CTC Toolbar


The following table describes the functions that you can perform from the CTC toolbar.

Tool

Description

Adds a node to the current session.

Deletes a node from the current session.

Locks CTC without closing the CTC session. A user name and password are required to open CTC.

Prints CTC data.

Exports CTC data.

Closes the CTC session.

The exit icon appears only in the File menu.

Displays the Preferences dialog box, where you can set up CTC preferences including event defaults, "do not display again" dialog boxes, login node groups, custom network maps, circuit span colors, IIOP listener ports for firewall access, and the JRE version.

Displays the previous CTC view.

Displays the next CTC view. Available only after you navigate to a previous view. Go to Previous and Go to Next are similar to forward and backward navigation in a web browser.

In node view, this command displays the network view; in card view, this command displays node view. Not available in network view.

Displays the object selected in the CTC window.

Displays the login node in node view.

Displays the network view.

Displays a dialog box allowing you to enter the node name or IP address of a a network node that you want to view.

Displays the TL1 session dialog box so you can create a TL1 session to a specific node. Refer to the Cisco ONS SONET TL1 Command Guide.

Displays the Cisco IOS command line interface dialog box if an ML1000-2 or ML100T-12 card is installed in the node. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 SONET/SDH ML-Series Multilayer Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide.

Network Scope

(ONS 15454 only) Allows you to change the display between DWDM and TDM nodes. DWDM nodes have DWDM cards installed and are provisioned for DWDM. TDM nodes do not have DWDM cards installed and are provisioned for SONET.

  • All: displays DWDM and TDM nodes.

  • DWDM: displays DWDM nodes only.

  • TDM: display TDM nodes only.

Decreases the size of the map area in network view.

Increases the size of the map area in network view.

Increases the size of a selected area of the map in network view.

Opens the CTC Alerts dialog box, which shows the status of certain CTC background tasks. When the CTC Alerts toolbar icon contains a red triangle, unread notifications exist. When there are no unread notifications, the CTC Alerts toolbar icon contains a gray triangle.