Add Device Profile Icons

NNMi enables the NNMi administrator to customize the icons associated with a Device Profile or specific Nodes. These icons appear in table 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:

You can use a command line tool to list, create, update, and delete the icons that you load into the NNMi database. See nnmicons.ovpl.

If you delete an icon from the NNMi database, the icon Name remains associated with any Device Profile's Device Family, Device Category, or Device Vendor attribute to which that icon was previously assigned. NNMi displays the missing_image  icon for the affected items until the NNMi administrator updates the specification to an existing icon.

To add icons to the NNMi database:

  1. Provide settings for the icons listed. (see the Device Profile Icons table).
  2. Click  Save and Close to the Icon form.
  3. Click  Save and Close to save and apply your changes.
  4. If you change your mind, see Change the Image for a Specified Icon.
Device Profile Icons
Attribute Description
Name

Enter a unique name that identifies the icon.

Type a maximum of 64 characters. Alpha-numeric and special characters (~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _+ -) are permitted. Spaces are not permitted.

To enable you to filter the Icons table view by vendor, include the vendor name and the Device Profile attribute for which the icon will be used.

For example, for a Device Family icon, you might use the following format:

  • <unique_information>-<vendor_name>-family

For example, for a Device Vendor icon, you might use the following format:

  • <unique_information>-<vendor_name>-vendor

For example, for a Device Category icon, you might use the following format:

  • <unique_information>-<vendor_name>- -category
See the Name drop-down menu for example names of icons provided by .
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

See Author form for important information.

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) AUTHORS: the UI elements for configuring this attribute look TOTALLY different from browser to browser so the instructions need to remain very generic. Do not mention the buttons or links in particular.

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.

As you browse for the image file, NNMi displays the image and its size (for example 16x16).Ensure that the image background is transparent.

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

Image-(32 pixels) AUTHORS: the UI elements for configuring this attribute look TOTALLY different from browser to browser so the instructions need to remain very generic. Do not mention the buttons or links in particular.

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.

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

Ensure that the image background is transparent.

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