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Telnet and Web links to Node lists

Hi all, does anyone know if it's possible to add telnet and or web links to the Node List - Custom Grouping and Filtering view, instead of just taking you directly to the device in Solarwinds?

Cheers

John

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Network_Guru

You can add a custom property to the nodes table which has the links you want to associate with each node. Then add that property to the Node List - Custom Grouping and Filtering view. As long as the property is in http format, you should be able to use this as a hyperlink.
I have not tried this myself, as I just use the telnet link on the Node Details page,
but I don't see why this wouldn't work.

-=Cheers=-
NG

dimonet

Call support. There is an unsupported add on you can download called "Advanced node details" it's not up on the website but it has been around since 6.4 . You simply drop it into your resources folder and change your node details view to advanced node details and the there will be a web and telnet link to every device right from the node details. You can further edit the code to add an https:// link for port 443. E-mail me if you have any questions I can help you out.

iunderwo

John,

It -is- possible to do this, but you'll need to customize a resource that would be used exclusively for telnet/web access to the devices.

What I've done, is added a resource to my node devices to telnet over, if the node is being SNMP managed (which means I own it):

c:\inetpub\SolarWinds\NetPerfMon\Resources\9-1-Miscellaneous\70-Access.Resource
//start


<!-- Title=Node Access -->
<!--#include Virtual=/NetPerfMon/scripts/Resource.asp -->

<%
	Title="System Access"
	SubTitle="Managed Device Access"
	HelpPage="Node-Details"

	NodeType=Node.GetProperty("ObjectSubType")

	DoResourceHeader
%>

<% If Node Is Nothing Then %>

<span class="Text"><font color="red"><b>A Network Node was not selected</b></span>

<% Else %>

<table width="100%">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="4">
    <table border="0" cellPadding="2" cellSpacing="0" width="100%">
      <tr>
        <td class="Property" width="10"> </td>

	<% If NodeType="SNMP" Then %>
        <td class="Property"><a href="telnet://<%=Node.GetProperty("IP_Address")%>">
          Telnet to <b><%=Node.GetProperty("DNS")%></b> (<%=Node.GetProperty("IP_Address")%>)</a></td>
	<% Else %>
        <td class="Property">No Access to Unmanaged Device</td>
        <% End If %>

      </tr>
    </table>
  </tr>
</table>

<% End If %>

<br>

//end

Hope that helps.

// Ian Underwood - Service Management
// Level 3 Communications

iunderwo

Maybee SW can find a few extra minutes to upgrade to a newer Snitz Forum so that code snippets can appear correctly.

// Ian Underwood - Service Management
// Level 3 Communications

BryanBecker

I downloaded the updated Advanced Node Details from the site and it works. I was wondering how I could get it to call a different program then the standard telnet.exe? We use SecureCRT on our machines and it supports command line but I don't seem to be able to get it to work.

Any thoughts?

iunderwo

I haven't looked at the advanced node details, but if you're using a telnet:// URL, then it should automatically redirect to SecureCRT if everything is configured correctly.

// Ian Underwood - Service Management
// Level 3 Communications

dimonet

Indeed in windows if you have a telnet client installed and set as your default it should use that program to connect when you click the link.

Network_Guru

This is another way of creating custom links to applications.
Have a look at this link:

www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp

-=Cheers=-
NG

John

Thanks for your help guys

Cheers

John