Online Help for Optivity Switch Manager Release 1.1

Optivity Switch Manager features

Optivity Switch Manager is a configuration tool for troubleshooting and limited network monitoring. It has the following features:

• A consistent look across the Solaris and Windows platforms.
• Spring algorithm that balances distances between devices and minimizes crossing lines when creating the topology map.
• A consistent graphical user interface (GUI) across Optivity Switch Manager and submanagers and a single point of access to the submanagers.
• Dynamic system updates across submanagers. You can simultaneously query your device in a submanager application as you view the topology map through Optivity Switch Manager.
• Access control and security using community strings.
• Network discovery that you can specify to be as large or small as you want.
• Ability to save the layout of a discovered network for future use.