RingMaster Management Guide - Juniper Networks

Working with Network Plans
A network plan is identified by a button in the Organizer panel of the RingMaster Client main window.
A network plan is at the top of a hierarchy containing all sites and system elements of a network, each
with an icon that allows selection of configuration and operational settings, monitoring, etc. Network
elements include MXs, AP access points and optionally, third-party access points. You must create a
network plan before you can configure or manage MXs or monitor network data.
A network plan allows modular management of large networks based on organizational or
geographical boundaries. For example, a network plan can represent a campuswide network. If you
install a license RingMaster key for RF planning, you can define a physical representation of network
sites, buildings, and floors. You can import drawings of floor plans into a network plan or draw plan
details manually. You can identify RF characteristics by importing data from a site survey or manually
by identifying RF objects. You should limit a network plan to a single campus or Mobility Domain
(Trapeze network domain).
Regulatory limits for 802.11 radios very in different countries. Setting a country code in a network plan
enforces appropriate regulatory limits for configured radios. The greatest geographical scope for a
network plan is a country, because a network plan is based on one country code.
Managing Network Plans
After creating a network plan, you can save, close, open, or delete it. You can also share a network
plan with others.
Saving a Plan
When you create a network plan and save changes, a directory with the same name as the network
plan is created in the config-db directory of the RingMaster installation directory on the RingMaster
Services host. Each time you save a configuration change, RingMaster saves changes to a network
plan. You do not need to explicitly save a network plan itself. However, if a network plan has unsaved
changes when you select to exit RingMaster or close a network plan, RingMaster displays a prompt
asking if you want to save or discard changes, or cancel the request. (See “Saving or Discarding
Configuration Changes” in the publication RingMaster Configuration Guide.) (In addition to this
section, see “Managing Network Plans” in the publication RingMaster Management Guide.)
You should regularly back up the config-db directory so that you have additional copies of your
network plans.
If a plan has unsaved changes and RingMaster Services becomes unavailable before the changes are
saved, RingMaster Client buffers the changes until RingMaster Services becomes available again.
However, for the changes to be buffered, you must leave your RingMaster Client session open and leave
the network plan open.
Saving a Network Plan with a New Name
You can save a network plan with a new name by using the Save As feature.
To save a network plan with a new name:
1. Select Services > Plan Management to access the RingMaster Plan Management page in
your default browser.
2. Click Save As in the left column to display the Save As Network Plan page.
3. In the Network Plan Name field, type a name for the network plan. You can use 1 to 60
alphanumeric characters, with no spaces, tabs, or any of the following: slash (/), backslash (\),
quotation marks (“ ”), asterisk (*), question mark (?), angle brackets (< >), or vertical bar (|).
To place the name of an existing plan into the Network Plan Name field, click the button next
to the name of the network plan, and then click Select.
4. Click Save to save the network plan with the new name.
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