314 CHAPTER 7: MONITORING THE NETWORKFigure 152 Maintain Monitor History Field Detail3 Close the Tools > Options dialog box by clicking OK.Key Considerations This section provides assistance with monitoring your network.Monitoring andLogged DataMonitors are used as the data source for almost all information that3Com Network Director gathers about the state of your network.Inaddition to providing live graph information and generating events, theyare used for logging data for historical reports.This means that if you do not monitor a device or link you will not haveany data available for generating historical reports for that item.Similarly,if you temporarily stop monitoring a device or link there will be gaps inthe data available for historical reports.See “History Tab” on page 460 for more information.Text Displayed inGraphsThe graphs displayed in the Live Graphs window and the Detailed Graphdialog box may sometimes have text displayed across them.This text isdisplayed when 3Com Network Director has no current monitoring statefor the monitor.The following text may appear:Waiting…The monitor has just been started, and is in the process ofgathering its initial data so that it may determine the monitor’s state.After a short period of time, assuming that there are no issues with the
