Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Third-party tools, About third-party tools

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Third-party tools	11

In this chapter

•About third-party tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

•Starting third-party tools from the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

•Launching a Telnet session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

•Launching HCM Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

•Adding a tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

•Entering the server IP address of a tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

•Adding an option to the Tools menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

•Changing an option on the Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

•Removing an option from the Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

•Changing an option on a device’s shortcut menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

•Removing an option from a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

About third-party tools

NOTE

Installing tools is only available with the Trial and Licensed version versions.

You can open other software products (such as, Firefox, Windows Explorer, Web Tools, Element Managers, FCR Configuration, HCM Agent and so on) you frequently use from the Tools menu or shortcut menus.

You can add third-party tools to the Tools menu or shortcut menus to open other software products (such as, Firefox, Windows Explorer, Web Tools, Element Managers, FCR Configuration, HCM Agent and so on) you frequently use.

Starting third-party tools from the application

You can open third-party tools from the Tools menu or a device’s shortcut menu. Remember that you cannot open a tool that is not installed on your computer. You must install the tool on your computer and add the tool to the Tools menu or the device’s shortcut menu.

NOTE

Installing tools is only available with the Trial and Licensed version versions.

To open an application, complete the following steps.

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