3Com 3C15500 - Network Director - PC, User Manual

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5: W
ORKING WITH THE
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AP
To zoom to a device in the map, double-click on its entry in the tree.
3Com Network Director navigates to the submap that the device is listed
under, centers the device within the display, and zooms in on the device.
As routers and layer-3 switches are shown in the top-level of the tree,
double-clicking on a router or layer-3 switch navigates to the top-level
map and zooms in on the device as it is shown in that map.
Viewing the VLANs on Your Network
The Tools
>
Show VLANs option allows you to filter the map to highlight
the VLAN membership of devices in your network. For more information
about using this feature see
Chapter 13 .
Trace Path
The Tools
>
Trace Paths option allows you to find the physical paths
between any two devices on your network and highlight them in the
map. You can launch
Trace Path in two ways:
■
Select the two devices that you want to find the physical paths for on
the map and then select
Tools
>
Trace Path .
■
Select Tools > Trace Path without first selecting the two devices that
you want to find the physical paths for. This launches the Trace Path
Wizard , from which you select the two devices that you want to find
the physical paths for. See “Using The Trace Path Wizard” on page
page 191 .
As Trace Path locates physical paths and not logical paths, the Tools >
Trace Path menu option is not available when you are viewing the devices
in your network grouped by subnet.
Launching Trace Path displays the Trace Path toolbar and highlights the
first physical path that was found between the two selected devices: