Using Agile Service Manager
You use the Agile Service Manager UI to visualize your topology data. First you define a seed resource on which to base your view, then choose the levels of networked resources around the seed that you wish to display, before rendering the view. You can then further expand or analyze the displayed topology in real time, or compare it to previous versions within a historical time window.
The Netcool Agile Service Manager Topology Viewer has four toolbars and a visualization
display area.
- Navigation toolbar
- You use the navigation toolbar to select the seed resource, define the number of relationship hops to visualize from the seed resource, and specify the type of relationship hop traversal to make (either host-to-host, or element-to-element).
- Resource filter toolbar
- You use the resource filter toolbar to apply entity- or relationship-type filters to the resources displayed in the topology.
- Visualization toolbar
- You use the Visualization toolbar to customize the topology view, for example by zooming in and panning.
- History toolbar
- You use the History toolbar to compare and contrast a current topology with historical versions.
- Topology visualization panel
- You use the Topology visualization panel to view the topology, and access the resource nodes for further analysis performed via the context menu.