Must be using the 6.5 Server Enterprise Manager. I seem to remember that the icon meant that you have a connection to the server.

-Mike

>One of my clients asked about the meaning of a red zig-zag line that sometimes shows up next to the server icon for one of his SQL Servers.
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>Offhand I would have guessed on a broken connection, but the thing seemed to work ok, so, after looking for info on the subject I could only say 'Beats me'.
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>Can somebody please enlighten me?