Re-augmentation feature allows you to add a node back to network topology which was removed manually (from topology) when the communication status of that node became unavailable.
Perform the following steps to re-augment a node in Topology:
Go to Topology menu and click Topology View option. Topology View window is displayed.
Click Network View (Nodes)tab and select the desired partition from the left hand pane.
Select the TL between the nodes where the desired node has to be re-augmented. The TL should be on the same Ethernet ports as in previous topology.
Do one of the following:
Right-click and select the option Augment Node.
Select . The Augment Node / Node Insertion pane is displayed in Augment Node browser window.
Select Re-augmentation check box and do one of the following:
Select the Node check box and enter the IP address of the node desire to re-augment in IP field.
Enter the node label in the IP field.
Click Search. All free ports on the node are listed under Free Ports.
First nominate the west port on the node by selecting a port under Free Ports and clicking Select West Port, followed by nominating the east port by selecting another port and clicking Select East Port. Ports selected will get displayed under West Info and East Info section respectively as shown in the following figure. User can undo the port selection by clicking on Unpair button and selecting the port(s) again:
Select whether the creation of West Node TL and East Node TL will be OFFLINE or ONLINE. 'Offline' means the information about the TL (being created) will be on NMS and EMS only, 'Online' means the information will be on EMS, NMS and Node.
Click Reaugment Node. A message Do you want to start Node Augmentation now? is displayed.
. The Augment Node / Node Insertion pane is displayed in Augment Node browser window.