HP Network Direr Software Products Navigating to Event Sources in the Map, Database Status Bar

332CHAPTER 8: THE EVENT LOG

The first status bar is shown above the Events table, and contains details of the filter that is currently being used:

Figure 155 Filter Status Bar

See “Filter Status Bar” on page 343 for details of the values that may be displayed in this status bar and their meanings.

The second status bar is shown at the bottom of the Events window, below the Events list:

Figure 156 Database Status Bar

The left-hand side of this status bar indicates whether or not an operation is in progress. This may show the following:

Updating…: The Events list is in the process of being updated. Events are being retrieved from the events database, filtered and, if they match the filter, added to the list.

Ready: The Events list is not being updated and, unless you interrupted the update using View > Stop, shows all events that match the current filter. See “Refreshing the Events List” on page 336 for more information on interrupting event list updates.

The right-hand side of the status bar indicates the number of events shown in the events list and also, if the list is filtered on any fields, the total number of events in the database.

Working With Events Events may be used in many ways within 3Com Network Director, providing a powerful tool for network management. The following sections provide details of various operations that you may perform with events to obtain the most benefit from them.

Navigating to Event Sources in the Map

Every monitor-based or SNMP trap-based event has an event source associated with it, this being the device or link that the event was