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toptools User Guide The default display will be all alerts except those that have been closed. To customize your view of the Alert Log, you can create a filter based on any combination of devices, alert severity and alert state. You may also click on column headings to change the sort order of the list. To configure how long closed alerts are saved in the log, go to the Actions on Alerts dialog by clicking the Alerts button in the Navigation Panel. Online Help Toptools provides an extensive online Help system designed to provide detailed instructions for toptools functions and dialogs. Toptools offers two options for accessing online Help. You can access the full contents of online Help at any time by clicking the Help button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. Help will display with the table of contents in the left pane, and a topic in the right pane that provides in-context help for the window or dialog you currently have in focus. You may also display help for the functions on the current page by clicking on the help icon ( displayed in the upper right corner of the page. ) whenever it is Applications, Actions and Settings This section will introduce the actions available for managing devices, toptools applications like inventory reporting and software revision management, and tools to manage the toptools server. Performing Actions on Devices You may access toptools actions for devices through the Device Selector, or from within property pages for HP devices. This section discusses actions available through the Device Selector. To access the Actions menu, select a device or collection of devices (Shift + click) within the Device Selector, and then click on the Actions button on the top left pane of the Device Selector, or right-click on your selections. The options presented within the displayed menu are context sensitive. This means that the options are appropriate to all of the devices you have selected. For example, the menu option 'Power Off' will only be available for HP personal computers or Netservers that support it. If your device or collection of devices includes a printer, this option will not be enabled. Menu options fit into two categories: • Actions available for all devices, regardless of type • Actions available for devices that are dependent on hardware type, management protocol, or model. 39

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toptools
User Guide
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The default display will be all alerts except those that have been closed. To customize your view of the Alert Log,
you can create a filter based on any combination of devices, alert severity and alert state.
You may also click on
column headings to change the sort order of the list.
To configure how long closed alerts are saved in the log, go to
the Actions on Alerts dialog by clicking the Alerts button in the Navigation Panel.
Online Help
Toptools provides an extensive online Help system designed to provide detailed instructions for toptools functions
and dialogs.
Toptools offers two options for accessing online Help. You can access the full contents of online Help at any time
by clicking the Help button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. Help will display with the table of contents in the
left pane, and a topic in the right pane that provides in-context help for the window or dialog you currently have in
focus.
You may also display help for the functions on the current page by clicking on the help icon (
) whenever it is
displayed in the upper right corner of the page.
Applications, Actions and Settings
This section will introduce the actions available for managing devices, toptools applications like inventory reporting
and software revision management, and tools to manage the toptools server.
Performing Actions on Devices
You may access toptools actions for devices through the Device Selector, or from within property pages for HP
devices.
This section discusses actions available through the Device Selector.
To access the Actions menu, select a device or collection of devices (Shift + click) within the Device Selector, and
then click on the Actions button on the top left pane of the Device Selector, or right-click on your selections.
The options presented within the displayed menu are context sensitive. This means that the options are appropriate
to all of the devices you have selected.
For example, the menu option ‘Power Off’ will only be available for HP
personal computers or Netservers that support it.
If your device or collection of devices includes a printer, this
option will not be enabled.
Menu options fit into two categories:
•
Actions available for all devices, regardless of type
•
Actions available for devices that are dependent on hardware type, management protocol, or model.