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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.

 

 

You can easily change the way objects are grouped. See Chapter 4,

 

 

“Grouping Network Devices in the Map” for further information about

 

 

grouping devices.

 

 

 

To expand a group in the Object List and view its contents, click the plus

 

 

sign (+) next to a group. Traffix Manager automatically expands the

 

 

hierarchy of objects in the Object List only. To collapse a group, click the

 

 

minus sign (–) next to the group.

 

 

Main Window

This section contains a quick reference guide to the menu options in the

Reference

 

main window.

 

Table 4 Traffix Manager Main Window Menu Options

 

 

 

 

Menu

Option

 

Function

 

 

 

 

File

Load Traffic...

 

Launches the Load Traffic dialog box from which you can

 

 

 

specify a time range of data to load into the client.

 

User Authorization...

Launches the User Authorization dialog box which displays

 

 

 

all users who have a client running. Also allows you to

 

 

 

change between Traffix administrator and read-only user.

 

Print...

 

Launches the standard Printer Options dialog box from

 

 

 

which you can output the contents of the main window to

 

 

 

a printer or file.

 

Exit

 

Exits the Traffix Manager client.

Edit

Find…

 

Launches the Find Object dialog box from which you search

 

 

 

for objects in the Object List.

 

Attributes…

 

Launches the Attribute dialog box from which you add

 

 

 

device attributes and assign attribute values to the selected

 

 

 

devices.

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