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230CHAPTER 6: VIEWING DEVICE DETAILS

Key Concepts

Items Supported by the Properties Dialog Box

This section outlines the key concepts of working with the Properties dialog box in 3Com Network Director.

3Com Network Director can display the properties of any item on the network map. This includes:

■Nodes — a node is an object on the network map that represents a single physical entity. Examples of nodes in 3Com Network Director are:

■Device — a node that provides repeating, switching or routing capabilities for example a hub, switch, router, or bridge.

■End-station— a node that does not have repeating, switching or routing capabilities for example any PC, Unix workstation, server, or other client machine attached to the network.

■Phone — a node that has voice over IP (VoIP) capability.

■Subnets — a subnet is a section of the network in which all devices have an IP address within a defined range.

■Device Groups — a group represents one or several devices and links that were grouped using the Edit > Group Devices menu option.

■Clouds — a cloud corresponds to an area of the network map for which 3Com Network Director lacks topology information.

■Links — a link represents the physical connection between two network nodes.

■Layer-3 Connection — a layer-3 connection represents the logical connectivity between a router or layer-3 switch and a subnet.

See Chapter 5 for more information.

Components

Launching the After you have discovered the network and 3Com Network Director has Properties Dialog Box created the network map you can view the properties for one or several

items on network.