Chapter 3 Switch Manager

Table 8 EMS Main Screen Overview

 

ELEMENT

FUNCTION

1

Menu Shortcut Bar

Use these buttons to execute common commands quickly. Hold the

 

 

cursor over an icon to see a tool tip.

 

 

The CRI, MAJ, MIN and INF buttons are colored if a related event log

 

 

has not been acknowledged yet. The event status is updated every 30

 

 

seconds.

 

 

 

2

Device List Panel

View devices in a tree structure. The colors of the device icons indicate

 

 

the status of the devices. Refer to the document that comes with

 

 

SNMPc for more information.

 

 

Click on a device to retrieve updated information from the device.

 

 

Double-click on a device to update device information to the EMS

 

 

database.

 

 

 

3

Alarm Severity Icons

These icons indicate the presence of any alarm/event logs. Click on an

 

 

active icon to view the Event Log screen.

 

 

 

4

Device Panel

This is a graphical device display. Double-click on a switch to display

 

 

the EMS GUI management window for the switch.

 

 

 

5

System Message Panel

View the alarm statusA and port status of the selected switch.

A.Not available on all models at the time of writing.

3.2Device List and Icon Colors

In the Device List and Device panels, the colors of the device indicate the status of the represented devices stored in the database. The colors and the event status correspond to the settings in SNMPc. To update the device status, double-click on a device icon.

Figure 14 Device List and Icon Colors: Example

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