54Understanding the Device Manager window
Device Manager buttons
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Apply | Applies the changes you have entered in fields on a tab or |
| dialog box. The button is dimmed until you change a parameter. |
| Changes are displayed as bold text or numbers. |
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Insert | Opens a dialog box to create a new entry for a table; then from |
| the dialog box, inserts the new entry in the table. |
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Delete | Deletes a selected entry. |
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Refresh | Refreshes the information in the window. Every time you click on |
| Refresh, new information is polled from the switch and displayed. |
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Close | Closes the tab or dialog box and disregards any changes you |
| have made to fields. |
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Help | Opens |
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Resize | Resizes table columns to fit the data in them. |
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Stop | Stops the current action (polling). |
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Copy | Copies selected items to your computer’s memory clipboard. |
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Paste | Pastes the contents of your computer’s clipboard. |
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Reset | Resets any configuration values you have changed back to their |
changes | original value. |
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Export data | Allows you to copy data to external media. |
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Print Table | Prints the contents of any table that is displayed. |
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Graph | Graphs selected data. |
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Export (on | Saves the current table in ASCII format in a file you specify. The |
Graph dialog | table contains tabs so you can then import this file into a text |
boxes) | editor or spreadsheet for further analysis. |
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Print (on | Prints the current table. |
Graph dialog |
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Editing objects
You can edit objects and values from Device Manager in the following ways:
•Select an object; from the Device Manager toolbar click Edit Selected. The edit dialog box opens for that object.
•From the shortcut menu for a chassis, card, port, or any other object, choose Edit.
The edit dialog box opens for that object.
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Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Fundamentals — Using Device Manager
4.21 October 2007
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