Instruction Manual

Configuring the Open Enterprise Management
Server
OEM User’s Guide—520330-001
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Advanced Options
The OEM Options dialog box appears.
2. Click the Fonts tab.
3. Set the desired font options.
The list of font names varies from system to system, depending on which fonts are
installed in the given environment. The available font sizes can also vary. If a
particular size is invalid for a specific font, the OEM automatically uses the closest
available font size.
4. Click OK or Apply to save the changes, or click Cancel to discard them.
Advanced Options
Use the Advanced Options dialog box to access OEM Server advanced configuration
settings and windows that display information about the OEM’s internal data and status.
This subsection describes:
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Limiting the Number of Icons Used on page 3-15
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Supplementary Display Windows on page 3-16
Opening the OEM Advanced Options Dialog Box
To open the OEM Advanced Options dialog box:
1. Do one of the following:
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Right-click the OEM icon in the system tray and choose Options from the
menu.
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From the View menu of any OEM display window, choose Options.
The OEM Options dialog box appears.
2. Click the Advanced tab if it is not already selected.
Limiting the Number of Icons Used
The OEM Server uses entity and state icons to show the type and state of objects in the
OEM internal database. Because of the number of entity types and states, the total
number of icons in the OEM’s entity and state icon matrix can be quite large. This
situation is not a problem on Windows NT systems because Windows NT is designed to
handle this type of load. On Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems, however, icons
occupy space in a GDI pool shared by all applications and the operating system. This
space is a limited resource, and the full OEM icon matrix could consume a significant
portion of it.
To alleviate this problem, you can enable the OEM’s Show State Icons Only option. The
OEM Server displays only an object’s state icon; the entity type icon is not shown. The
OEM’s GDI resource consumption is reduced by more than 75 percent, making it easier
to run other applications concurrently with the OEM.