User's Manual

174 CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH THE MAP
Operations applied to a device group will apply to all devices contained
within the device group. 3Com Network Director will intelligently filter
out any items from the selection which don't make sense in the context
of the requested operation. This gives you a convenient way to apply
operations to all members of a device group, without having to manually
select individual items.
Tooltips
Basic information about items on the map can be obtained by holding
the mouse pointer over the appropriate item for a short period of time,
after which a tooltip for the item in question will appear:
Figure 59 A Tooltip
The information displayed within the tooltip depends upon the type of
item you hold the mouse point over. For links and layer-3 connections the
information displayed depends upon which end of the link you hold the
mouse pointer over. The information displayed for a link or layer-3
Enter Submap Navigates to the submap associated with the currently
selected device group. See “
Navigation” on page 182 for
more information.
Properties Launches the Properties dialog box for the selected items. See
“
Viewing Device Details” on page 229 for more information.
Menu Item Operation