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Selecting the Active Server

The active server is the one whose database you can read data from. That is, you have access to this server's alarm definitions, poll definitions, and so on. You can view alarm instances for any number of servers at the same time.

 
  To make a particular server the active server:

1. Display the server drop-down list on the client's button bar.

   Server Drop-Down List

   

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2. Select from the list the name of the server you want to make the active server.

   The name of the active server appears in the drop-down list box.