User Preferences
You can change the look of the OmniVista Cirrus User Interface, the colors displayed in OmniVista Cirrus charts, and enable login history storage for your account.
Open the User Profile Menu by clicking on your name in the upper-right corner of any screen. Select My Profile to bring up the Account Information Screen.
Click on Appearance to bring up the Appearance screen to change the look and feel of the user interface.
Click on Settings to bring up the Settings screen to enable/disable login history storage for your account and specify the preferred naming convention to use for displaying the Friendly Name for a device.
Appearance
You can change the User Interface appearance from this screen.
Theme
By default, the OmniVista R10 User Interface colors are set to an Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise look (purple and grey). You can change the basic colors to your preference by selecting this option and clicking Save. The change takes effect immediately. You can revert back at any time.
Display Mode
By default, the left-hand-side menu (OmniVista Cirrus Menu) expands and contracts when you hover the mouse over the area (“Collapsed”). You can change the behavior to display an expanded menu at all times by selecting the “Extended” option. The change takes effect immediately. You can change back at any time.
Menu Location
By default, the OmniVista Cirrus Menu appears on the left side of the screen. You can change the location of this menu by selecting left or top and clicking Save. The change takes effect immediately. You can revert back at any time.
Table Row Height
Tables in OmniVista Cirrus provide an overview of information that can be sorted and filtered. For example, the Device Catalog displays a list of network devices. You can change the height of table rows by selecting Reduced (the default) or Expanded and clicking Save. The change takes effect immediately. You can revert back at any time.
Color theme for charts
By default, a primary color theme is applied. Pie, Line, and Bar Charts will take this theme for their display. You can also select another color theme based on a purple gradient.
 Primary color theme |  Purple Gradient theme |
Color theme for severity
The color theme for severity specifies the colors to use to highlight the different severity levels. For example, the color to use for Major, Minor, Warning, Critical, and Normal. Severity levels are indicated in certain tables, such as the Events List table. You can change the color theme for severity by selecting a color for one or more of the severity levels and clicking Save. The change takes effect immediately. You can revert back at any time.
Settings
You can modify the user information from this screen.
Set Up Login History
By default, login history information for your account is not stored. Click on the Store Login History slider to enable storage of login history information. Click Save to save the change.
Preferred Device Naming
You can change the network device naming convention to suit your preference. By default, IP Address (System Name) is the convention used in Omni Vista R10. The other naming conventions you can use are:
MAC Address
System Name
IP Address (System Name) ( Default)
System Name (IP Address)
IP Address
Mesh Level: IP Address (System Name)