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IETF C8f Network Controllers

This table contains the IETF C8f IP network controllers for this topology.

Columns

Name Description
Num. elements discovered Number of elements discovered in the last call of topology discovery
Identifier A unique identifier set to the element, and never changed
Description A user-defined text description (potentially long) that can be assigned to this element
Attributes User-defined attributes associated to this element
TCP port The TCP port where the SDN controller is listening
IP address The IP address or DNS of the machine hosting the SDN controller, exposiing its North Bound Interface
JSON An optional JSON content describing this element
External links Indicates if this element has one or more user-defined external URLs associated to it. If so, when the user clicks this cell, and selects the URL (if more than one), a navigator is launched and the URL page is shown. External links are not editable in the GUI, but via API.
Tags User-defined tags associated to this element
Name A user-defined name (typically short) that can be assigned to this element
Last topology discovery Last execution of topology discovery

Views

Name Columns Description
Full view Identifier, Name, Description, ExternalLinks, IpAddress, TcpPort, Num.ElementsDiscovered, LastTopologyDiscovery, Tags, Attributes, Json This table view corresponds to a view with all the table columns. In some occassions, this may imply an impractically large number of columns for human inspection.
Description & tags & attributes Identifier, Name, Description, ExternalLinks, Tags, Attributes, Json Columns associated to side information like element names, descriptions, user associated tags or attributes
Default view Identifier, Name, IpAddress, TcpPort, Num.ElementsDiscovered, LastTopologyDiscovery, Tags This table view corresponds to a subset of columns selected as representative for a default table view. They typically include the most typical required values

Table right-click menu

  • Set for selected elements...: Menu with options for setting values to different parameters of the selected elements
    • Value at column 'Identifier': This option sets the value at column 'Identifier'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Identifier' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Identifier' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'Name': This option sets the value at column 'Name'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Name' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Name' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'Description': This option sets the value at column 'Description'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Description' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Description' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'IP address': This option sets the value at column 'IP address'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'IP address' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'IP address' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'TCP port': This option sets the value at column 'TCP port'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'TCP port' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'TCP port' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
  • Remove: Different remove options
    • Selected elements: Remove elements: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • All table elements: Remove elements: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
  • Tags: Different menu options related to user-defined tags
    • Add tag: Adds a user-defined tag to the indicated elements
    • Remove tag: Removes a user-defined tag from the indicated elements
    • Remove all tags: For all the indicated elements, all their tags are removed
  • Attributes: Different menu options related to user-defined attributes
    • Add attribute: Adds a user-defined attribute (key-value pair) to all the selected elements. Any attribute with the same key is replaced by the new value.
    • Remove attribute: Removes a user-defined attribute (key-value pair) from all the selected elements.
    • Remove all attributes: Removes all the user-defined attributes (key-value pair) from the indicated elements.