Device Manager Properties Window

Device Manager Properties Window
Use the Device Manager Properties Window to set properties for Device Manager.

To open the Device Manager Properties Window:

From the Device Manager menu bar, choose Device > Properties.

The following table describes items in the Device Manager Properties Window.

Item	Description
Status Poll Enable	Enables or disables periodic polling of the device for updated status. If polling is disabled, the chassis status will be updated only when the user initiates a Refresh of chassis status.
Status Poll Interval	Sets the interval at which statistics and status information are gathered (default is 300 seconds).
Retry Count	Sets the number of times Device Manager requests polling information.
Timeout	Sets the length of time for each retry of each polling waiting period. When accessing the device through a slow link, you may want to increase the timeout interval and then change the retransmission strategy to superlinear.
Retransmission Strategy	Can be one of the following: Linear—sends a request based on retry count x timeout. For example, a retry count value of 3 and a timeout value of 3 means that information is requested three times at 3-second intervals. Superlinear—sends a request based on retry count x timeout (doubled). For example, a retry count value of 3 and a timeout value of 3 means that information is requested three times: - First retry at 3 seconds - Second retry at 6 seconds - Third retry at 12 seconds
Hotswap Poll Interval	Sets the interval at which Device Manager polls for module information. The default is 600 seconds.
Max Traps in Log	Sets the specified number of traps that may exist in the trap log. The default is 500.
Display Hostnames As	Displays names in either DNS format or IP address format.
Display SNMP Errors in	Displays SNMP errors from the status bar or from a separate error window.
Click Table Header to	Can be one of the following: Select - Clicking on the table header selects the field. Sort - Clicking on the table header sorts the column.

By default, Device Manager attempts to resolve IP addresses to DNS names. If no DNS is available, set Display Hostnames As to IP addresses to avoid long delays and sluggish Device Manager response caused by the failed DNS resolution attempts.