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Using the Optivity Switch Manager window

The Optivity Switch Manager window:

After the initial discovery, other Optivity Switch Manager submanager applications allow you to manage the discovered devices.


Note Note: The Optivity Switch Manager window remains open and can display highlighted devices after the Optivity Switch Manager submanager windows open. If you close the Optivity Switch Manager window while Optivity Switch Manager submanager windows are open, the submanagers also close.

The figure below shows the Optivity Switch Manager window.

The following table describes the parts of the Optivity Switch Manager window.


Part Description
Title bar
Displays the application name and software version.
Menu bar
Provides access to all Optivity Switch Manager commands. For more information, see Optivity Switch Manager menu bar commands and toolbar buttons.
Toolbar
Provides quick access to commonly-used Optivity Switch Manager commands. For more information, see Optivity Switch Manager menu bar commands and toolbar buttons.
Scale slider
Provides four zoom levels to magnify the network topology map. For more information, see Using the scale slider.
Contents pane
Displays the network topology map. For more information, see Optivity Switch Manager contents pane icons.
Scroll bars
Provide access to an entire map, table, or other text that spans two pages in the contents pane.
Status bar
Displays status information and the map legend. For more information, see Optivity Switch Manager status bar.

When you successfully query a device on the network, the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane presents a logical map of the network displaying a variety of information about the network connections. The specific information available on the network topology map depends on the size of the network discovered. For example, in a very large network topology, the device IP addresses and port numbers are not displayed unless you magnify the network topology map using the scale slider.

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