Overview

The SYSTEM PROJECT pane opens when you open a system project. You can reopen the pane by using the Views menu in the toolbar.

It lets you view, create, organize, and/or interact with the following objects of the system project:

You can view and configure properties of each object by selecting it and perform other actions by opening its context menu.

SYSTEM PROJECT Pane General Description

The following figure shows an example of the SYSTEM PROJECT pane and the nodes that it contains.

Item

Description

1

Search field. Enter one or more terms separated by a space and the pane displays objects whose name contains any of these terms. Objects are displayed with their parent structure.

2

System project node, which indicates the name of the system project that is open.

Right-click the system project node to open a context menu.

3

Topology node (root folder).

4

Logical Networks root node.

5

Physical Views root node.

System Project Node Actions

The table describes the commands of the context menu of the system project node.

Command

Description

Open Logical Network View

Opens the LOGICAL NETWORK VIEW, which lets you view and edit communication attributes of devices of the system project.

Open DHCP View

Opens the DHCP VIEW, which lets you view and modify the DHCP client/server relation of devices of the system project that feature the DHCP service.

Open Access Control View

Opens the ACCESS CONTROL VIEW, which lets you view and edit which devices are authorized to communicate with devices of the system project that manage security attributes. It lets you also manage their communication protocols.

Open With

Opens a submenu containing a list of views that you can open for the system project.

Export

Opens the Export dialog box, which lets you export the system project.

Lock

Locks the system project so that other users cannot modify it.

Unlock

Unlocks the system project that you had locked so that other users can modify it.