Users Guide

OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 19
Online Help/Filter
Access general online help by clicking Help from the OpenManage Network Manager portal header.
Help appropriate to each portlet appears when you click the help tool (question mark) on the
portlet title bar.
By default, this opens a separate browser window, which is not necessarily always in front of the
screen that calls it. Because it is separate, you can arrange the display so the help screen does not
conceal the portlet it describes. Click the
Show button to display the contents, index and search
tabs (
Hide conceals them again), and the Prev/Next buttons, or clicking table of contents topics
moves to different topics within the helpset.
NOTE:
A browser’s cache may interfere with help’s correct appearance. If you see a table of contents node
without contents, refresh (Reload) the help window or the application page.
A Note About Performance
OpenManage Network Manager is designed to help you manage your network with alacrity.
Unfortunately, the devices managed or the networks that communicate with those devices are not
always as fast as this software. If discovery takes a long time (it can), often network and device
latency is the culprit. You can also optimize installations to be faster (see the recommendations in
the
Installation Guide and the first chapter of this guide), and limit device queries with filters, but
device and network latency limit how quickly your system can respond.
NOTE:
If you use management systems other than this one, you must perform a device level resync before
performing configuration actions. Best practice is to use a single management tool whenever possible.