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 | monitored objects. A warning zone helps you predict when a device or | 
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| Total Visibility of | You cannot always be scanning the Network Supervisor map for potential | 
| Network Activity | problems. You need another way of achieving total visibility of your | 
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 | Network Supervisor provides this with an Event List which logs all issues | 
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 | Network Supervisor’s Event List also lets you annotate events, adding | 
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 | This allows you to build a knowledgebase of your network, making | 
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 | recurring problems easier to identify and resolve. | 
| Immediate | You also need to be confident that you will know of network problems | 
| Notification of | before or at the same time as your users. | 
| Problems | Network Supervisor provides an alert system which ensures that you are | 
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| Setting up Network | These are the initial steps which provide the context for your network | 
| Supervisor for the | management: | 
| First Time | ■ Discovering and Mapping Your Network | 
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 | ■ Monitoring Core Devices and Links | 
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 | ■ Reacting to Network Events | 
| Discovering and | Network Supervisor incorporates an  | 
| Mapping Your | Wizard that guides you through the process of discovering the devices on | 
| Network | your network and determining the links between them. | 
You can choose to discover and map the local subnet, the whole network or specify a group of subnets (including ranges of devices within a subnet).
