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Cisco WAN Manager User’s Guide
Version 10.5, Part Number 78-12945-01 Rev. D0, August 2003
Chapter4 Connection Manager Starting Connection Manager
Menu Bar
The Connection Manager menu bar provides actions that you can select by pulling down the menu and
clicking on the desired action. The following menus and submenus are available:
•File
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New CM GUI—Opens a new instance of Connection Manager application. You can have up to
four instances of the Connection Manager running at any one time on a workstation.
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New Connections—Displays a list of available connecti o n t y pe s from which to select w he n
adding a new connecti on .
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Close—When you are running multiple instances of the Connec tio n Manager, selecting this
action closes the current Connection Manager main window. If you are running only one
instance, selecting this ac tio n returns you to the CW M ma i n m en u.
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Exit—Exits the Connection M an a g er ap p lic ation.
•Edit
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Filters—Displays the Filter S ett ings Dialog Box.
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Delete Template—Displays the Delete Template Dialog Box that lists the temp lates that can be
deleted.
•View
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XPVC Segments—Displays the XPVC Connection and Segm en t s w in dow.
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Alarm Console—Displays the Alarm Console log.
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MultiCast Group—Displa ys members of the Mult iC as t G r ou p.
•Diagnostic
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Test Connection—Tests the integrity of a connection between a card and the rem ote end within
the WAN switching network by sending a single collection of supervisory cells to the remote
end. The terminal displays only a pa ss or fail message.
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Test D ela y—Externa lly t es t s th e i n tegr it y of a connection by send in g a si ngle collection of
supervisory cells to the remote en d of the network and back. The termin al displays a passor fail
message and the round tri p time in milliseconds.
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Search option
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Connection Trace—Displays connection trace informatio n .
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Detailed Status—Displays detailed status and configuration information for a specified group.
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Reroute—Displays the reroute ti mer settings.
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Connection Up—Allows you to up a connection.
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Connection Down—Allows you to down a connection.
Note When trying to start Bert thro ugh the BERT GUI, the GUI allows you to change parameters that are not
applicable to AXSM-E T1 lines. From the GUI, the only conf igurable parameters are Inverse pattern at
TX, Inverse pattern at Rx, and Insert constant-rate error for AXSM-E T-1 lines.The other parameters
should not be modified.
•Help
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Help—Displays Connecti o n M a nager version infor m at ion.