Hub/Switch Installation Guide

Appendix F Additional SSM Information
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of the popup. For potentially longer option lists, a “selection list” is used. This type uses
scrollbars,ifnecessary, todisplayalltheoptiondata,andithasa“Cancel”buttonatthebottom
of the list. You must click the “Cancel” button to dismiss this type of popup.
• Popupselectionlists areusedin otherplaces besidesbeingpart ofoption lists. Thistypeof
popup is gray in color, but they work the same way as the option list variety.
• A “status line” field is a long non-enterable text field along the bottom of some windows.
Status lines display messages which show important information about the state of the
window, the progress of some operation started from the window, etc. In most cases, a
status line messagewill be erased assoon as you dosomething to affectthe window (click
a button, type something into a field, etc.).
• Each window always has one item which has “input focus”. This item is surrounded by a
red highlight border. If an enterable text field has input focus, typing anything on your
keyboardwill entercharacters intothe field.If abutton has input focus, pressingthe space
bar will have the same effect as clicking the button with the mouse.
• You can do Motif select/cut/paste operations on enterable text fields, but not on non-
enterable fields.
F.2 SSM On-line Help
EachSSMwindowhasahelpfile whichdescribesthefeaturesandfieldsonthat window.Toaccess
the help fora window, positionthe mouse cursor toany blank spot onthe window, holddownthe
Shiftkey,andclicktherightmousebutton.Ahelpbrowserwindowwillopen.Whenfinished,click
the “DONE” button at the bottom of the help browser to dismiss it.
Note thatthemousecursormust bein ablank spotwhen thebutton isclicked. Ifthe cursoris over
a button,field, or some other dynamic feature,an empty help browser will appear. This is because
Sammi thinks you are requesting help on the field, not on the window, and SSM does not include
any field-level help. The one exception is the main menu on the Health and Status window. Shift-
clicking the right mouse button within this menu bar will display help for the main menu.
The on-line help provides fairly detailed information on all fields, buttons, and other features of
each window. It does not, however, provide the detailed planning information provided in this
Administration Guide. For example, the on-line help for the Storage Class Configuration window
has a description of each field on the window, but it does not include the overall planning advice
on how to design storage classes for the most efficient use of resources at your site.
F.3 Viewing SSM Session Information
TheShowSammi Environment menuoption, undertheSession heading ontheSSMmain menu,
opens a window whichshowsthesettingsofallSammienvironment variables for the currentSSM
session. This information can be useful in diagnosing Sammi problems.
The View Sammi Errorlog menu option opens a window which displays the Sammi error log file
for the current SSM session. The error log display is difficult to interpret and usually not very
informative, but it sometimes can be useful in diagnosing SSM or Sammi problems.