32).

Note Ensure that the image background is transparent.

Complete the process by uploading the file into the NNMi management server's database.