additional information about the element, it marks it as generic with a question mark over the element.

For example, assume you have a switch with 10 "discovered" elements. The management server detected these elements by looking at the ports on the switch and determined the type of element connected. "Discovered" elements appear with a question mark above their icon in the topology. The question mark indicates the management server has detected the element, but it cannot obtain additional information. To learn how to use this feature, see ”Hiding Generic Hosts for a Switch” on page 257.

•Hide Generic Hosts for the Switch: This feature hides unnamed generic hosts within a domain. To learn how to use this feature, see ”Hiding Generic Hosts for All Switches” on page 258.

Hiding Generic Hosts for a Switch

Simplify your topology by hiding unnamed generic hosts connected to a switch. If you have an unnamed generic host connected to more than one switch and you want to hide the generic element, you must repeat the following steps for each switch connected to the generic host. You can hide all unnamed generic hosts at once by using the Hide Generic Hosts for All Switches feature. See ”Hiding Generic Hosts for All Switches” on page 258 for more information.

NOTE: This feature only pertains to unnamed generic hosts. If you name a generic host, you cannot use this feature to hide the named host. The hide generic element feature also does not work for grouped unnamed generic hosts and missing elements. To learn how to give a custom name to an unnamed generic host, see ”Assigning a Custom Name” on page 277. To learn more about groups, see the topic, ”About Groups” on page 252.

To hide generic hosts connected to a switch:

1.Right-click the switch.

2.Select Discovered Element > Hide Generic Hosts for the Switch from the drop-down menu.

A "+" icon is added to icon of the switch you right-clicked to indicate it has hidden generic hosts.

Expanding Generic Hosts for a Switch

NOTE: This feature only pertains to unnamed generic hosts. If you name a generic host, you cannot use this feature to hide the named host. The hide generic element feature also does not work for grouped unnamed generic hosts and missing elements. To learn how to give a custom name to an unnamed generic host, see ”Assigning a Custom Name” on page 277. To learn more about groups, see the topic, ”About Groups” on page 252.

Use the Expand Generic Hosts for the Switch feature to display hidden generic hosts. The hidden generic hosts are displayed in the upper-right corner of the topology if you select

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