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Web-based System Manager Administration Guide
The console menu bar provides all of the operations performed on the console
and managed objects. The menus are organized as follows:
- Console Menu
- The Console Menu contains choices that control the console. It allows
you to add and remove computers from the management environment, specify whether
to automatically attempt to log in to a host with a stored password, view
the console session log, exit the console or save console preferences including
theme and font size (see Preference Files).
- Object Menu
- The title of the Object Menu changes to indicate
the type of resource managed by the current plug-in. For example, when the
plug-in that manages hardware devices is selected, the Object Menu title becomes Devices. The Object Menu contains general choices and
actions for a plug-in that do not require the selection of specific objects
to act on. Typically, actions for creating new resource objects are located
in the Object Menu. The find function is also located
in the Object Menu. The contents of the Object Menu are updated when a new
plug-in is selected.
- Selected Menu
- The Selected Menu contains those actions for a plug-in that require
the user to select which managed objects an action is to apply to, such as Open, Properties, Copy, Delete, or Start.
The contents of the Selected Menu are updated when a new plug-in is selected.
It is disabled when Overview and Launch plug-ins are loaded.
- View Menu
- The View Menu contains choices for navigating, such as Back, Forward, and Up One
Level. It also includes choices for customizing the console in the Show submenu. For example, you can select to show or hide
the tool bar and status bar. When container plug-ins are loaded, the View
Menu includes options that control how objects are presented. For example,
if the plug-in provides a choice of views, such as Large
Icon, Small Icon, Details, and Tree, these choices are listed here. If
the plug-in only supports a single view, no view choices are listed. When
a plug-in is displaying an icon or Details view, the
View Menu includes choices for sorting and filtering the container.
- Window Menu
- The Window Menu contains actions for managing sub-windows in the console
workspace. New Window creates a new console sub-window
in the workspace. Other choices control how all console sub-windows are presented.
For example, you can choose to have the windows completely cover the workspace
like tiles, or have them stacked in a cascade fashion.
- Help Menu
- The Help Menu lists your assistance choices. When the computer that
is acting as the system management server is properly configured with an HTTP Server to
act as the Documentation Server, extensive online
information is accessible through a Web browser. Different choices allow you
to view help contents, search for help on a particular topic, and view help
information on shortcut keys.
- Pop-up Menus
- Pop-up menus (sometimes called context menus)
provide a quick way of accessing menu choices. To use pop-up menus with a
mouse, right click an object. The pop-up menu lists the actions found in the
Selected and Object menus for the current object or objects.
- Tool Bar
- The tool bar lists commonly used actions that are available when the
current plug-in is loaded. It includes navigation controls, Find, and View
choices (if available). The tool bar also provides tool tip help when the
mouse pointer remains over a tool bar icon for a few seconds.
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