Where to Go from Here

At this point, you've tried many of Console's features and need only expand your knowledge and develop techniques for using them on your network. Console's VLAN management is the only area that has not been touched by Getting Started. To learn more about VLANs, begin by reading the VLAN concepts information, available from Console Help. Help is also the source for a variety of conceptual and task-oriented topics.

Accessing NetSight Console Help

All Console documentation is available in the Help system accessible from the application.

  • Help on Console features is available via the Help > Help Topics menu option.
  • Help for the tab currently displayed in the right panel is available via the Help > About This Window menu option (or from the Help button on the main toolbar).
  • Help for a particular window is also often available via a Help button on the window itself.

Any time you access Help, you can navigate to any other file in the Help system. There is also a Search feature within the Help.

  1. Select Help > Help Topics from the menu bar. The NetSight online Help opens in a browser window. A Table of Contents in the left panel displays the available topics in the NetSight Help.
  2. Close the Help window.
  3. Notice what tab is currently displayed in the right panel of the Console window, then click the Help button on the toolbar (or select Help > About This Window from the menu bar). The online Help opens with specific information about the particular tab, and all aspects of the Help system are still available.
  4. Close the Help window.
  5. In the Console left panel, select the All Devices device group, then right-click on the folder and select Add Device.
  6. Click the Help button in the Add Device window. Specific information about the window is displayed, and all aspects of the Help system are still available.
  7. Click the Search (magnifying glass) accordion tab at the bottom of the left panel of the Help window to open the Search panel. Enter a term you are searching for in the search field and then click Search. A list of topics containing the term appears in the Search panel ranked according to the number of times the term appears. You can refine the Search results by using the Filters drop-down menu to select which NetSight application you are interested in searching. If you want to find a specific combination of words that are always next to each other in the same order (e.g., domain name), you can enter the search keywords within quotation marks (e.g., "domain name").
     NOTE:You can also use the Quick search field in the Help toolbar to search for a term on the current page.

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