Event Log UserÕs Guide

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Titlepage Event Log UserÕs Guide SPECTRUM Enterprise Manager Device Management

Notice Aprisma Management Technologies, Inc. (Aprisma) reserves the right to make changes in speciþcations and other information contained in this document without prior notice. The reader should in all cases consult Aprisma to determine whether any such changes have been made. The hardware, Þrmware, or software described in this manual is subject to change without notice. IN NO EVENT SHALL APRISMA, ITS EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS DIRECTORS, AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS MANUAL OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT, EVEN IF APRISMA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF, KNOWN, OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Copyright September 2000 by Aprisma Management Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Order Number: 9032583-02 Aprisma Management Technologies, Inc. 121 Technology Way Durham, NH 03824 SPECTRUM, the SPECTRUM IMT/VNM logo, DCM, IMT, and VNM are registered trademarks, and SpectroGRAPH, SpectroSERVER, Inductive Modeling Technology, Device Communications Manager, and Virtual Network Machine are trademarks of Aprisma or its afþliates. C++ is a trademark of American Telephone and Telegraph, Inc. UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. OSF/Motif and Motif are trademarks of the Open Software Foundation, Inc. X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc. Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation. Virus Disclaimer Aprisma makes no representations or warranties to the effect that the Licensed Software is virusfree. Aprisma has tested its software with current virus checking technologies. However, because no anti-virus system is 100% reliable, we strongly caution you to write protect and then verify that the Licensed Software, prior to installing it, is virus-free with an anti-virus system in which you have conþdence. Event Log User s Guide Page 2

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Contents Introduction 5 Operating the Event Log via a Remote VNM... 5 Installing Only the Event Log... 6 Starting the Event Log from SpectroGRAPH... 6 Viewing Events with the Event Log 9 Event Log Main Window... 9 Event Information Panel... 10 Event List Panel... 12 Filter/Search Panel... 13 Event Log Menus... 13 Event Log Tool bar... 16 Dialog Buttons... 18 Event Paging Scheme... 19 Filtering Events... 20 Sorting Events... 22 Column Order... 23 Setting Preferences... 25 Iconized Event Log... 29 Index 30 Event Log User s Guide Page 4

Introduction This chapter describes how to use Event Log in conjunction with SpectroGRAPH and as a standalone application. Event Log is a fault isolation tool that allows network administrators access to the historically archived database of all events associated with a single landscape. Event Log provides the following: Viewing of archived events by a user defined range, or by the most current range of events across a single landscape. Three tier sorting of events. Sort fields include: model name, model type name, event code, user name, date and time, and event message. Advance filtering mechanism that allows for precise filter of events. Context-sensitive help and online documentation. Display to allow viewing of a user defined range of events. Print mechanism to make a hard copy of the Event Log. The ability to access and display archived events seamlessly as if the events were not archived. Operating the Event Log via a Remote VNM The Event Log can be run from your local SPECTRUM directory with SpectroSERVER and SpectroGRAPH installed on your local drive, or in a standalone mode using a remote SpectroSERVER. If you install the Event Log locally and use it in a standalone mode, use command line instructions to set the proper environment variables to start the application. Event Log User s Guide Page 5

Introduction Installing Only the Event Log Starting the Event Log from SpectroGRAPH To install only the Event Log, use the normal install process described in the SPECTRUM Installation Guide. In this case, you would enter the install.cd command and enter an extraction key containing only the Event Log. Note that under this scenario, the Select all SpectroSERVER components and Select all SpectroGRAPH components options in the Installation Configuration window will be grayed out, and only the Select all external applications option will be available. Starting the Event Log from SpectroGRAPH To access the Event Log from SpectroGRAPH, select Tools > Event Log (see Figure 1). This will display events for the local landscape SpectroGRAPH is connected to. Figure 1: Starting the Event Log from SpectroGRAPH File View Tools Bookmark Options... Alarm Manager AR System Filtering Auto Discovery Client View Data Export Event Log MIB Tools MALT Reports SANM Policy Administrator Search Manager SpectroRX User Editor To access the Event Log from the Toolbar, select the Event Log icon (see Figure 2). Event Log User s Guide Page 6

Introduction Figure 2: Accessing the Event Log from the Toolbar Event Log To access the Event Log for a Landscape model, right-click on the Landscape icon and then select Landscape Events. This will display events for only that landscape (see Figure 3). Figure 3: Accessing the Event Log from a Landscape Model Model Name 4 1 7 Landscape Event Log User s Guide Page 7

Introduction To access the Event View for a specific model, right-click on the model icon and then select Model Events. This will bring up the Event Log against the selected model, and will display any events that are on that model. If the selected model is a container model (LAN_802_3, IPClassB, etc.), all events on devices contained within the container model will also be displayed (see Figure 4). Figure 4: Accessing the Event Log from a Device Model Event Log User s Guide Page 8

Viewing Events with the Event Log This chapter describes the Event Log main window and how to use the applicationõs features to manage events. Event Log Main Window The main Event Log window is composed of the following three panels: Event Information Panel on Page 10 displays detailed information on the selected event. Event List Panel on Page 12 displays a list of current, non-filtered events. Filter/Search Panel on Page 13 filters or searches the list for specific data by column category. When an event occurs, it is added to the list of events in the Event List Panel of the Main window (if it does not match the filtering criteria). The related event information is recorded in the Event Log. Highlight an event in any row of the Event List Panel to display information for that event in the Event Information Panel. Figure 5 (Page 10) shows the Event Log main window. Event Log User s Guide Page 9

Figure 5: File View Model Event Options Help Event Log Main Window Event Log: Main Event Information Panel Filter Sort Order Message Ping Telnet 141.253.91.24 MIB A SNMP2 Agent MIB Tools WhatÕs This? System Event Message* Extra Data* Location* Device Notes System Name Network Address IP Address Description Contact Location Start End Length Apply Event Page Time Tue 15 Aug 2000 07: 28: 00 Tue 15 Aug 2000 07: 58: 00 Reset 00 + 00 : 30 : 00 Display Current Page of Events Date/Time Model Name Model Type Event Code User Name Event List Panel Filter and Search Panel Search Shown Filtered by: Date/Time. Prev Next Displayed 60 of 60 Servers Event Information Panel The Event Information Panel displays the following information about the selected event in the Event List. Device Icon System (tab) The icon for the device or application associated with the event (if applicable). The right mouse button activates the icon s dropdown menu from anywhere in the view. Displays several fields of detailed system information. These are described below. Event Log User s Guide Page 10

System Name Network Address IP Address Description Contact Location Event Message (tab) Extra Data (tab) Location (tab) The full domain name of the managed node. For example, in generic@company.com, "generic" is the name of the managed node (the network device on which the SNMP agent is running), and "company.com" is the domain name. This value will be empty if the device is unreachable. The address SPECTRUM is using to talk to the device's SNMP agent. The port address of the interface. This information is only available on interface ports. A written description of the network entity, i.e., the device SPECTRUM is talking to and managing, including system hardware type, and operating and network software. The person to contact when device problems occur. This is specified when the device is created and can be modified in certain SpectroGRAPH views. The physical location of the device generating the alarm, e.g., "Facility B, second floor.". Displays the complete event message that corresponds with the event highlighted in the Event List. Displays all hidden event data fields for the selected event entry. Displays location information for the selected model in SPECTRUM s hierarchical format of physical, topological, and/or organizational locations. Event Log User s Guide Page 11

Device Notes (tab) Event Page Time Allows you to enter notes for a device. The Device Notes tab allows you to enter notes for the model. Click in the Device Notes box, type a string, and hit OK. Shows the time range (starting and ending date and time) for events currently displayed in the Event List. Event List Panel The Event List Panel displays a scrollable list of all events that fit the current filtering and sorting criteria. Date/Time Model Name Model Type Event Code User Name Displays the date and time that the event occurred. Displays the model name of the device or application that generated the event. Displays the model type of the device or application that generated the event. Displays the Event Code of the event. Displays the User Name associated with the event. Event Log User s Guide Page 12

Filter/Search Panel The Filter/Search Panel displays the number of each type of event that is not filtered. Filter/Search Shown Prev Next Filters or searches the list for specific data by column category. Select a column category from the Column Choice box at right, then type a string into the text box. Displays a pop-up menu where you can choose what column to filter or search on in the list, then type a string into the text box at right. The default setting is Shown which filters or searches all visible columns for a match. Searches for the previous entry matching the text you searched for. Searches for the next entry matching the text you searched for. Event Log Menus The options that are available from the Event Log menus are described in the following paragraphs. File This menu allows you to print and exit from the Event Log. Print Close Page Setup - Displays a dialog where you can set printing and page setup options. Print Selected - Prints a selected event or events. Print All - Prints all events. Window - Displays a dialog from which you can print the Event Log window. Exits the Event Log. Event Log User s Guide Page 13

View This menu allows you to view various information about the Event Log application. Show Toolbar Show Toolbar Labels Show Tool Tips Show Status Help Connection Status Show Filter/Search Panel Show Event Information Page Up Page Down Page to Latest Filter Toggles on/off the tool bar. Toggles on/off the tool bar labels. Toggles on/off the tool bar icon descriptions. Toggles on/off status help in the status bar. Selecting this option accesses a dialog that shows the status connection of the SpectroSERVER to which you are connected. Toggles on/off the Filter/Search panel. Toggles on/off the Event Information Panel. Pages backward in time by one page time length what is displayed in the Event List. Pages forward in time by one page time length what is displayed in the Event List. Displays the most current events page in the Event List. Displays the Filter dialog where you can select which events to display or hide in the event list using four configuration panels: Model Type, Model, Event Code, and User Name. Event Log User s Guide Page 14

Sort Column Order Selecting this option displays the Sort dialog, where you can choose three columns that the event list will be sorted by, and specify, for each of those columns, whether the sort order is ascending or descending. The initial setting of the Event Log has the Date/Time column as the first column sorted, with its sort order as ascending so that the most current events are displayed at the bottom of the event list, and the least current events at the top. Selecting this option displays the Column Order dialog, where you can select which columns to show or hide in the event list, and arrange the order, left to right, in which they appear. The default order is: Date/Time, Model Name, Model Type, Event Code, User Name. Model Options in this menu are described in more detail in the SPECTRUM Menus document. The following options are only enabled if a model is selected. Additional options may appear based on the model type. Navigate Alarms Performance Notes Utilities Provides access to a Topology view higher or lower in the topology hierarchy. Opens the Alarm Manager. Opens the Performance View. Opens a Notes dialog. Enter messages that may be useful to users of this model. Brings up the Utilities menu with the options: Attribute Browser, Events, MibTools, EnterpriseConfigManager, Watch Manager, Watch Editor, Ping, Telnet. Event Log User s Guide Page 15

Information Acknowledge Opens the Model Information view. Acknowledges a status change for an icon. Stops flashing color. Event This menu provides one selection that allows you to enter a text message for an event. Options This menu provides preference tabs, which allow you to set the startup defaults of the Event Log to better suit your needs. Help This menu provides selections that allow you to access information about using the Event Log. What s This About Event Log OnLine Manuals? Selecting this option puts you in the What s This? help mode, indicated by a question mark added to the cursor. While in this mode, click on an area of the screen or a toolbar button to get help on that item. Selecting this option displays a dialog that provides application version and copyright information. Selecting this option accesses SPECTRUM On- Line documentation. If you do not have the drive mapped to access these documents, then you will be prompted to insert the CD. Event Log Tool bar The tool bar below the Menu allows you to access menu choices quickly by clicking on an icon. Event Log User s Guide Page 16

Tip: When the cursor is placed on top of a tool bar icon, pop-up text identifying the tool is displayed. Further descriptive text is provided when the What s This? help option is selected and the toolbar button is clicked. Filter dialog button Sort dialog button Order dialog button Message Displays the Filter dialog where you can select which events to display or hide in the event list. Uses four configuration panels: Model Type, Event Code, Model Name, and User Name. Displays the Sort dialog, where you can choose three columns that the event list will be sorted by. Then specify each of those columns, and whether the sort order is ascending or descending. The initial setting of the Event Log has the Date/Time column as the first column sorted, with its sort order as ascending so that the most current events are displayed at the top of the event list, and the least current events at the bottom. Displays the Column Order dialog, where you can select which columns to show or hide in the event list, and arrange the order, left to right, in which they appear. The default order is: Date/Time, Model Name, Model Type, Event Code, User Name. Displays the Event Message Entry dialog, where you can create an event that is a message. To find a message, do a sort by Date/Time. Scroll down to the bottom of the Event List Panel and find the event message you just entered. Event Log User s Guide Page 17

Ping Telnet MibTools What s This? button? Issues a ping command to the selected device. The results appear in a separate window on the screen. This option is only enabled if a model is selected. Opens a telnet session in a separate window on the screen. This option is only enabled if a model is selected. Utilities that let you access and manage an SNMP compliant device through its MIBs. Refer to the MIB Tools User s Guide for more information. Changes the cursor to a question mark which, when clicked on any area of the Event Log window, displays a short description of the selected area. Dialog Buttons Each Event Log dialog provides all or some of the following buttons. OK Cancel Reset All Clear All What s This? button? Sets your new filter parameters and closes the dialog. Closes the dialog without any changes in the filter settings. Resets the filter selections to the default parameters, and leaves the dialog open. Clears all filters, and leaves the dialog open. If you click OK, all alarms in the network will be displayed. Changes the cursor to a question mark which, when clicked on any area of the Event Log window, displays a short description of the selected area. Event Log User s Guide Page 18

Event Paging Scheme Event Paging Scheme Events are separated into date and time ranged segments. These segments are referred to as pages and are the basis of how events are viewed in the Event Log. Each page consists of only the events that have occurred within that range of time. The Event Page Time Panel in the main window shows the event time range (starting and ending date and time) that is currently displayed in the Event List. By default, this range of time is 30 minutes and can be changed by the user. Only a single event page can be viewed at one time. The ability to view other event pages is provided under the View drop-down menu pick or through the Event Page Time Panel shown below. The Event Page Time panel allows you to set the start, end, and range for the event you request. Start End Length Apply Reset Event Page Time Tue 8 Mar 2000 14:58:20 Tue 8 Mar 200015:28:20 00+00:30:00 + - + - Display Current Page of Events The Event Page Time Panel includes the following display options: Start shows the starting date and time of the currently displayed page of events. The page can be changed by highlighting an area and using the + or - buttons or by entering a valid date and time in the text field. End shows the ending date and time of the currently displayed page of events. The page can be changed by highlighting an area Event Log User s Guide Page 19

Filtering Events and using the + or - buttons or by entering a valid date and time in the text field. Length shows the length of time (days+hours:minutes:seconds) currently displayed in the Event List. Apply requests the event data for the specified time range entered to display in the Event List. Reset resets all time entries to the last valid time entries. Page Up pages backward in time by one page time length what is displayed in the Event List. Page Down pages forward in time by one page time length what is displayed in the Event List. Display Current Page of Events enables or disables the viewing of the most current events. When you disengage this button, the Start and End dates as well as the Length field's background color remains the same. The background color should change to indicate the field is editable. Clicking + allows you to increase the start/end/length periods. Clicking - allows you to decrease the start/end/length periods. Filtering Events You can establish the criteria by which a list of events is displayed by setting filters. These filtering subsets make it possible for you to customize your Event Log application to display events appropriate to your networking needs. Only those events that meet all filtering criteria set by the user are displayed. Event Log User s Guide Page 20

The Filter dialog, shown in Figure 6 (Page 21), displays four tabbed pages for setting various types of event filters. The options available with each filter are retrieved from the database that is being used to model your network. Figure 6: Event Log: Filter Event Log: Filter Model Type Model Event Code User Name Show MAC Address Heard On 2E253_49R 2E253_49R_Mdul 2E42_27 2E42_Module 2E43_27 2E43_27_Module 2E43_51 2E43_51_Module Hide Filter Next Filter Next Advanced Reset Page Clear Page Make Changes Permanent OK Cancel Reset All Clear All WhatÕs This To filter events: 1 Select Filter from the main window s View menu bar or click the Filter toolbar button. 2 Select the desired filter by clicking on the tab. Possible filter options are: Model Type Event Log User s Guide Page 21

Sorting Events Model Event Code User Name 3 Selecting the Advanced button which displays the Advanced Filter area which allows you to create advanced filters. An advanced filter consists of two or more filters OR-ed together. Sorting Events You can sort the Event Log by column category (Model Type, Model, Event Code, User Name). You can sort on up to three columns, in ascending or descending order. Sorting models can be done from the Sort dialog box or by column header. To access the Sort dialog, select View > Sort, or click the Sort toolbar icon. The Sort dialog box appears as shown in Figure 7. Figure 7: Event Log: Sort Primary Sort Secondary Sort Sort By: Then By: Date/Time None Event Log: Sort Ascending Ascending You can sort on only those columns that currently appear in the search results list. The possible headings can be viewed by clicking here. Tertiary Sort Then By: OK Cancel Ascending Reset Clear Select Ascending or Descending order here. The Sort By selection sets the primary sort by which the entire list is sorted. The two Then By selections set the secondary and tertiary sort order for the Search Results list. If you want to sort by one category, select one primary sort and select None from the secondary and tertiary Event Log User s Guide Page 22

Column Order sorts. Models from the primary, secondary, and tertiary sorts are initially found and then displayed in either ascending or descending order. Attribute Type Date/Time Event Code Event Message Model Name Model Type User Name None Allows You to Sort By The date/time that the event occurred. The numeric code generated by the event. The message generated by the event. The model name as assigned by the user. The type of model. The user s name who created the model. No category selected. Column Order You can select which columns to show or hide in the Event List, and arrange the order, left to right, in which they appear through the Column Order dialog. Figure 8 illustrates this. Event Log User s Guide Page 23

Figure 8: Event Log: Column Order Shown Order Date/Time Model Name Model Type Event Code User Name Event Log: Column Order Hidden Event Message Clicking this moves all Shown headings to the Hidden side. Clicking this moves all Hidden headings to the Shown Order side. OK Cancel WhatÕs This To change the column order displayed in the Main Window s Event List: 1 Select Column Order from the View menu bar or click the Column Order tool bar button. the Event Log column Order dialog appears. 2 Using the arrow button, move selected column headings back and forth from the Hidden side to the Shown Order side. Possible column order show/hide options are: Date/Time Model Name Model Type Event Code User Name Event Log User s Guide Page 24

Setting Preferences Event Message 3 Click OK to save your changes to the Event List. Columns can also be ordered by selecting the header of a column in the Event List Panel, dragging the selected column to the desired column position desired, and dropping it into that column. The dragged column will be inserted in the list panel between the column in the drop position and the column just before the drop position. Setting Preferences You can change the settings of the Event Log to best suit your needs by using the Application Preferences dialog box. The dialog box allows you to customize and save preference settings, which provides consistency from one run of Event Log to another (when you save the changes by using the Make Changes Permanent button). You access the dialog box from the Options menu. Figure 9 (Page 26) shows the Event Log Application Preferences dialog box with the Display page selected. Event Log User s Guide Page 25

Figure 9: Event Log: Preferences Event Log: Preferences Connection Display Filter Connection Confirmation Interval Connection Confirmation Timeout Connection Retry Timeout Disable Queue Send Mail Queue Size Mail Response Timeout 60000 ms 60000 ms 20000 512 60000 ms Make Changes Permanent OK Cancel Apply Defaults WhatÕs This To access the Event Log: Preferences dialog box, select Options > Preferences. The fields for the three tabbed pages are described below. Default settings are shown in parentheses in the first column; a raised button signifies deselected, and a recessed button signifies selected. To clear all preferences, select Options > Clear User Preferences. The Connection preference page fields are: Connection Confirmation Interval (60000 ms/60 seconds) Connection Confirmation Timeout (60000 ms/60 seconds) The number of milliseconds between requests to the server asking if it is still responding. The number of milliseconds to wait for an answer from the server confirming it is still responding. Event Log User s Guide Page 26

Connection Retry Timeout (20000 ms) Connection Time Limit (5000 ms) Disable Queue Send (selected) Mail Queue Size (512) Mail Response Timeout (600000 ms) Max Send Batch Size (512) Route Message Timeout (1000 ms) Show SpectroSERVER Selection Dialog at Startup (selected) Time for the client to wait for SpectroSERVER to establish the initial connection before returning an error. The time limit for connecting to the server before the connection attempt is aborted. Disables queue to send request to the SpectroSERVER. Maximum number of outstanding Mail Service requests that an application can make. Minimum time, in milliseconds, Mail Service waits for response from SpectroSERVER before request is canceled. Maximum number of requests that are batched together. Time (in milliseconds) to wait for landscape update before canceling requests that cannot be routed. If selected, the SpectroSERVER Selection Dialog is shown at startup time. SpectroGRAPH Machine (defaultmachine) SpectroGRAPH Machine Port Unsolicited Queue Size (512) Hostname on which the target SpectroGRAPH is running. TCP port number on which the SpectroGRAPH is accepting connections. Maximum number of unsolicited registrations supported. Event Log User s Guide Page 27

The Display preference page fields are: Display Current Events (selected) Display Current Interval (10 seconds) Enable Sort from Column Headers (selected) Filter/Search Delay (500 milliseconds) Iconify At Startup (deselected) Determines if the current event page is displayed. The time, in seconds, between updates of currently displayed events in the Event List. If selected, the column headers can be sorted. The number of milliseconds that comprise the filter/search delay. If selected, the main window is iconified at startup. Maximum Events (5000) The maximum number of events that can be shown in the Event List. This number can not be set higher than 10000. Page Time Length (1800) The number of seconds that comprise the time in the event page. Save Column Widths (selected) Save Settings at Exit (selected) Save Shown Column Order (selected) Save Sorting Criteria (selected) Show No Events Message (selected) Saves any changes made to column widths. Saves all the settings upon exiting out of the dialog. Saves any changes made to column order. Saves any changes made to the sorting criteria. Determines if the No Event Message dialog is displayed when an event page of time has no events. Event Log User s Guide Page 28

Iconized Event Log Table Column Header Font (button) Brings up a window to select the font to display the Event List s column headers in. Table Data Font (button) Brings up a window to select the font to display the Event List s data in. Visible Rows (15) Indicates the number of rows to display in the Event List. The Filter tab allows you to set the Maximum Model Filter Requests. The default is 1000 requests. Iconized Event Log When the Event Log window is iconized, the icon appears as shown in Figure 10. To restore the Event Log window to its original size, doubleclick on the icon or choose Restore from the window manager menu. Figure 10: Iconized Event Log Event Log Event Log User s Guide Page 29

Index A About Event Log 16 Accessing AM and EAM within SPECTRUM 6 Acknowledge 16 Alarms 15 Apply 20 C Cancel 18 Clear All 18 Clear User Preferences 26 Column Order 15, 23 Connection Confirmation Interval 26 Connection Confirmation Timeout 26 Connection Retry Timeout 27 Connection Status 14 Connection Time Limit 27 Contact 11 D Date/Time 12, 23 Description 11 Device Icon 10 Device Notes 12 Dialog Buttons 18 Disable Queue Send 27 Display Current Events 28 Display Current Interval 28 Display Current Page of Events 20 E Enable Sort from Column Headers 28 End 19 Event 16 Event Code 12, 23 Event Information Panel 10 Event List Panel 12 Event Log Preferences 26 Event Log Main Window 9 Event Log Menus 13 Event Log Toolbar 16 Event Message 11, 23 Event Page Time 12 Event Page Time Panel 19 Event Paging Scheme 19 Exit 13 Extra Data 11 F File menu 13 Filter 14 Filter/Search 13 Filter/Search Delay 28 Filter/Search Panel 13 Filtering Events 20 H Help Event Log User s Guide Page 30

Index I MENU 16 Iconify At Startup 28 Iconized Event Log 29 Information 16 install.cd 6 Installing Only the Event Log 6 IP Address 11 L Length 20 Location 11 M Mail Queue Size 27 Mail Response Timeout 27 Max Send Batch Size 27 Maximum Events 28 Model 15 Model Name 12, 23 Model Type 12, 23 N Navigate 15 Network Address 11 Next 13 None 23 Notes 15 O Index OK 18 OnLine Manuals 16 Operating the Event Log via a Remote VNM 5 Options 16 P Page Down 14, 20 Page Time Length 28 Page to Latest 14 Page Up 14, 20 Performance 15 Preference settings Connection 26 Display 28 Preferences 26 Prev 13 Print 13 R Reset 20 Reset All 18 Restricted Rights Notice 3 Route Message Timeout 27 S Save Column Widths 28 Save Settings at Exit 28 Save Shown Column Order 28 Save Sorting Criteria 28 Setting Preferences 25 Show Event Information 14 Event Log User s Guide Page 31

Index Index Show Filter/Search Panel 14 Show No Events Message 28 Show SpectroSERVER Selection Dialog at Startup 27 Show Status Help 14 Show Tool Tips 14 Show Toolbar Labels 14 Shown 13 Sort 15 Sorting Events 22 SpectroGRAPH Machine 27 SpectroGRAPH Machine Port 27 SPECTRUM Menu 15 Start 19 System Name 11 System tab 10 V View menu 14 Visible Rows 29 T Table Column Header Font 29 Table Data Font 29 Tool Bar 14 Tool Bar Icons Column Order 17 Filter 17 Sort 17 Toolbar 6 trademarks 2 U Unsolicited Queue Size 27 User Name 12, 23 Utilities 15 Event Log User s Guide Page 32