HP Netsight manual Device Timeout Windows

Creating Network Maps

If you have configured and activated the Autofill options (either via the Welcome Wizard

TIP or via the Tools—>Optionswindow), the autofill values you have set for IP address and community name display automatically in the appropriate fields. You can keep these options or replace them, as necessary.

5.If the device is successfully contacted, the Device Properties window, Figure 6-19(page 6-26), opens. Make any changes to the properties, as desired, then click on OK. The arrow pointer will become a crosshair cursor; click the cursor in the active map window to place the new icon.

If the device cannot be contacted, the Insert Device window will expand to display the Timeout and Retry counters, and a message window opens (as illustrated in Figure 6-18).

If the selected device does not respond within the defined number of retries, you will be given the option to create a PING device.

Figure 6-18. Device Timeout Windows

If you click Yes, the Device Properties window opens, and you can add an Unnamed PING device to your map. If you click No, no new device will be added.

You can change the icon assigned to an Unnamed PING Device so that it more accurately

TIP reflects the actual device being monitored; see Editing Device Properties in Chapter 4, List Views, for details.

If the device you are adding is already part of the database, a message window displays after you close the Properties window, indicating that the selected node already exists. Click OK, and a crosshair cursor displays allowing you to place the icon; there is no restriction on placing duplicate copies of the same icon in a single map or on multiple maps.

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