User Manual

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You can select a device, or devices, to filter the Active Alarms view to show
only the alarms for selected devices.
Note: When a NetBotz Appliance is selected, the Active Alarms view will
display its alarms, including all alarms associated with the devices it monitors.
• You can double-click a device to log on to its web interface, if it has one, or use
the right-click Launch to Device option for a device.
• Right-click options, and icon buttons at the top of the view, perform the following
functions:
• Initiate a device discovery process used to add SNMP devices, Modbus devices,
or NetBotz Appliances to be monitored by the StruxureWare Central server
( Add Devices option or the green + icon).
• Delete devices that you no longer want the StruxureWare Central server to
monitor ( Delete Devices option or the x icon).
Note: This option is disabled for a device that has a Netbotz Appliance as its
parent device.
• Generate a report or graph for the historical values of the sensors at selected
devices ( Generate Sensor History Report option or Generate Custom
Sensor History Report icon).
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Access the Alarm History view to review historical alarm data for any selected
devices ( Show Alarm History option).
• Define the port and protocol settings, and the username and password to be
used by the StruxureWare Central server to communicate with monitored
devices ( Device Launch Settings option).
Note: For monitored APC SNMP and Modbus devices, the default username
and password "apc" is provided by default.
• Control the outlets at a selected APC or supported third-party Rack PDU device
( Outlet Control option).
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Log on to the web interface at a selected device, if it has one ( Launch to
Device option).
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Log on to the Advanced View interface at a selected NetBotz Appliance ( Launch
Advanced View option).
Note: This option is enabled by Advanced View Settings, a Client
Preferences option in the File menu.
• Remove selected devices from a shared device group, without causing the
StruxureWare Central server to stop monitoring those devices ( Remove Device
from Group option).
• Request that the StruxureWare Central server immediately scan selected
devices for sensor values, without waiting until the server would normally scan
those devices ( Request Device Scan option).
Note: This option is unavailable for NetBotz Appliances, and devices that have
a NetBotz Appliance as their parent device.
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View all the values being reported by the sensors at selected devices ( View
Device Sensors option).
• Select the appropriate device type for a third party device, or more accurately
define an SNMP device ( Change Device Type option).
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Create thresholds for a selected device, or set of devices ( Create
Thresholds option).
Note: For information about this option, see Create Thresholds option,
under Alarm Configuration.
• Configure selected APC SNMP devices to use the same values for shared
settings ( APC SNMP Device Configuration option).
Note: An APC SNMP Device Configuration option is also in the Device menu.
For information about these options, see APC SNMP Device Configuration.
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