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Choosing display options for devices

Choosing display options for devices

You can choose what settings to hide and display in the device database, allowing you to hide settings that you don't use and display settings that you do use.

By setting the global display options, you are specifying what options to hide and display for all device databases, and you can customize individual device databases as needed.

When ADOMs are enabled, the global display options apply to all devices in the ADOM, letting you specify different global display options for each ADOM.

To specify global display options for all devices in an ADOM:
  1. Go to the device database. See Displaying the device database.

    The Dashboard for the device database is displayed.

  2. In the left pane, click Display Options.

    The Display Options dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select Global Display Options, and then select the checkboxes for the items you want to display, and clear the checkboxes for the items you want to hide.

    The selections apply to all devices. When ADOMs are enabled, the selections apply to all devices in the ADOM.

    The available options depend on the ADOM version.

    Select Check All at the bottom of the window to select all content panels. Select Reset to Default at the bottom of the window to reset all of the selected panels to the default settings.

  4. Click OK.
To customize display options for a device:
  1. Go to the device database. See Displaying the device database.

    The Dashboard for the device database is displayed.

  2. In the left pane, click Display Options.

    The Display Options dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select Customize, and then select the checkboxes for the items you want to display on the toolbar, and clear the checkboxes for the items you want to hide from the toolbar.

    The selections apply only to the device.

    The available options depend on the device model and settings configured for that model.

  4. Click OK.

Choosing display options for devices

You can choose what settings to hide and display in the device database, allowing you to hide settings that you don't use and display settings that you do use.

By setting the global display options, you are specifying what options to hide and display for all device databases, and you can customize individual device databases as needed.

When ADOMs are enabled, the global display options apply to all devices in the ADOM, letting you specify different global display options for each ADOM.

To specify global display options for all devices in an ADOM:
  1. Go to the device database. See Displaying the device database.

    The Dashboard for the device database is displayed.

  2. In the left pane, click Display Options.

    The Display Options dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select Global Display Options, and then select the checkboxes for the items you want to display, and clear the checkboxes for the items you want to hide.

    The selections apply to all devices. When ADOMs are enabled, the selections apply to all devices in the ADOM.

    The available options depend on the ADOM version.

    Select Check All at the bottom of the window to select all content panels. Select Reset to Default at the bottom of the window to reset all of the selected panels to the default settings.

  4. Click OK.
To customize display options for a device:
  1. Go to the device database. See Displaying the device database.

    The Dashboard for the device database is displayed.

  2. In the left pane, click Display Options.

    The Display Options dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select Customize, and then select the checkboxes for the items you want to display on the toolbar, and clear the checkboxes for the items you want to hide from the toolbar.

    The selections apply only to the device.

    The available options depend on the device model and settings configured for that model.

  4. Click OK.