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3In the Read Community and Write Community text boxes, type the proper community strings (Table 2 on page 32).

Note: To gain Read-Write-All access to a device in Device Manager, you must enter the Read-Write-All community string for both the Read Community and Write Community strings.

4Click Open.

Device Manager automatically determines what version of software the selected device is running and displays the appropriate Device Manager dialog boxes. The Device Manager window opens, showing a picture of the device (Figure 6) that represents the physical features of the device.

Figure 6 Device view

Device Manager window

The Device Manager window (Figure 7) has the following parts:

Menu bar

Toolbar

Device view

Status bar

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Nortel Networks 209321-A manual Device Manager window, Device view