NetAtlas IES-1000 (AAM1008) EMS User’s Guide
Introducing the SNMPc Network Manager
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Selection Tool
If you can’t see the selection tool, click
View
,
Selection Tool
to display it. Use the selection tool to manipulate
objects from one of several databases. Use the drag control at the right of the selection tool to change its size.
Select one of the selection tool tabs to display a tree control for the database. Right-click on an
icon inside a
selection tree for database-specific commands.
Table 2-2 Selection Tool
TAB
DESCRIPTION
Map
Map Object database, including devices and subnets.
Mib
Compiled SNMP Mibs, Custom Tables and Custom Mib Expressions.
Trend
Report profiles that define long-term polling procedures and scheduled reports.
Event
Event filters used to determine what happens when an event is received.
Menu
Custom menus that appear in the Manage, Tools and Help SNMPc menus.
Event Log Tool
The event log tool displays different filtered views of the SNMPc event log. If you can’t see the event log tool,
click
View, Event Log Tool
to display it.
•
Select the
Current
tab to show unacknowledged (current) events. These events have a colored box at
the left side of the log entry. The color of map objects is determined by the highest priority
unacknowledged event for that object.
•
Select the
History
tab to show all events, including acknowledged and unacknowledged events.
•
Select one of the
Custom
tabs and use the right-click
Filter View
menu to specify what events should
be displayed for that tab.
•
Double-click
an event entry to display a
Map View
window with the corresponding device icon visible.
•
To quickly view events for a particular device, first select the device and then use one of the
View
Events
buttons (or the
View, Active Events
and
View, History Events
menus). This will show the
device events in a separate window in the View Windows area.
•
To remove one or more events, select the events and press the
Delete
key.
•
To acknowledge (remove current status of) an event, right-click on an event entry and click
Acknowledge
.
•
To completely clear the event log, click
File
and
Clear Events
.
View Window Area
The View Window Area is the main interface for viewing the SNMPc map and command results. This area uses the
Multi-Document-Interface (MDI) specification to display multiple windows at the same time. Click
Window
and
select
Cascade
,
Tile Horizontally
or
Tile Vertically
to rearrange the windows in the View Window Area in a way
that makes them all visible.