> # Device Manager - Preferences

> Field | Description
> --- | ---
> Retry Requests # time(s) after #sec timeout | The number of retries to be attempted after time out (seconds).
> Enable Status Polling | Check to enables status polling in every (specified number of) seconds
> Trace SNMP packets in Message Log | Check to enable tracing SNMP packets in the message log.
> Register for Events after Open, listen on Port 1163 | Check to automatically register for events.
> Show WWN Vendor | Check to enable showing the WWN vendor name. Replace - Replace the existing vendor name with the new one. Prepend - Attach the new vendor name to the beginning of the current vendor name.
> Show Timestamps as Date/Time | Check for displaying the time stamp in the Date/Time format.
> Telnet Path | Path to the telnet client.
> Use Secure Shell instead of Telnet | Check to use secure shell.
> CLI Session Timeout | Time interval for the CLI session (in seconds). Enter ‘0’ to disable CLI timeout.
> Show Tooltips in Physical View | Check to show tooltips.
> Label Physical View Ports with | FICON - Displays FICON as label for the ports on the device view. Interface - Displays Interface as label for the ports on the device view.
> Export Table | Tab-Delimited - Exports the table to tab-delimited text file. XML - Exports the table to xml file.

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