Find external connections

You can locate external connections to your systems. An external connection to a selected system connects that system to any of its children at any level to one or more other systems. For a selected system, the Interfaces tab shows one line representing rolled-up external connections to each of the external systems. Your administrator can configure the Interfaces tab to show peers or direct connections from a selected system to the external systems.

These procedures use a rolled-up connection example: the selected system, PMT200 - Body Interior, is represented by the blue circle in the middle. The external systems that communicate with the selected system and the rolled-up connections between them are also shown.

Procedure

Do any of the following:

• To change the selected system (the blue circle in the diagram), double-click an external system (PMT100 - Body Exterior or PMT500 - Electrical, for example).
• To view the children of the selected system, double-click the selected system (for example, double-click PMT200 - Body Interior).
• To move up a level, click Go up.
• To show the details of a selected roll-up connection, click Show Connections Table. The table shows the underlying connections that comprise the rolled-up connection line.
• To reposition the table, click to switch between Graph View and Grid View.

Do any of the following:

• To change the selected system, double-click a column heading.
• To view the first level children, click a row heading. The children shown are either directly or indirectly connected to the external systems.
• To view connection details, click a blue circle.
• To toggle labels, click the label toggle icon.