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3. Choose "Exit" to quit the application.

1.The Status Bar feature is enabled (with a checkbox) as the system default value. When enabled, a helpful message about the selected menu bar option is displayed at the bottom of the LiveGateway SNMP Manager window. To disable the status bar display, select and click the Status Bar option from the View menu. When the checkmark is not displayed, the Status Bar feature is disabled.

2.Choose "Refresh" to read and refresh the displayed status of the LiveGateway servers.

1.Choose "Open Server..." to display information from the server, and allow operations to be performed on the server.

2.Choose "Add Server..." to add a new LiveGateway Server to the list of servers.

3.Choose "Modify Server..." to modify the name, address or SNMP parameters of the selected server.

4.Choose "Remove Server..." to remove one or more of the selected servers from the list.

1.Choose "Help Topics..." to display a list of help topics for the LiveGateway SNMP Manager.

2.Choose "Using Help..." to display instructions about how to use the Microsoft Help system.

3.Choose "About GwSnmpMgr..." to display program information, version number and copyright information.

The main portion of the window lists the LiveGateway servers currently accessible from the LiveGateway SNMP Manager. The server information displayed in this window provides the following information for each server:

•Name

•Address

•Status

•Boards

The first time you access the LiveGateway SNMP Manager, the list in this window will be empty and you will have to add servers as described in Adding LiveGateway Servers.

Saving the Window Layout & Position

The LiveGateway SNMP Manager window can be resized and moved on the desktop like other Windows-based applications. You can also adjust the width of the Name/Address/Status/Boards columns displayed in the window.

To resize the LiveGateway SNMP Manager window, drag a side or corner of the window to resize it.

To adjust the width of the Name/Address/Status/Boards columns, move the mouse between the border of adjacent column heading cells until the pointer changes to a double-arrow. When the cursor is a double-arrow, drag the cursor to change the width of the selected column.

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3.1 specifications

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