Nortel Networks NN46225-300 manual Editing objects, Device Manager buttons Button Description

54Understanding the Device Manager window

Device Manager buttons

Button	Description
Apply	Applies the changes you have entered in fields on a tab or
	dialog box. The button is dimmed until you change a parameter.
	Changes are displayed as bold text or numbers.
Insert	Opens a dialog box to create a new entry for a table; then from
	the dialog box, inserts the new entry in the table.
Delete	Deletes a selected entry.
Refresh	Refreshes the information in the window. Every time you click on
	Refresh, new information is polled from the switch and displayed.
Close	Closes the tab or dialog box and disregards any changes you
	have made to fields.
Help	Opens context-sensitive online Help.
Resize	Resizes table columns to fit the data in them.
Columns
Stop	Stops the current action (polling).
Copy	Copies selected items to your computer’s memory clipboard.
Paste	Pastes the contents of your computer’s clipboard.
Reset	Resets any configuration values you have changed back to their
changes	original value.
Export data	Allows you to copy data to external media.
Print Table	Prints the contents of any table that is displayed.
Graph	Graphs selected data.
Export (on	Saves the current table in ASCII format in a file you specify. The
Graph dialog	table contains tabs so you can then import this file into a text
boxes)	editor or spreadsheet for further analysis.
Print (on	Prints the current table.
Graph dialog
boxes)

Editing objects

You can edit objects and values from Device Manager in the following ways:

•Select an object; from the Device Manager toolbar click Edit Selected. The edit dialog box opens for that object.

•From the shortcut menu for a chassis, card, port, or any other object, choose Edit.

The edit dialog box opens for that object.

•Double-click an object.

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Fundamentals — Using Device Manager

NN46225-300 02.02 Standard

4.21 October 2007

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