User guide

Number Description

Minimize button: Minimizes the display of the Thumbnail Viewer window into the toolbar at the bot-

tom of the local computer.

Close button: Closes the Thumbnail Viewer and all thumbnails being viewed. The Close button

may not be present on all operating systems.

Status indicator: The device name and status indicator appear below each thumbnail:

• A green LED indicates that a device is currently being scanned.

• A red X indicates that the last scan of the device was not successful. The scan may have failed

due to a credential or path failure (for example, the device path on the appliance was not avail-

able). The tool tip for the LED indicates the reason for the failure.

6 Thumbnail image: Interacts with your device through this window.

Performing Thumbnail Viewer tasks

To set scan preferences:

1. Select Options - Preferences from the Thumbnail Viewer menu. The Scan Mode Preferences

dialog box appears.

2. In the View Time Per Server field, enter the time each thumbnail will be active during the

scan, in the range 10-60 seconds.

3. In the Time Between Server field, enter the time the scan will stop between each device, in

the range 5-60 seconds.

4. Click OK.

To pause or restart a scan sequence:

Select Options - Pause Scan from the Thumbnail Viewer menu. The scan sequence will pause

at the current thumbnail if the Thumbnail Viewer has a scan in progress or will restart the scan

if currently paused.

To change the thumbnail size:

Select Options - Thumbnail Size from the Thumbnail Viewer menu. Choose the desired

thumbnail size from the cascade menu.

To disable a device thumbnail in the scan sequence:

Select a device thumbnail. Select Thumbnail - <device name> - Disable from the Thumbnail

Viewer menu or right-click on a device thumbnail and select Disable from the pop-up menu.

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