The Help Assistant provides field-level descriptions for the actions that you can perform, and the information you can find, on each panel of the SAN File System console.
Because the panel help is embedded into the overall console, you can obtain context-sensitive information without interrupting your current activity. Each time you select a different panel, the information in the Help Assistant changes accordingly.
Within each section, the name of the action, field,
or attribute appears with a triangular “twistie” icon () next to it. Select the
twistie to expand or collapse the item's description. The item names are initially
collapsed to facilitate easy scanning of the available terms and to reduce
scrolling. You can choose to select only those items for which you would like
additional information and prevent having the Help Assistant frame cluttered
with details you do not need.
At the bottom of each Help Assistant frame are links to additional SAN File System topics. These links provide information on related concepts or tasks. When you choose a “Related Topics” link, the information for that topic appears within the Help Assistant frame.
You
can launch the Help Assistant by selecting the Toggle Help Assistant icon
()
from the right side of the task bar. Because this button performs in a toggle
fashion, to hide the Help Assistant, you select the icon once again. You can
also close the Help Assistant by selecting the close button for the frame
in which it displays.
Control | Action |
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Displays the last topic you viewed in the Help Assistant. |
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Displays the topic in the Help Assistant that you viewed before clicking the Back icon. |
Search field and Go button | Perform an information search and bring up the search returns in the Information Center. |
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Displays panel help in the Help Assistant for the current console panel. |
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Prints the displayed Help Assistant topic. |
You can also view all SAN File System product and help documentation
by selecting the question mark icon ()
located above the work content area, next to the Help Assistant icon (
).
This action will launch the SAN File System Information Center in a separate
window.
Parent topic: SAN File System console panels
Related concepts
Using the SAN File System console
Related reference
Using the Information Center