Cabletron Systems SPECTRUM FRX6000, User Manual

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Conventions 1-5
Introduction to SPMA for the FRX4000, FRX6000, and SmartSwitch 1800
Screen Displays
SPMA runs under a variety of different operating systems and graphical user
interfaces. To maintain a consistent presentation, screen displays in this and other
SPMA guides show an OSF/Motif environment. If youÕre used to a different GUI,
donÕt worry; the differences are minor. Buttons, boxes, borders, and menus
displayed on your screen may look a bit different from what you see in the guide,
but theyÕre organized and labelled the same, located in the same places, and
perform the same functions in all screen environments.
Some windows within SPMA applications can be resized; those windows will
display the standard window resizing handles employed by your windowing
system. Resizing a window doesnÕt resize the information in the window; it just
changes the amount of information that can be displayed (see
Figure 1-1 ). When
you shrink a window, scroll bars will appear as necessary so that you can scroll to
view all the information that is available.
Figure 1-1. Window Conventions
Some windows will also contain a button; selecting this button
launches a History window ( Figure 1-2 ) which lists all footer messages that have
been displayed since the window was Þrst invoked. This window can help you
keep track of management actions you have taken since launching a management
application.
Use the scroll bars
provided to choose
what to display in a
window that’s been
resized
Click here to
display footer
message history