50Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager

Table 8 Preferences dialog box items (continued)

Section

Item

Description

 

 

 

Map

Layout

Drag the slider to the right (better) or to the left

 

 

(faster) to indicate how you want Optivity

 

 

Switch Manager to lay out devices in the

 

 

network topology map. Refer to “Layout slider”

 

 

on page 52 for more information.

 

 

 

 

Show Device by

Determines how a device is identified in the

 

 

network topology map. The selections are:

 

 

HostName

 

 

SysName

 

 

IP Address (Default)

 

 

 

 

Trim HostName Domains

Truncates Internet host name domains.

 

 

Example: nortelnetworks.com becomes

 

 

nortelnetworks

 

 

 

 

Non-highlighted area

Allows you to select an option for viewing

 

 

inactive devices. The options are:

 

 

Dimmed–Non-highlighted items are

 

 

 

shaded. (Default)

 

 

Invisible–Removes non-highlighted items

 

 

 

from the topology map.

 

 

 

 

Automatically Save on Exit

If checked, the current network topology map

 

 

is automatically saved to the default.topo file.

 

 

 

 

Automatically Relayout

If checked, the network topology map is

 

after discovery

adjusted for better viewing as it is loaded in

 

 

Optivity Switch Manager.

 

 

 

 

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