Insert Menu

Use the Insert menu to insert devices, networks, links, and blocks of text to your map, and to initiate the Auto-discovery and network-scanning processes.

The Insert menu is available only in the Map window, and is active only when the Map Editor is on.

Menu Command Description
Device... Add one or more devices to a map.
Network... Add a network (oval) to the map.
Link Connect two devices with a link.
Auto-Discover... Scan a network to find network devices such as routers, hosts, switches, hubs, servers, workstations, and place them on the map. Specify a starting address and the kinds of devices InterMapper finds and limit the breadth of the search.
Scan Networks...

Scan a network to find network devices such as routers, hosts, switches, hubs, servers, workstations, and place them on the map. Limit the types of devices InterMapper looks for. This command is available only when a network is selected, but the Filter dialog is also available from the Automatic Device Discovery dialog.

Empty Probe Group... Insert one or more empty probe groups in the map.  
Text... Adds an object to the map containing the specified text.
Icon...{} Insert an icon into a map.  
Map Benchmark Insert a benchmark to define the latitude and longitude of a point on the map.

Group{}

Group two or more selected devices into a probe group. Devices must have the same IP address.  
Un-Group{} Remove all probes from the selected probe group, and create a single device for each probe.  

Device...


Add Device(s) window.

Add a new device to a map. InterMapper links the newly-added device(s) to networks already in the map. This example shows the Add Devices window.

To add a device:

  1. Enter the one or more device names or addresses into the window.

    Enter the names manually or paste from some other source. The names must be separated with commas or whitespace (spaces, tabs, or returns). The list of host names or IP addresses can be copied from a text file, from a traceroute program, or from other source of names and/or addresses. To resolve a domain name to an IPv6 address, enclose it in [square brackets] as shown in the example.

  2. Select a probe type.

    Automatic
    uses SNMP or ICMP Echo for IP devices.

    You can also choose from a list of probes for web servers, mail servers, or any of the other probes shown in the dropdown menu. See Probe Reference for a complete list of the built-in probes.

  3. Enter a port number (if applicable to the probe).
  4. Enter an SNMP Community string (if applicable).
  5. Click OK.

Network...



Add Network... window. Enter an IP address range.

Add a network (oval) to the map. This is useful when InterMapper does not automatically detect the network because no SNMP-speaking devices are present.

The window shown appears. Enter the IPaddress. (For a discussion of how IP network information is represented, along with a discussion of the "/24" etc notation, see Subnet Mask FAQ. )

After you click OK, you will see a new network oval on the map representing that subnet. You can connect devices to this network by dragging their links as described in Adding and Removing Links.

Link

Use the Link command to add a link manually where none exists. This can be useful when a link is not added during the auto-discovery process, or when you want to use links to specify that certain devices are dependent upon other devices. For more information on dependencies, see Using Notification Dependencies.

To add a link manually:

  1. Select two devices or networks. (The menu command is available only when two items are selected.) You can use Shift-click, Control-click, or you can click and drag to draw a box around the items you want to select.
  2. From the Insert menu, choose Link. A link appears between the selected items. The link is permanently attached, and remains connected when you move the items.

To remove a manually-added link:

Auto-Discover...


The Automatic Device Discovery window.

Use the Auto-Discover command to open the Automatic Device Discovery window. Using this command you can automatically find network devices such as routers, hosts, switches, hubs, servers, workstations, and place them on the map. Specify the kinds of devices InterMapper finds and the breadth of its search.

InterMapper uses a starting address and then scans for additional devices. By default, InterMapper starts with its router's address or its own IP address. You may, however, enter a different address or DNS name or WINS name (preceded by "\\") as a starting point. If InterMapper finds SNMP-speaking routers with connections on other networks, it searches those networks, hop-by-hop, finding more devices (and possibly more routers) until the specified hop limit is reached.

The Autodiscovery window shown above allows you to specify the starting address as well as specifying other options for the autodiscovery process.

Enter a starting host name, IP address, or IP subnet - Enter the name or address of a device that InterMapper should use to begin the autodiscovery process.

Specify a SNMP Community - Enter an additional SNMP Read-only community string to be used to interrogate all devices. (InterMapper always attempts to read SNMP information using the default 'public' community string. For more information, see SNMP Frequently-asked Questions.)

Stay within __ hops of starting device - Stops autodiscovery after InterMapper has searched the specified number of hops from the starting device.

Scan for devices on all networks - See Scan Network...below.

Edit Filters... - Click this button to open the Network Scanning window. See Scan Network... below.

Automatically Layout - Select this box to have the map laid out automatically (using the Organic layout.)

 

Scan Networks...


The Network Scanning dialog. Check a box to seek
the associated device.

The auto-discovery process also allows you to select which kinds of devices are to be added to the map. InterMapper applies a set of filters to the discovered devices. Only those that match the checked filters will be added to the map.

Click the Edit Filter... button, shown in the Automatic Device Discovery window above, or choose Scan Networks... from the Insert menu to open the Network Scanning window

Choose from these options:

Note:It is possible to choose options that result in InterMapper's attempting to discover everything on a network. On a small or medium-sized network, this might be a reasonable approach. On large networks, InterMapper may discover far too many devices to make a workable map.

 

Empty Probe Group...

Enter one or more addresses or domain names in the Add Probe Groups text box and click Add. An empty probe group is added for each name or address.

 

Text...


Add Text window. Enter text in the text box.
Use the text formatting controls to format the text.

Use the Text... command to place a block of text on a map at the location you choose.

To add a text object to a map:

  1. From the Insert menu, choose Text.... The Add Text window appears.
  2. Enter the text you want to add to your map.
  3. Use the formatting controls to format the text.
  4. Click OK. A text object appears on the map.
  5. Drag the text object to move it to the desired location.

Icon...

Use the Icon command to add an icon to a map. An icon inserted using this method is not associated with any device or network; it is simply a graphic element added to the map.

To add an icon to a map:

  1. With the map editable, choose Icon... from the Insert menu. The Select an Icon window appears.
  2. Choose an icon, and click OK. The icon appears in the map.

Map Benchmark

Use the Map Benchmark command to define the latitude and longitude of a point on a map. This is useful if you are placing devices on the map using geographic coordinates. Each device is located on the map in relation to the map's benchmarks.

Group

Use the Group command to create a probe group, a single device containing multiple probes. In order for the command to work, all selected devices must use the same IP address.

To create a probe group:

  1. Select the devices you want to group. All selected devices must have the same IP address.
  2. From the Insert menu, choose Group. The selected devices are "collapsed" into a single device, containing a probe for each selected device.

Note: A probe group counts as one device against your device count.

Un-Group

Use the Un-Group command to "explode" a probe group into individual devices.

To un-group a probe group:

  1. Select the group you want to un-group.
  2. From the Insert menu, choose Un-Group. The probe group is replaced by individual devices, each configured with one of the probes from the original group.

Note: Each device counts as one device against your device count.