Administration Guide

Chapter 2. Using Zenoss
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Chapter 2. Using Zenoss

Table of Contents

1. Zenoss Interface and Navigation

1.1. Navigation Menu

1.1.1. Hiding the Menu
1.1.2. Pinning the Menu

1.2. Breadcrumbs

1.3. User Information Area

1.3.1. Update Details

1.4. Portlets

1.4.1. Customizing Portlets

1.5. Zenoss Network Map

1.5.1. Viewing Device and Network Details
1.5.2. Loading Link Data
1.5.3. Filtering by Device Type
1.5.4. Adjusting Viewable Hops
1.5.5. Adjusting the Network Map
1.5.6. Viewing Device or Network Details

1.6. Zenoss Menus

1.6.1. Page Menus
1.6.2. Table Menus

2. Customizing the Zenoss Dashboard

2.1. Selecting Portlets
2.2. Arranging Portlets
2.3. Changing the Dashboard Column Layout

3. Searching for Devices

4. Navigating the Event Console

4.1. Sorting and Filtering Events
4.2. Controlling Page Auto-Refresh
4.3. Viewing Event Details
4.4. Selecting Events
4.5. Managing Events

5. Running Commands from the User Interface

6. Creating and Using Alerts

6.1. Setting SMTP Settings For Alerts

6.2. Creating an Alerting Rule

6.2.1. Define and Enable the Alert
6.2.2. Create the Content of the Alert Message
6.2.3. Create a Schedule for Sending the Alert

6.3. Escalation of Messaging in Zenoss

6.3.1. Creating an Alerting Hierarchy

6.4. Adding Delay and Schedules to Alerting Rules

7. Creating Custom Event Views

Read the following sections to learn more about working in the Zenoss interface, and to learn how to:

Customize the dashboard
Search for devices
Navigate the event console
Run Zenoss commands
Create and use alerts
Create custom event views

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