Quick Reference Guide

26 Quick Start
If you multi-select several devices, each component displays the top five metrics for each attribute. If
you select only one top-level device, OpenManage Network Manager searches the device's interface
and port children for performance attributes and these attributes appear with the top five children for
each attribute.
The data that appears is based on the monitors that are monitoring that device and where
Retain Data
is checked. If several monitors exist, and they are retaining data, the screen reflects those data points.
If you select two devices in Resources manager and click
action -> Show performance , OpenManage
Network Manager displays both of the devices’ common attributes in the form. Interface data does not
appear because the devices do not have interfaces in common.
Create a Dashboard View
You can also create custom dashboard views as described in the following steps:
1. Click Active Monitoring -> Dashboard Views to open the view manager.
2. Click action -> New to create a new view. By default this appears with two rows and three
columns. You can, however, change those numbers and click
Update to create a different layout.
For simplicity, our example has one column and row.
Install a Monitor in the View
3. Click action -> Add Component then click Action -> properties inside the view’s cell. The
Dashboard View Component Properties screen appears.
Enter a name for this component (TestDashboardComponent, here), and select a monitor and
display type (here, we select the monitor configured in
Creating a Custom Monitor , and a line
chart)
4. . Notice also that for this example we leave Threshold Display as none (displaying thresholds as
a part of the graph is also possible)
.
5. If you plan to monitor more than a single attribute, then select one entity to monitor at the bottom
of the screen (select an entity, then use the arrow to move it from
Available to Selected ) and any
number of attributes to monitor above that. Alternatively, you can select several entities to
monitor, but only one attribute. In our example, we select a single interface, and monitor several
attributes (
BW Util, Error Count, Errors and Discards Count, High, Low, Packets In, Packets
Out
).
The exact configuration of this portion of the screen depends on the
Component Type you select.
6. Notice you can also configure items in the Data Source portion of the screen. For this example
we accept the defaults. Consult the online help for additional information about these.
7. Finally, click OK to display the monitored data within the dashboard view you have configured.
NOTE:
You may have to wait until monitoring intervals are relevant. If you monitor every
minute, you will have to wait at least that long to get data.