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To find items on your network from within the Find dialog box, simply
select appropriate Search Criteria to locate the required items, and click
the Find button. 3Com Network Director will then examine the contents
of the map and list the items that match your selected search criteria in
the results table.
Depending on the search type you specify in the Search by: field, the field
or fields below may prompt you to enter further search criteria. In the
example above, the Find dialog box is prompting you to enter a device
name. This field will change to suit your requested search type. See
“
Finding Devices” on page 195, “Finding Links” on page 197 and,
“
Finding NBX Telephony Components” on page 198 for more
information.
Once you have found the required items, the Find dialog box allows you
to use the results table as a navigation tool and launch point for
operations:
■ Selecting an item in the results table also selects that item in the map
and, if it is a device or subnet, in the tree. You may select multiple
items in the results table in the same manner as you may select
multiple items in the tree. See “
Selecting Items in the Map and Tree”
on page 180
for more information. To select all of the items in the
results table, select a single item and then press Ctrl + A.
■ Double-clicking an item in the results table enters the submap where
the item is located, centers the item within the display and zooms to
the item.
■ Right-clicking on a selection in the results table launches the right-click
menu for the selection.
Using Wildcards to Find Partial Matches
Some selections in the Search Criteria allow you to enter the value to
search for. For example, if you are searching for devices by name, you
may enter the name of the device to search for.
When using all such searches other than finding links by speed you may
use wildcards within the entered value. Wildcards are placeholders for
text that does not directly affect the search you are performing, and so
allow you to specify searches such as finding all devices that include the
text “switch” in their name.