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Monitoring
81
Logging
82
VLANs
84
Retry/Timeout
84
Security
85
Help > Contents and Index Menu Option
87
Help > Launch User Guide
87
Help > About 3Com
®
Director Menu Option
88
Examples
88
Finding the Product Version
88
Finding the Serial Number, License Number and Activation Key
89
Key Considerations
90
Scheduled Tasks
90
4
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ETWORK
Overview
91
Key Concepts
92
The Discovery Process – Detecting Devices
92
IP Ping
93
Device Capability Detection
93
SNMP Type Detection
94
IP to MAC Resolution
94
End Station Type Recognition
94
Web Type Recognition
95
DNS Name Resolution
95
NBX Phone Detection
95
Device Sizing
96
The Discovery Process – Determining Topology
96
Sizing stage
97
Spanning Tree stage
98
Remote Poll Stage (broadcast ARP)
98
Initial Endstation stage
99
Device Resolution Stage
99
Remote Poll Stage (directed pings)
99
Outstanding end station stage
100
Tree Building Stage
100
Clouds – Unknown Topology
100
Summary of Contents for 3C15500 - Network Director - PC
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Page 38: ...34 ABOUT THIS GUIDE ...
Page 50: ...46 CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED ...
Page 64: ...60 CHAPTER 2 PRODUCT ACTIVATION ...
Page 213: ...Components 209 Figure 75 Export to Visio Dialog Box ...
Page 220: ...216 CHAPTER 5 WORKING WITH THE MAP Figure 84 Double Clicking on a Router in the Tree ...
Page 264: ...260 CHAPTER 6 VIEWING DEVICE DETAILS Figure 117 Security Tab for a Device ...
Page 276: ...272 CHAPTER 6 VIEWING DEVICE DETAILS ...
Page 322: ...318 CHAPTER 7 MONITORING THE NETWORK ...
Page 385: ...Examples 381 Figure 189 Attach Alerts Dialog Box ...
Page 406: ...402 CHAPTER 9 PERFORMANCE REPORTING ...
Page 431: ...Components 427 History View dialog box Figure 210 History View Dialog Box ...
Page 440: ...436 CHAPTER 10 RMON Host View dialog box Figure 219 Host View Dialog Box ...
Page 476: ...472 CHAPTER 11 CREATING REPORTS ...
Page 502: ...498 CHAPTER 12 CONFIGURING SINGLE DEVICES ...
Page 526: ...522 CHAPTER 13 VLAN MANAGEMENT Figure 272 Options Dialog Box VLANs Tab ...
Page 567: ...Components 563 Figure 305 Selecting the Link to the End Station on the Map ...
Page 626: ...622 CHAPTER 14 BULK CONFIGURATION ...
Page 684: ...680 CHAPTER 16 UPGRADING DEVICE SOFTWARE ...
Page 814: ...810 CHAPTER 19 BACKING UP DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS ...
Page 838: ...834 CHAPTER 20 LIVE UPDATE ...
Page 894: ...890 APPENDIX G ADDING MAC ADDRESS VENDOR TRANSLATIONS ...