The menu bar and toolbar provide menus and commands for operating Optivity Switch Manager and for accessing the Optivity Switch Manager submanager applications. When a toolbar button is unavailable for a particular configuration or submanager, it appears dimmed.
When you point to a button, the name of the button and a description of the command function are displayed.
The following table lists the Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands.
Menu
Command
Toolbar button
Shortcut keys
Description
File
Open
[Ctrl]+O
Opens a topology map.
Save
[Ctrl]+S
Saves a topology map.
Print
[Ctrl]+P
Opens the Print dialog box, where you set print parameters.
Exit
[Ctrl]+Q
Exits Optivity Switch Manager.
Edit
Communities
Edits SNMP communities accessible by Optivity Switch Manager. See Accessing devices within different SNMP communities for more information.
Preferences
Edits network preferences and identifies seed addresses used by Optivity Switch Manager. See Configuring Optivity Switch Manager for more information.
Clear Map
[Del]
Deletes the current network topology displayed in the contents pane.
Find Device in Map
[Ctrl]+F
Opens the Find Device dialog box, where you set parameters to find a device in the topology map. For more information, see Finding devices on the topology map.
Select All
Selects all devices within a supported product family (Passport 1000 Series switches, Passport 8000 Series switches, or BayStack switches). For more information, see Selecting devices by type.
View
Link Speeds
Displays network link speeds in color on the network topology map. The status bar provides a color legend for the link speeds (see Optivity Switch Manager status bar).
Link Duplex
Displays half- and full-duplex links in color on the network topology map. The status bar provides a color legend for the link duplex status (see Optivity Switch Manager status bar).
Link Types
Displays the media type (Ethernet, POS, or ATM) in color for the links in the network topology map. The status bar provides a color legend for the link types (see Optivity Switch Manager status bar).
MultiLink Trunks
Displays MultiLink Trunks discovered in the network topology.
Show Port Address
Displays IP addresses of isolated routing ports or brouter ports.
Error Log
Displays the error log for Optivity Switch Manager. You can save the error log to a text file.
Device
Telnet
Starts a Telnet session with the selected device.
Ping
Pings a device to test connectivity.
Device Manager
Launches Device Manager to monitor and configure the selected device.
Properties
Displays the properties of the selected device. See Using the Optivity Switch Manager shortcut menu for a description of this feature.
Report
Opens the Report dialog box, which displays the device IP address, name, type, and description.
Dump Topology to Log
Dumps the current topology to the log.
Note: The commands on the Device menu are only enabled when a device is selected on the Optivity Switch Manager topology map.
Actions
Discover Map
Discovers a seed address in a network. See Discovering devices on a network for more information.
Stops the discovery process.
Note: This button is available only while discovery is in process.
Layout Map
Rearranges a topology map for better viewing. For more information, see Arranging devices on the topology map.
Find Unsaved Configurations
Opens the Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box that lists the devices with unsaved changes in their configuration files. The dialog box contains the device IP address, the time/date when the configuration was last changed, and the time/date when the device's configuration was last saved. For more information, see Finding unsaved configurations.
Log Manager
Opens Log Manager. See Using Log Manager, for more information about this application.
Tools
VLAN Manager
[F2]
Opens VLAN Manager. See Using VLAN Manager, for more information about this application.
MultiLink Trunking Manager
[F3]
Opens MultiLink Trunking Manager. See Using MultiLink Trunking Manager, for more information about this application.
Multicast Manager
[F4]
Opens Multicast Manager. See Using Multicast Manager for more information about this application.
Security Manager
[F5]
Opens Security Manager. See Using Security Manager for more information about this application.
File/Inventory Manager
[F6]
Opens File/Inventory Manager. See Using File/Inventory Manager for more information about this application.
Help
Contents
[F1]
Starts a Web browser and opens online Help.
Online Support
Starts a Web browser and opens the Nortel Networks Customer Support Web page.
Legend
Displays a key to the icons used in the Optivity Switch Manager topology map.
About Optivity Switch Manager
Displays Optivity Switch Manager application information.
See also: