Creating custom device templates for a topology map

Preconfigured custom devices can be added to the Topology map editor palette. This videos shows how create custom devices and how to use them when creating a topology map. A custom device can include

• Device Image
• Session profiles
• Extra properties
• Cards, ports and other sub components

The steps for creating custom devices for the Topology Map editor are:

1. Create a new topology
2. Add a new device drawer (right-hand mouse click the palette, New>Drawer, Apply)
3. Add devices and edit them to contain the configurations you want (session profiles, card/ports, images, extra properties)
4. Open this document in a text editor
5. Copy the <resource...> .. </resource> corresponding to the first device (noting that devices can themselves contain 'resource' tags)
6. Add a device to the topology drawer (right-hand mouse click the new drawer, New>TBML Template)
7. Paste in the <resource...> stuff from above in the template field.
8. Repeat for each device