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Introduction to SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise Manager on Solaris

1-2

Using this Guide

views themselves, via the

Glyph

menu; or, for operation in

stand-alone mode, from the Stand-alone Launcher or the command
line.

SPECTRUM for SEM also expands the graphical reporting
capabilities of Solstice Enterprise Manager by providing pie chart and
meter tools that allow you to dynamically display network data and
performance statistics. You can run and control these visual tools
through menu choices and dialog boxes within the SPECTRUM for
SEM graphical user interface, or execute them in a stand-alone mode
from the command line, specifying both the variables to depict and
the properties of the chart or meter itself. The pie chart and meter
tools are more thoroughly described in the

Charts, Graphs, and

Meters

chapter of the

SPECTRUM Portable Management

Application (SPMA) Tools Guide

.

Using this Guide

This manual is designed to complement the Solstice Enterprise
Manager manual set from Sun Microsystems, as well as the

SPMA

Tools Guide

, the

Cabletron SystemsÕ Network Troubleshooting Guide

,

the

SPMA System Message Reference Guide

, and the individual

device- and application-speciÞc

UserÕs Guides

; it describes how to

install SPECTRUM for SEM, how to discover Cabletron devices on
your network and how to properly deÞne the glyphs that represent
them, and how to access the

Glyph

menu, which serves as a gateway

to each individual application available for your device. The

Solstice

Enterprise Manager UserÕs

and

Reference

guides describe how to use

the basic features of Solstice: creating your network and network
components, retrieving network data, specifying events, and so forth;
the

SPMA Tools Guide

and the individual device- and

application-speciÞc

UserÕs Guides

provide detailed information on

how to operate each of the management applications available for
your Cabletron intelligent devices; and the

Network Troubleshooting

Guide

provides some guidelines that can help you interpret the

statistical data provided by SPMA about the trafÞc on your network.

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