Nortel Networks 214393-A manual Opening a device

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 23

Opening a device

“Opening” a device displays the device view, a picture of the device. To open the device view, you must enter community strings that determine the access level granted to the device.

Table 2 shows the default access community strings for the Device Manager software.

Table 2 SNMP community string default values

Access level	Description
Read-only	public
Read/write	private

To display the device view:

1Do one of the following:

•Choose Device > Open.

•Choose Device > Open Last, and select an IP address from the list.

•Click the folder icon in the Device Manager window.

•Press [Ctrl] + O.

The Open Device dialog box opens (Figure 3).

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