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Appendix A      Icon Reference
  Links
NE Physical Inventory Icons 
Links 
The following sections describe link icons and characteristics:
Link Icons, page A-12
Link Colors, page A-13
Link Characteristics, page A-13 Icon Device
Chassis
Cluster
Satellite
Shelf
Slot/Subslot
Port/Logical Port
Unmanaged Port 
						

							 
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  Links
Link Icons
Icon Description Icon Description
Asynchronous Transfer Mode Unknown
Bidirectional Forwarding 
DetectionPhysical layer
Border Gateway Protocol Private Network-to-Network 
Interface
Business link Point-to-Point Protocol
Ethernet Pseudowire
Frame Relay Serial
Generic Routing Encapsulation MPLS TE Tunnel
Internal MPLS TP Tunnel
IP VLAN
Link aggregation group IPv6 VPN over IPv4-MPLS
Multilink Point-to-Point 
ProtocolVPN
MPLS Fiber Channel 
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  Links
Link Colors
Link Characteristics
Color Severity Description
Critical Critical alarm is on the link.
Major Major alarm is on the link.
Minor Minor alarm is on the link. 
Normal Link is operating normally.
Selected Link is selected.
Example Description
Solid Line vs. Dashed Line
Solid line—Physical, topological, or service link, 
such as a link between two devices.
Dashed line—Association or business link 
between such elements as EVCs, VPLS service 
instances, or VPN components. 
Link Widths
Normal—Contains links of the same group. 
Available groups are: 
Business
GRE
MPLS-TP
Pseudowire
VLAN
All others
Wide—Aggregated links that contain links of 
different groups. 
When viewing a map at a low zoom level, 
aggregated links cannot be distinguished in the 
client.
Tunnel—The center color represents the severity 
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Appendix A      Icon Reference
  Severity Icons and Colors for Events, Tickets, and NEs
Severity Icons and Colors for Events, Tickets, and NEs
When new tickets are accumulated, a label is displayed in the navigation pane and map, based on the 
following formula:
Arrowhead vs. No Arrowhead
No arrowhead—Bidirectional link.
Arrowhead Unidirectional link, with the flow in 
the direction of the arrowhead.
Icon Color Severity
Red Critical
Orange Major
Yellow Minor
Light Blue Warning
Green Cleared, Normal, or OK
Medium Blue Information 
Dark Blue Indeterminate Example Description 
						

							 
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Appendix A      Icon Reference
  Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports)
n s [+]
where: 
For example:
An object with three critical new alarms, two major alarms, and one warning alarm is labeled 3C+.
An object with five minor new alarms is labeled 5m.
Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports)
The following topics describe the buttons used in the Vision client:
Prime Network Vision Buttons, page A-16
Table Buttons, page A-19
Link Filtering Buttons, page A-19
Events client Buttons, page A-20
Ticket Properties Buttons, page A-20
Report Manager Buttons, page A-21 Symbol Description
nThe number of alarms with the highest severity that have the source as the 
network element and are part of the network element ticket(s).
sThe highest severity level in the new tickets:
C = Critical
M = Major
m = Minor
W = Warning
N = Normal (cleared alarm)
i = Informational
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  Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports)
Prime Network Vision Buttons
Button Function
Opens the Network Elements tab.
Map Options
Creates a new map in the database.
Opens a map saved in the database using the Open dialog box.
Adds a network element to the map or to the subnetwork selected in the navigation pane 
and displayed in the content pane.
Saves the current map (the background and the location of devices) to the database.
Viewing Options
Displays the map view in the Vision client content pane (the button toggles when selected 
or deselected).
Displays the list view in the Vision client content pane (the button toggles when selected 
or deselected).
Displays the links view in the Vision client content pane (the button toggles when selected 
or deselected).
Overlay Tools

Chooses and displays an overlay of a specific type on top of the elements displayed in 
the content pane in the map view. Ethernet Service
MPLS-TP Tunnel
Network Clock
Pseudowire
VLAN
VPLS
VPN
None—Removes the existing overlays.
When an overlay is selected, all the elements and links that are part of the overlay are 
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  Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports)
Displays or hides a previously defined overlay of a specific type on top of the elements 
displayed in the content pane in map view.
NoteOverlays do not reflect changes that occur in the selected service. As a result, the 
information in an overlay can become stale. 
Refreshes the overlay.
Navigation Tools
Moves up a level (goes to parent) in the navigation pane and map pane to enable you to 
view different information.
Opens the Link Filter dialog box, enabling you to display or hide different types of links 
in the map and links views.
If a link filter is applied to the map, the Link Filter Applied button is displayed instead.
Indicates a link filter is currently applied to the map and opens the Link Filter dialog box 
so you can remove or modify the existing link filter. 
If no link filter is applied to the map, the Link Filter button is displayed instead.
Opens a window displaying an overview of the network.
Search Tools
Finds the previous instance of the search string entered in the Find in Map dialog box.
Opens the Find in Map dialog box, enabling you to find a device or aggregation in the map 
by its name or IP address.
Finds the next instance of the search string entered in the Find in Map dialog box.
Opens the Find Business Tag dialog box, enabling you to find and detach a business tag 
according to a name, key, or type.
Map Zoom and Layout Tools
Defines the way in which the NES are arranged in the Vision client map view: circular, 
hierarchical, orthogonal, or symmetric.
Fits the entire subnetwork or map in the map pane.
Activates the normal selection mode. Button Function 
						

							 
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  Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports)
Activates the zoom selection mode, which enables you to select an area in the map pane to 
zoom in on by clicking and dragging.
Activates the pan mode, which enables you to move around in the map pane by clicking 
and dragging.
Print Preview Options
Opens the Printer Setup dialog box so you can specify your print settings.
Opens the Print dialog box so you can print the displayed network or map to the required 
printer.
Zooms in on the network or map.
Zooms out of the network or map.
Displays the entire network or map in the Print Preview window. Button Function 
						

							 
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  Buttons (Maps, Tables, Links, Events, Tickets, Reports)
Table Buttons
Link Filtering Buttons
Icon Name Description
Find Searches the current table for the string you enter. 
Export to CSV Exports the information displayed in the list view. 
Either the selected rows are exported, or, when 
nothing is selected, the entire table is exported.
Sort Table Values Sorts the information displayed in the list view (for 
example, according to element category).
Filter Filters the information displayed in the table by the 
criteria you specify. 
Clear Filter Clears the existing filter.
Show All Rows Displays all table rows that meet the current filtering 
criteria.
Show Only Selected 
RowsDisplays only the rows that you select.
Button Name Description
All Links Displays the complete list of links for the selected context (map or 
aggregation). In other words, the list is not filtered and all the links are 
displayed, including external links. 
External Links Displays links with only one side of the link in this context (map or 
aggregation) and the other side either not in the map or outside the 
selected context. 
Flat Links  Displays the links currently visible on the map for the selected context 
(map or aggregation), excluding any thumbnails.
Deep Links Displays the links for the current aggregation where both endpoints are 
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Events client Buttons
Ticket Properties Buttons
Button Function
Displays the previous page of events in the Events client window.
Displays the next page of events in the Events client window.
Refreshes the events displayed in the log by querying the database. If a filter is active, the 
refresh is done according to the filter. The log returns to the beginning of the list, 
displaying the events in ascending or descending order depending on the order of the 
current list. Descending order means that the last event is displayed first. 
Displays the Events client Filter dialog box, which enables you to define a filter for the 
events displayed in the Events client log. 
Toggles automatic refresh of event data on and off. You define the refresh-time period (in 
seconds) in the Events client Options dialog box. The default is 60 seconds. If a filter is 
active, the refresh is done according to the filter. 
Displays the properties of the selected event or ticket in the Properties pane.
Icon Description
Refreshes the information displayed in the Ticket Properties dialog box.
Acknowledges that the ticket is being handled. The status of the ticket is displayed 
as true in the ticket pane and in the Ticket Properties dialog box. 
If a ticket was acknowledged, and some events were correlated to it afterward, then 
the ticket is considered to have not been acknowledged.
This button is enabled only if the ticket is not acknowledged.
Requests the relevant Prime Network system to remove the faulty network element 
from the Prime Network networking inventory. In addition, it sets the ticket to 
Cleared severity or status (the icon is displayed in green) and automatically changes 
the acknowledged status of the ticket to true. 
This button is enabled only if the severity of the alarm is higher than Cleared or 
Normal.
Clicking on this ticket will deacknowledge a ticket.
Saves the notes for the selected ticket.
This button is enabled only when text is entered in the Notes field of the Notes tab.