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4. Status. Displays the number products managed and the number of events within the selected
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Events widget customization
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Range list—Select to display event information for a specific duration. To change the
duration, select one of the following from the list.
This Hour—Displays event information for the current hour beginning when the
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Dashboard is displayed.
Last Hour—Displays event information for the previous hour to when the Dashboard is
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displayed.
Yesterday—Displays event information for the previous day beginning at 12AM of the
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previous day.
Last 7 Days—Displays event information for the last 7 days, including the current day.
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Last 30 Days—Displays event information for the last 30 days, including the current
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day
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Show Syslog check box—Select to include Syslog information (default) on the Event
Summary pane. To exclude Syslog information, clear the check mark.
event time range. Displays various IP management processes and their current state. Displays
the following items for each product license:
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Fabrics
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SAN Switches
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Hosts
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Events
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Title bar buttons. All widgets have the following three (left to right) title bar buttons:
expand/collapse, maximize/minimize, and close.
Resizing. All widgets can be resized by dragging the grab bars. Use the vertical grab bars
between widget columns to adjust the width of widgets in the adjacent columns. Use the
Horizontal grab bars to adjust the height of adjacent widget rows.
Tooltips. Only widgets with a pie chart or bar graph display tooltips when you mouse over a
section or bar.
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For the pie chart widgets, the tooltip displays the name of the category, number of items in
that category, and the percentage.
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For the bar graph widgets, the tooltip displays the count represented by the selected bar.
Navigation. The Events widget enables you to navigate away from the dashboard. If the ratio
between the biggest and smallest section of a pie chart reaches 5000:1, you should maximize
the widget prior to navigating away from the widget.
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Double-click a bar in the Events widget to navigate to a event custom report (HTML) that
displays the events corresponding to the event type selected. For information about report
details, refer to Fault Management.
Zoom. The Events widget enables you to zoom in to view tooltips. If the ratio between the
longest and shortest bar reaches 5000:1, you should maximize the widget prior to using zoom.
To zoom in on an area of a widget, drag the mouse (upper left corner to lower right corner) to
select one or more bars. To return the widget to its original state, reverse the selection (drag
from lower right corner to upper left corner).
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