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Chapter 2 Basic Concepts
What Basic Functions Can I Perform in Cisco MGM?
To view the online help for any Cisco MGM dialog box, click the Help tool within the dialog box.
Tip Use the print option in the browser that displays the online help to print the selected page.
2.1.11 Using the Pin Tool
The Dashboard, Configuration Center, Diagnostic Center, Chassis View, and Statistics Report
applications have a pin tool. The pin point is up when the tool in pinned up, and down when the tool is
pinned down. The function of the pin tool differs depending on where it is used:
• If you click the pin tool in the Dashboard window, the window is pinned down, meaning that it is
not brought to the foreground by default. If you click the pin tool again, the Dashboard window is
pinned up, meaning that it is brought to the foreground each time an update occurs (alarm counts
change, NE count changes, and so on).
• If you click the pin tool in the Configuration Center, Diagnostic Center, Chassis View, and Statistics
Report windows, that instance of the application window is pinned down, and another instance of
that application can be opened (for example from the Tools menu). If the pin tool is pinned up, then
another instance of the application cannot be opened.
• If you click the pin tool in the Configuration pane in the Configuration Center, Diagnostic Center,
Chassis View, and Statistics Report applications, that pane is pinned down, and an additional
Configuration pane can be opened without overwriting the open pane.
2.2 What Basic Functions Can I Perform in Cisco MGM?
This section outlines basic functions that you can perform within Cisco MGM, including:
• 2.2.1 Launching Context-Sensitive Information
• 2.2.2 Filtering Data
• 2.2.3 Exporting Data
• 2.2.4 Exporting Alarms and Events
• 2.2.5 Refreshing Data
• 2.2.6 Pruning the Database
2.2.1 Launching Context-Sensitive Information
Many Cisco MGM views have a specific selection context, meaning that the same window will have a
different look depending on where it was launched.
For example, if you launch the Alarm Browser from the management domain node, the browser shows
all NE and EMS alarms (if you have permission to see EMS alarms). If you launch the Alarm Browser
from a group or NE node, the browser shows only NE alarms. If you launch the Alarm Browser from the
Dashboard, the browser shows all NE alarms for the Cisco MGM domain.