Chapter 8 Performance

Table 39 Edit Table Entry (continued)

COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

Variable Set

Each variable value has a small Set button to the right. Click this Set button to

Button

perform an SNMP set on only one variable. Set buttons are grayed for variables that

 

are read-only.

 

 

Previous/Next

Each page shows up to ten variables. The page number and total number of pages

Page Buttons

are displayed in the top right corner. Use the >> button to move to the next page and

 

click the << button to move to the previous page.

 

 

Expand

Click the Expand button to expand the view of the active variable value edit box.

 

First click on the edit box, then select the Expand button.

 

 

First

Click the First button to obtain the first entry of the table from the node. The variable

 

values will be updated. You do not need to enter index values - they will be ignored.

 

 

Get

Click the Get button to obtain the selected table entry. Enter all of the index values

 

to select a table entry. If you have already displayed an entry, and perhaps modified

 

the value boxes, you can Click the Get button to refresh the variable values.

 

 

Next

Click the Next button to obtain the next entry of the table from the node, using an

 

SNMP GetNext operation. The variable values are updated. If there are no more

 

entries in the table, a message is displayed. You can specify a starting point for the

 

GetNext by entering index values. You do not need to enter all index values, but if

 

you enter the Nth index value, you must also enter the 1st through (N-1)th index

 

values.

 

 

Stop

Click the Stop button to abort the current SNMP operation. This button can be used

 

to stop a command when a node is not responding and you don't want to wait for the

 

timeout period.

 

 

Set All

Click the Set All button to set all writable variable values to the node. You must enter

 

all of the index values (those with an asterisk to the right of the variable name) to

 

select the table entry. If you do not know the proper index values, you can first find

 

the entry you want to change by using the First and Get, Next buttons. Some nodes

 

do not allow set operations to all variables that are defined as writable in the MIB.

 

For these nodes, you will have to individually set table entry variables using the

 

variable Set buttons.

 

 

Done

Click this button when you’re done editing this dialog box.

 

 

Help

Click this button for online help.

 

 

"You can only use the variable Set button (via the EMS) to update system contact, system name, system location and the administrative status of each port.

8.4.2Expand Dialog Box

In the Edit Table Entry screen click the Expand button to expand the view of the active variable value edit box. First click on the edit box, then click Expand.

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