Using Device Manager dialog boxes 53Using Device Manager dialog boxesMany Device Manager dialog boxes contain fields that allow you to entervalues for parameters, and many of the parameters have predeterminedpossible values. For example, a port may be set to be enabled or disabled.Other parameter values are ranges of user-determined values. For example,the value for a system contact will be a name you enter in the SysContactfield.Fields that can be modified are displayed in white.Use this procedure to change the value in a field.Procedure stepsStep Action1 Click the field.The possible choices for that parameter are displayed. "Parameterselection menu" (page 53) shows an example of a Metro EthernetRouting Switch 8600 field that can be modified.Parameter selection menu2 Click a new value from the list.3 Click Apply.—End—For fields that do not have preset values, click the field and type the value.Using the buttons in Device Manager dialog boxes"Device Manager buttons" (page 54) describes buttons that appear inDevice Manager dialog boxes and tabs.Note that all of these buttons do not appear in all of the dialog boxes on theMetro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600, Metro ESU 1800, and Metro ESU1850. Specifically, only the first ten buttons listed in the table, with theexception of Resize Columns, are applicable to the Metro ESU 1800 and1850.Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600Fundamentals — Using Device ManagerNN46225-300 02.02 Standard4.2 1 October 2007Copyright © 2005-2007, Nortel Networks.