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■Map — Contains a graphical representation of the network, showing the hierarchy of objects and the traffic flowing between them.
■Graph Panel — Shows the most significant network activity of the currently selected objects in graphical form. See Chapter 8, “Displaying Traffic in Graphs”, for further information about graphing.
Grouping of Objects Within the Object List and the Map, objects are grouped in a hierarchy. By default, objects are grouped according to their DNS attributes.
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| To expand a group in the Object List and view its contents, click the plus | |
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| sign (+) next to a group. Traffix Manager automatically expands the | |
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| hierarchy of objects in the Object List only. To collapse a group, click the | |
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Main Window | This section contains a quick reference guide to the menu options in the | ||
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Table 4 Traffix Manager Main Window Menu Options | |||
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File | Load Traffic... |
| Launches the Load Traffic dialog box from which you can |
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| specify a time range of data to load into the client. |
| User Authorization... | Launches the User Authorization dialog box which displays | |
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| all users who have a client running. Also allows you to |
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| change between Traffix administrator and |
| Print... |
| Launches the standard Printer Options dialog box from |
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| a printer or file. |
| Exit |
| Exits the Traffix Manager client. |
Edit | Find… |
| Launches the Find Object dialog box from which you search |
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| for objects in the Object List. |
| Attributes… |
| Launches the Attribute dialog box from which you add |
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| device attributes and assign attribute values to the selected |
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| devices. |
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