Table Of Contents
Working with Business Tags and Business Elements
Using Chinese Characters
Creating a Business Tag
Searching for Business Tags and Viewing Their Properties
Renaming a Business Element
Deleting a Business Element
Working with Business Tags and Business Elements
A business tag is a string that is meaningful to the business, and which can be used to label a component of a network element for use in ANA screens and reports.
A business element is a construction or organization of certain network elements and their properties into a logical entity, to provide the ability to track them in a way that makes sense from a business perspective. Examples of business elements include Layer 2 VPNs, Layer 3 VPNs, and virtual routers.
The following topics describe how to manage and view Cisco ANA business tags and business elements:
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Creating a Business Tag
•Searching for Business Tags and Viewing Their Properties
•Renaming a Business Element
•Deleting a Business Element
Using Chinese Characters
Beginning with Cisco ANA 3.7, business tags support Chinese characters, enabling you to perform the following activities using Chinese characters:
•Creating a Business Tag.
•Searching for Business Tags and Viewing Their Properties.
•Generating a list of business tags.
•Editing the details of a business tag.
•Writing business tag notes.
•Removing business tags.
•Creating aggregations.
•Exporting a business tag through a northbound interface.
See the following documents for more information about these features:
•Configuring your system to use Chinese characters—Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7 Installation Guide
•Integration over northbound interfaces—Cisco Active Network Abstraction Integration Developer Guide
Creating a Business Tag
Cisco ANA NetworkVision enables you to create a business tag, for example, a new subscriber to a port. In addition, you can detach existing subscribers from ports.
Attaching a Business Tag
To attach a business tag:
Step 1 In the Cisco ANA NetworkVision window or in any of the dialog boxes, right-click a network object and choose Attach Business Tag.
Step 2 In the Attach Business Tag dialog box, provide the required information:
•Unique Key—Enter a unique identifier for the business tag.
•Name—Enter a name for the business tag.
•Type—Choose the type of business tag: Subscriber, Provider Connection, or Label.
Note If you select Label, the name of the network object changes to display the business tag name if the Replace name with Business Tag option is selected in the Options dialog box (Tools > Options). For more information about display options, see Selecting Cisco ANA NetworkVision Map and Alarm Options, page 2-31.
•Notes—(Optional) Enter a free-text message.
Step 3 Click Save. The business tag is attached to the network object and displayed in the Business Tag tab of the inventory window for the selected network object. The business tag name is also displayed throughout Cisco ANA NetworkVision, such as in the navigation pane, maps, and Cisco ANA PathTracer.
Note The Edit and Detach options are displayed in the right-click shortcut menu when a business tag is attached to a network element.
You can search and edit business tag information attached to a network object using tools available from the appropriate Business Tag dialog box.
Detaching a Business Tag
A business tag that has been attached to a network object can also be detached. You can detach one more more business tags at a time.
To detach a business tag:
Step 1 In the Cisco ANA NetworkVision window, navigate to the network object that contains the business tag you want to delete. You can also search for the business tag as described in Searching for Business Tags and Viewing Their Properties.
Step 2 Right-click the network object and choose Detach Business Tag.
The business tag is detached from the network object and is no longer displayed.
Searching for Business Tags and Viewing Their Properties
Cisco ANA NetworkVision enables you to find a business tag by entering the full or partial business tag name and the business tag key. If you use the full or partial business tag name for the search, the search results provide a list of business tags meeting the search criteria. If you use the business tag key, the search results provide information about the particular business tag.
Note If you know the location of the business tag, you can view its properties by opening the Business Tag tab in the device inventory window.
To search for a business tag:
Step 1 Open the Find Business Tag dialog box in one of the following ways:
•Click Find in the main toolbar.
•Choose Edit > Find Business Tag from the main menu.
Table 6-1 describes the tools available in the Find Business Tag dialog box.
Table 6-1 Find Business Tag Dialog Box Tools
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Name
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Function
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Find
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Finds the business tag according to a name, key, or type entered in the Find Business Tag dialog box.
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Clear
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Clears the search information entered in fields in the Find Business Tag dialog box.
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Help
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Displays online help for Cisco ANA NetworkVision and Cisco ANA EventVision.
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Step 2 Specify your search criteria:
•Unique Key—Enter a full or partial entry of the key you are searching for.
•Name—Enter a full or partial entry of the name you are searching for.
•Type—From the drop-down list, select the type of business tag you are searching for.
Step 3 Click Find. The search results are displayed in a table at the bottom of the Find Business Tag dialog box.
The table displays the business tag unique key, name, type, and a hyperlink to the network element the business tag is attached to.
Step 4 View additional details as required:
•To view the business tag's properties, double-click the business tag in the search results table.
•To go to the business tag's location, click the hyperlink provided in the search results table.
Renaming a Business Element
The following caveats apply when renaming a business element:
•Except for network VLANs, the original name of the business element is not saved, so you cannot revert to the original name.
•Renaming a business element affects all users who have the business element loaded in their service view maps.
To rename business elements in service view maps:
Step 1 In the Cisco ANA NetworkVision navigation pane or a map, right-click the business element and choose Rename.
Step 2 In the Rename Node dialog box, type a new name.
Step 3 Click OK.
The changed business element name appears in the Cisco ANA NetworkVision navigation pane and map.
Deleting a Business Element
You can delete business elements from the database. However, if you delete a business element from the database, it can no longer be viewed in Cisco ANA NetworkVision. We recommend that you delete a business element only when the physical element no longer exists.
Caution Deleting business elements affects all users who have the business elements loaded in their service view map.
Table 6-2 lists the requirements that must be met before you can delete a business element.
Table 6-2 Business Element Deletion Requirements
Business Element
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Requirements
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Layer 3 VPN
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The VPN has no virtual routers, or, if it does, the virtual routers and sites display the reconciliation icon.
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Virtual router
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The virtual router contains no VRFs, sites, or interfaces, or, if it does, the VRFs, sites, and interfaces display the reconciliation icon.
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Site
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No sites or interfaces are connected or bound to the VRF, or, if they are connected, they display the reconciliation icon.
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Layer 2 VPN
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The Layer 2 VPN has no Logical Circuit Peers (LCPs), or, if it does, the LCPs display the reconciliation icon.
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LCA
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The Logical Circuit Aggregation (LCA) has no LCPs, or, if it does, the LCPs display the reconciliation icon.
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To delete a business element:
Step 1 Verify that the business element meets all requirements specified in Table 6-2. You cannot delete the element if all requirements are not met.
Step 2 In the Cisco ANA NetworkVision navigation pane or a map, right-click the business element, and choose Delete.
Step 3 In the confirmation message, click Yes to delete the currently selected element, or click Yes to All to delete multiple selected elements.
The selected business element is deleted from the business configuration of all users.
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