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The Network Properties tab allows you to create your own properties that you can use to configure your TIF policies.
Cisco XNC provides the following properties by default:
Each property contains one or more policies. For example, the Number property contains policies that are related to numbers, such as weighted least cost path, or hop count based shortest path. The Bandwidth policy contains policies related to bandwidth, such as including or avoiding links with a specific bandwith.
Many of the policies also contain metrics that further define the property. The latency properties, for example, include time-based metrics. You could use a latency property with a policy to include only those links that have latency less than 1 nanosecond.
You can create custom property templates based on an existing template. After you have created a custom property template, you can rename the policies that are associated with that template, create metrics for the template, and use that template as a parent to create additional templates. The custom properties can be used when you create TIF policies.
Create manual links if you have links that have not been discovered by Cisco XNC.
Link properties use the values of both custom and default property templates.
Step 1 | On the Cisco XNC menu bar, click Topology. | ||||||
Step 2 | In the Templates tab, click Add Template. | ||||||
Step 3 | In the
Add
Property Template dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Add Template. |
You can change the policy names for custom property templates. Policies that belong to default property templates cannot be changed.
Step 1 | On the Cisco XNC menu bar, click Topology. |
Step 2 | In the Templates tab, in the Property Templates table, click the Parent column for the custom property for which you want to change policy names. |
Step 3 | In the Policies tab, click the policy name that you want to change. |
Step 4 | In the Change Policy Name dialog box, enter the new policy name. |
Step 5 | Click Submit. |
You can add metrics to any custom property template.
Step 1 | On the Cisco XNC menu bar, click Topology. | ||||||||
Step 2 | In the Templates tab, in the Property Templates table, click the Parent column for the custom property for which you want to add metrics. | ||||||||
Step 3 | In the Properties tab, click Add Metric. | ||||||||
Step 4 | In the
Add Metrics dialog box, complete the following
fields:
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Step 5 | Click Add Metric. |
You can edit metrics that belong to a custom property template. You cannot edit default metrics.
Step 1 | On the Cisco XNC menu bar, click Topology. |
Step 2 | In the Templates tab, in the Property Templates table, click the Parent column for the custom property for which you want to edit the metrics. |
Step 3 | In the Properties tab, click the metric that you want to edit. |
Step 4 | In the Add Metrics dialog box, you can do the following: |
Note | You should create manual links only if undiscovered links are in the topology. |
Step 1 | On the Cisco XNC menu bar, click Network Properties. | ||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Manual Links tab, click Create Link. | ||||||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Create
Link dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Create Link. |