Table Of Contents
VPN Console: Find Menu
Find Network
Find VPN Provider
Find Provider Region
Find VPN Customer
Find Customer Site
Find VPN
Find Window
VPN Console: Find Menu
The Find menu item allows you to search for a string of characters corresponding to a node name. When a match is found, the appropriate node is expanded (if not already expanded) and the found item is highlighted.
Figure 5-1, "Find Menu," provides a view of the Find menu. Selections from this menu are used to search for a specific category.
Figure 5-1 Find Menu
The Find menu includes the following categories:
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Find Network.
•Find VPN Provider.
•Find Provider Region.
•Find VPN Customer.
•Find Customer Site.
•Find VPN.
From each of these categories, you proceed to a Find window, as described in the "Find Window" section.
Find Network
This section explains how to search for a string of characters in the name of a network. Implement the following steps:
Step 1 From the VPN console window, choose Find > Find Network (Alt-N), as shown in Figure 5-2.
Note An alternative to selecting Find > Find Network is a selection from the hierarchy pane. In the hierarchy pane, right click on Networks (expansion of Device Inventory then Targets), which produces a selection of Find Network. Then left click on Find Network. Both paths navigate to the same set of windows.
Figure 5-2 Find Network
Step 2 The next window to appear is shown in Figure 5-3, "Find."
Figure 5-3 Find
In this window, the default Category is Network. However, in the drop down menu, you can also choose a category that matches any of the other Find choices or All, which allows you to search through all of the available categories.
Step 3 Proceed to the "Find Window" section.
Find VPN Provider
This section explains how to search for a string of characters in the name of a VPN Service Provider. Implement the following steps:
Step 1 From the VPN console window, choose Find > Find VPN Provider (Alt-P), as shown in Figure 5-4.
Note An alternative to selecting Find > Find VPN Provider is a selection from the hierarchy pane. In the hierarchy pane, right click on Provider Administrative Domains (expansion of VPN Inventory), which produces a selection of Find Provider A.D. Then left click on Find Provider A.D. Both paths navigate to the same set of windows.
Figure 5-4 Find VPN Provider
Step 2 The next window to appear is shown in Figure 5-5, "Find."
Figure 5-5 Find
In this window, the default Category is VPN Provider. However, in the drop down menu, you can also choose a category that matches any of the other Find choices or All, which allows you to search through all of the available categories.
Step 3 Proceed to the "Find Window" section.
Find Provider Region
This section explains how to search for a string of characters in the name of a VPN Service Provider region. Implement the following steps:
Step 1 From the VPN console window, choose Find > Find Provider Region (Alt-R), as shown in Figure 5-6.
Note An alternative to selecting Find > Find Provider Region is a selection from the hierarchy pane. In the hierarchy pane, right click on a specific Provider Administrative Domain (expansion of VPN Inventory then Provider Administrative Domains), which produces a selection of Find Provider Region. Then left click on Find Provider Region. Both paths navigate to the same set of windows.
Figure 5-6 Find Provider Region
Step 2 The next window to appear is shown in Figure 5-7, "Find."
Figure 5-7 Find
In this window, the default Category is Provider Region. However, in the drop down menu, you can also choose a category that matches any of the other Find choices or All, which allows you to search through all of the available categories.
Step 3 Proceed to the "Find Window" section.
Find VPN Customer
This section explains how to search for a string of characters in the name of a VPN customer. Implement the following steps:
Step 1 From the VPN console window, choose Find > Find VPN Customer (Alt-C), as shown in Figure 5-8.
Note An alternative to selecting Find > Find VPN Customer is a selection from the hierarchy pane. In the hierarchy pane, right click on VPN Customers (expansion of VPN Inventory), which produces a selection of Find VPN Customer. Then left click on Find VPN Customer. Both paths navigate to the same set of windows.
Figure 5-8 Find VPN Customer
Step 2 The next window to appear is shown in Figure 5-9, "Find."
Figure 5-9 Find
In this window, the default Category is VPN Customer. However, in the drop down menu, you can also choose a category that matches any of the other Find choices or All, which allows you to search through all of the available categories.
Step 3 Proceed to the "Find Window" section.
Find Customer Site
This section explains how to search for a string of characters in the name of a customer site. Implement the following steps:
Step 1 From the VPN console window, choose Find > Find Customer Site (Alt-S), as shown in Figure 5-10.
Note An alternative to selecting Find > Find Customer Site is a selection from the hierarchy pane. In the hierarchy pane, right click on a specific VPN customer (expansion of VPN Inventory then VPN Customers), which produces a selection of Find Site. Then left click on Find Site. Both paths navigate to the same set of windows.
Figure 5-10 Find Customer Site
Step 2 The next window to appear is shown in Figure 5-11, "Find."
Figure 5-11 Find
In this window, the default Category is Customer Site. However, in the drop down menu, you can also choose a category that matches any of the other Find choices or All, which allows you to search through all of the available categories.
Step 3 Proceed to the "Find Window" section.
Find VPN
This section explains how to search for a string of characters in the name of a VPN. Implement the following steps:
Step 1 From the VPN console window, choose Find > Find VPN (Alt-V), as shown in Figure 5-12.
Note An alternative to selecting Find > Find VPN is a selection from the hierarchy pane. In the hierarchy pane, right click on VPNs (expansion of VPN Inventory), which produces a selection of Find VPN Definition. Then left click on Find VPN Definition. Both paths navigate to the same set of windows.
Figure 5-12 Find VPN
Step 2 The next window to appear is shown in Figure 5-13, "Find."
Figure 5-13 Find
In this window, the default Category is VPN. However, in the drop down menu, you can also choose a category that matches any of the other Find choices or All, which allows you to search through all of the available categories.
Step 3 Proceed to the "Find Window" section.
Find Window
In addition to the Category choices described in each of the Find menu items, you can proceed in the Find window with the following steps:
Step 1 As explained in each of the Find menu items, you can use the Category drop down menu to choose a category that matches any of the Find choices or All, which allows you to search through all of the available categories. An example of this Find window with the drop down menu expanded is shown in Figure 5-14, "Find with Category Drop Down Menu Expanded."
Figure 5-14 Find with Category Drop Down Menu Expanded
Step 2 In the Find What field, enter the character sequence for which you want to search. An exact total match is not necessary, just the specified sequence must be exact.
Step 3 Check the Match Case box if you want to match by uppercase or lowercase or leave it unchecked if the case is not to be matched.
Step 4 In the Direction area, choose the direction you want to navigate when searching.
Note The search does not wrap when you reach the top or bottom of the list. When the Up direction is chosen, the search ends at the top of the list. When the Down direction is chosen, the search ends at the bottom of the list.
Step 5 Select Find Next when you want to proceed with the search. Otherwise, select Cancel.
Step 6 When a match is found, the node structure is expanded and the item is highlighted in the hierarchy pane, as shown in Figure 5-15, "Example of Match Found."
Figure 5-15 Example of Match Found
Step 7 You can continue to select Find Next to continue searching for a match of the specified sequence of characters.
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