I love that! This is all I want too! --On vendredi 29 ao�t 2003 19:58 +0200 Jakob Peterh�nsel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Dartware.. ;-) > > You listened to customers, and added the Reference Point and Map Probe. > > I would like to suggest an expansion of this feature: Map in-between dependencies. > > Let me explain: > > When the Reference point was introduced, someone suggested that the 'map probe' > should be > able to refer to a 'map' on the map itself, making it possible to 'expand' a > 'device' - a map > probe should be able to simply hold all the probes to a single device - indicating > the state > of the device in total (ping, SNMP, SMTP, POP3 etc..) > > What I miss, is navigation, and a half-working shadow feature... > > Now that we have Map Status and Reference Point, I would like to suggest the > following: > [All this assume we are talking local - 127.0.0.1 - references] > > Uplink Point: > If a map is referenced via a Map Probe, it should be able to specify an 'uplink > point'. > This point should be the 'interconnection' reference to the Map Probe, allowing the > reference > point to 'drill-down' multiple maps! This should be a one-to-one relation. If > several maps > have probes that reference the map, only one 'uplink' should be possible to each > reference. > > One benefit of this is, it would be possible to make 'uplink' navigation between the > maps - > natively or in the web interface. Another benefit would allow the reference point to > work > multiple maps down, shadowing all devices on a link from the reference point to the > actual > map the device is on. > > Map Probes as 'in-between-maps' links. > When using the Map Probe on local maps like suggested above, it should be possible > to ignore > the actual probe on the web reports. Errors and Outages should not list the Map > Probe status > as it's only a link between maps. > > Only reason to list the Map Probe in the reports, would be if the map the probe is > actually > monitoring is not responding/is unknown. (Like it does today, but only as a comment > in the > PopUp!) > > Hope this makes sense... otherwise feel free to ask for elaboration... > > > Yours, > > ____________________________________________ > Jakob Peterh�nsel > Technical Engineer > Tel: +45 7022 1014 > Fax: +45 7022 1013 > Mob: +45�22 68 49 61 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.NetPoint.com > jeje. ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
