Topology Options Window

This window appears when you take either of these actions:

You can also click here to launch it. Use this window to specify what you want to see in the Topology view.

The window has these tabs:

When you finish with the window, click OK.

Filter

By default, all the noncluster devices that can appear in the Topology view do appear (their boxes are checked). To remove a device type, uncheck its box.

This table explains what each device type is.

Device Type Explanation
IP phone A full-featured telephone that provides voice communication over an IP network
CPE A (customer premises equipment) device that connects a computer or laptop to a Catalyst LRE switch by using Long-Reach Ethernet technology over ordinary telephone lines
Neighbor A device that is detected by CDP but is ineligible to be a cluster member
Access point A device that serves as a center point in a wireless network or a connection point between wireless devices and a wired network
Candidate A device that is eligible to be a cluster member

Link

By default, you see the ID of the interfaces that links are attached to and the actual speed (as opposed to the administrative speed) of a link. To remove the interface IDs or link speed information from the Topology view, uncheck the corresponding box.

Node

For each node in the cluster, you see its host name, IP address, and MAC address by default. To remove any of these from the Topology view, uncheck the corresponding box.