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Exit Performance Management
To exit Performance Management, do one of the following:
•Click 
File > Exit
 from the main window of Performance Management
• Exit the NMS session
The system closes Performance Management and any associated open windows. 
Prior to exiting, Performance Management will check for unsaved changes, and, if 
any exist, give you the chance to save them.
Exit the NMS 
session
To exit the NMS session, close all programs associated with the NMS. At the main 
NMS window, click 
Map > Exit. 
The system closes the NMS application. 
						

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5Basic Screen ComponentsChapter Contents•Introduction
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•Screen Components
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•Main Window
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•About Panes
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•Menu bar
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•Nodes
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•Alert Indicators
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•Managed Nodes
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•Command Buttons
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•Status Bar
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Introduction
Performance Management uses a graphical user interface (GUI) as a way to 
access the tasks you need to perform in order to measure system performance. 
The GUI consists of various screens, buttons, and other navigational tools, in 
conjunction with your mouse, to enable you to access all of the reporting 
capabilities the system provides.
This chapter describes the basic elements of the Performance Management 
system that you can see and use in monitoring system performance. 
						

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Screen Components
The following sample screen shows the basic screen components of the main 
window of the Performance Management application. See the table following the 
screen for a description of each component. 
						

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Menu Bar
Master Event
LogPerformance
Management
Expand/Collapse
IconAlert Indicator
DEFINITY SystemsManaged NodesStatus BarCommand 
Buttons
Left PaneRight Pane
Splitter Bar 
						

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Component 
Description
Component Name Description
Menu bar Displays pull-down menus for 
performing basic tasks. Go to 
Menu 
bar
 on page 92
 for more details.
Master Event Log Displays the Master Event Log 
pane, which shows all events for all 
managed nodes. Go to 
Chapter 8, 
Event Log
 for more details.
Performance 
Management Displays three nodes for managing 
the performance of the system.
Expand/collapse icon Hides or shows more options below 
the current node. Go to 
Nodes
 on 
page 94
.
Alert indicator Visual indicator of any system 
problems. Go to 
Alert Indicators
 on 
page 95
.
DEFINITY Systems Displays a tree node for all 
managed nodes. 
Managed nodes Node representing DEFINITY 
switches. Go to 
Managed Nodes
 
on page 97
 for more details. 
						

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Command buttons Buttons that are common on all 
screens. Go to 
Command Buttons
 
on page 97
 for more details.
Status bar Indicates the status of the system. 
Go to 
Status Bar
 on page 98
 for 
more details.
Left pane The left part of the main window that 
contains icons and nodes. Go to 
Main Window
 on page 88
 for more 
details.
Splitter bar Separates the left and right pane. 
Go to 
Splitter Bar
 on page 98
 for 
more details.
Right pane The right part of the main window 
that contains the display screens. 
Go to 
Main Window
 on page 88
 for 
more details.
Component Name Description 
						

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Main Window
The main window is the initial screen you see when you access Performance 
Management. The main window has the same look and feel as the Microsoft 
Windows Explorer tree, where there are two sides to the screen, a left (pane) and 
a right side (pane). The difference is that in Performance Management, the right 
side displays a display screen related to what is selected in the left side, whereas 
in Windows the right side displays more directory structure based on what is 
selected in the left side.
Left Pane
The left side of the main window is a pane that graphically displays the hierarchy 
of the Performance Management application. It consists of various nodes and 
alert icons, as shown in the preceding screen. When you can single-click on a 
node in the left pane, the right pane changes to reflect the corresponding display 
screen for that selection. 
Within the tree, you can click on the plus (+) sign to see the contents for that node, 
or you can click on the minus (-) sign to hide the contents of the node. In this way 
you can drill down from a high level to lower levels of options and details.
Right Pane
The right pane is a display screen that changes according to the node or icon 
selected in the left pane. It is the part of the main window where you specify all of 
the settings for the system. It can also contain nodes that branch off from 
whatever is selected in the left pane.
Double-clicking on a node in the right pane does the same thing as single-clicking 
on a node in the left pane; the corresponding display screen for that selection 
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For example, if you click the Data Collection Defaults node in the left pane, the 
right pane displays the Data Collection Defaults pane, as shown below:
Saving 
Information
Whenever you save any information by clicking the 
Save
 button, you are saving 
not only the setting for the currently displayed tab, but all of the current settings for 
all of the tabs in the display screen. 
						

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About Panes
Depending on what you select in the left pane, the right side of the main window 
(the right pane) can display any of the following specific panes. These panes and 
examples are described in more detail in the rest of this document as part of the 
description of the task they correspond to.Pane DescriptionRoot Highest level pane; starting point for using the 
system.
Master Event Log Displays the Master Event Log pane that shows 
all events for all managed nodes.
Performance 
ManagementContains tree nodes for defining default report 
parameter thresholds.
Data Collection Display screen for defining data collection 
parameters.
Global Alerting 
ParametersDisplay screen for defining alerting parameters 
used throughout the system.
Reports Contains a node for each report defined in the 
system.
Report Contains nodes for defining a report and 
viewing its output.