Examples; Enabling Monitoring On The Core Devices In The Map; Disabling Monitoring On The Whole Network - 3Com 3C15500 - Network Director User Manual

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Examples

Enabling Monitoring
on the Core Devices
in the Map
Disabling Monitoring
on the Whole
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This section provides examples of how you may use the monitoring
features of 3Com Network Director to assist in the management of your
network.
You have are currently not monitoring any devices or links in your network,
and wish to start monitoring on all of the core devices in your network.
1 In the main window, select Edit > Select All Core Devices.All of the core
devices in your network are selected.
2 Select Monitoring > Start Monitoring. 3Com Network Director will start
monitoring on all of the core devices in your network and their
links.Depending upon the size of your network this may take several
minutes to complete.Progress is shown in the main window status bar:
Figure 145 Monitoring Progress Display in Main Window Status bar
When monitoring has been started on all core devices the status bar will
be updated to indicate this:
Figure 146 Monitoring Started Indication in Main Window Status bar
You are currently monitoring the majority of the devices and links in your
network and are concerned that the level of traffic generated by the
monitoring may be too high.You are going to manually configure the
monitoring parameters to reduce the traffic generated, but wish to stop
all monitoring first to remove the monitoring traffic from the network.
1 If you are viewing the devices in your network grouped by subnet, and
are not viewing the top-level map, then first navigate to the top-level
map by clicking the up button in the toolbar.
2 In the main window, select Edit > Select All.All of the devices and subnets
at the top-level of your network are selected.