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Configuring and Managing Routers with Site Manager
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Using retrieval filters to collect statistics across your network reduces the amount
of processing overhead performed by your Site Manager workstation and any
polled router. It also reduces the amount of network bandwidth consumed by
periodic polling and poll responses.
You can use display filters and retrieval filters in various combinations. For
example, you could use a retrieval filter first to solicit the values of certain MIB
objects, then apply a display filter to hide or show objects in the resulting statistics
window.
Using Display Filters
To create a display filter:
1. Open a statistics window using the Launch Facility.
2. Choose Filters > Display Filters.
The Display Filters window opens (Figure
8-11).
Figure 8-11. Display Filters Window
3.
Type the text string you want to use as the filter in the Text field.
4. Use the slide bar to select the column in the statistics window to which
you want to apply the filter.
5. Determine whether you want to show or hide the filtered statistics.
• Choose Display to display only those statistics that match the filter.
• Choose No Display to hide those statistics that match the filter.