This view appears when you take any of these actions:
You can also click here to launch it.
This view shows a network map of the cluster command switch and the member switches. It can include much more: cluster candidates, neighboring devices, neighboring clusters, node and link information. The contents of the view depend on the options that you select in the Topology Options window. To use the Topology Options window, choose View > Topology Options.
Note: The Topology view can show only the IP address of a neighboring cluster. The host name and MAC address are not available.
Besides the Topology Options window, you can use other features to affect the Topology view. For example, you can:
In the Topology view, you can manage the cluster as well as view it. When you select a device or a link, you can use the menu bar or a popup menu to choose the configuration, graphing, and reporting options that apply to your selection.
To make sure that you understand what the graphics represent
in the Topology view, review the legend. You can see the legend by clicking here,
by clicking on the toolbar, or
by clicking the Legend topic on the Contents tab of the Help window.
When you add devices or information to the Topology view, it might be difficult to see all the devices and links distinctly. To make the view clearer, you can take these actions:
When the view has the layout that you like best, save it. Choose View > Save Topology Layout, or right-click anywhere in the dark area of the view and select Save Topology Layout from the popup menu.
You can display the properties of a device or link by right-clicking it and selecting Properties from the popup menu. The properties of a device are its name, type, IP address, MAC address, and the Cisco IOS release running on it. The properties of a link are the identities of the connected ports and the state of the link.
CMS periodically polls the command switch for updates and redisplays the network map when devices are removed or added. If you know that a change has occurred in the cluster and you want to see the change between polling intervals, choose View > Refresh.
Note: To change the polling interval, use the Preferences window.
To use the menus in the menu bar with the Topology view, click a link or device on the network map to select it (selected links and devices turn blue). Then click a menu and select an item from it. If the selection is valid, the selected device or link is preselected in the window that opens. If the selection is invalid, CMS ignores it or makes a default selection.
To use a popup menu on the Topology view, right-click a device or link on the network map to display the menu. You can monitor switch bandwidth utilization by choosing Bandwidth Graphs from a switch popup menu; you can monitor link utilization by choosing Link Graphs from a link popup menu.