HP Netsight manual Description, Address

Tree Views

•Unknown (Blue) - NetSight Element Manager has not yet contacted the node, or has not determined whether that contact was successful. A node icon is blue only temporarily, while NetSight Element Manager determines whether contact can be made: if contact is successfully made, the icon will turn green; if not, it will turn red. Performing an individual node status query (using the Manage—>Query Status option from the primary window menu bar, or the Query Status option available from the right-mouse menu) will temporarily turn a node status icon blue, while the status query is being made.

•Normal (Green) - NetSight Element Manager is successfully communicating with the represented node, and the node is operating properly on the network.

•Undefined (Gray) - Polling has been disabled, and the node’s current status is not known.

Name

This column displays the user-defined name of the node. You can assign a name for the node in the General properties page in the Device Properties window. By default, devices will display any configured MIB II sysName value. You can choose to have the name displayed at the root of the tree, see Selecting Node Information to Display, page 5-8, for more information.

NOTE

Changing a node’s name via its Properties window changes only the information in the central node database; no name changes are set at the device. If you wish to leave the MIB II sysName displayed, and assign an additional label, use the Label field described below. For more information on configuring node properties — including setting both Name and Label values — see Editing Device Properties in Chapter 4, List Views.

Label

Displays a user-set alias for a node; no default label is provided.

Description

Displays the descriptive information assigned to the node. By default, this field will display the sysDescr value configured at the device (which typically includes the model name of the node and the version number of its firmware image), but you can assign a new description to a node via its Properties window. For more information about configuring node properties, see Chapter 4, List Views.

Address

Displays the IP (Internet Protocol) address for the device.

Time of Last Contact

Lists the date and time of NetSight Element Manager’s last successful contact with the node.

System Up Time

The length of time the device has been operating since its last boot up, displayed in a days, HH:MM:SS format.

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