Avocent AdminWorks 1.2 User
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s Manual
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July 2005
The Menu Bar
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Tool Bar
This command functions as an on/off toggle, allowing you to hide and re-display the Tool Bar.
By default, it is displayed, as indicated by the checkmark to the left of the Tool Bar command
on the View Menu.
The Tool Bar contains four buttons representing frequently-used functions. Click on a button to
invoke the related command. These can also be accessed from the Console Menu or the Tools
Menu, as follows:
Discover
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Console Menu > Discover command
Poll
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Console Menu > Poll command
Find
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Tools Menu > Find... command
Report Generator
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Tools Menu > Report Generator... command
These four commands are explained later in this Manual in their related sub-sections of the
Console Menu section and Tools Menu section.
Status Bar
This command functions as an on/off toggle, allowing you to hide and re-display the Status Bar
at the bottom of the Console window. By default, it is displayed, as indicated by the checkmark
to the left of the Status Bar command on the View Menu.
During the times when AdminWorks is in the process of performing a function such as a
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manage request,
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a discovery, polling, etc., the Status Bar temporarily displays a message to
inform you of the progress.
The example above shows a message that appeared after Discover was selected from the
Console Menu. In this case, the number at the right of the message is continuously
incremented as each new system is discovered. When the discovery process is completed, the
message (and the circular animated icon to the left of the message) disappears from the Status
Bar.
NOTE: Whereas the Status Bar generally informs you of the progress of operations
currently being performed by AdminWorks, the Status Frame displays messages that
confirm the completion of operations and summarize the results. This was shown
earlier in the section entitled Status Frame.
