Enterasys Netsight, User Manual

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Discovering Nodes
3-26 Using the IP or Host Locator Tool
When the selected MAC address is located, a message window will display, indicating the
host name and IP address associated with the found MAC; this information will also be
displayed in the list box. If the address is not located, a message window opens when the
search is complete, indicating that the selected address could not be found.
Figure 3-19. Find MAC Address Search
TIP
You can use the Copy IP buttons to paste any located IP addresses to any text document;
you can also paste found IPs directly into the central node database via the Edit—>Paste
command. See page 3-24 for more information.
When the MAC
address is found, a
message window
displays its associated
IP address and host
name; the information
will also appear in the
list box.
If the MAC address could
not be found, a message
window like this one will
be displayed when the
search is complete.