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Below the menu and toolbar, one, two, or three panes will be visible. From left to
right, these are:
v Groups
v Group contents (pane title indicates selected group)
v Tasks
Below
the panes is the marquee area and hardware-status alert display. The
ticker-tape messages scroll across the marquee area. The hardware-status alert
display is located in the bottom-right corner of the interface.
At the bottom of the IBM Director Console interface is a status bar indicating the
ready or busy status of IBM Director, the host and login information for IBM
Director Server, and the number of managed objects in the Group Contents pane.
IBM Director Console is usually accessed on the management server. On
Windows
®
management servers, an additional, and separate, Server Status icon
displays the ready or busy status of IBM Director Server in the Windows system
tray.
Note:
Icons in the Windows tray, including the IBM Director Server Status icon,
may disappear when a user selects the Windows High Contrast display. To
enable display of the Server Status icon after selecting the high contrast
display, select All Programs → Startup → Server Status from the Start menu.
IBM Director Console toolbar
This topic describes each of the icons on the IBM Director Console.
Along the top of the IBM Director Console interface is a toolbar containing nine
icons.
From left to right, the icons are briefly described below:
Discover
Clicking the button for this icon starts discovery of all systems and
devices. Clicking the menu arrow for this icon allows you to select a type
of system or device to discover.
Message Browser
Clicking the button for this icon opens the Message Browser window.
User Administration
Clicking the button for this icon opens the User Administration window.
Event Action Plans
Clicking the button for this icon opens the Event Action Plan Builder
window. Clicking the menu arrow for this icon allows you to select the
Event Action Plan Wizard, event logging options, or help for event action
plans.
Scheduler
Clicking the button for this icon opens the Scheduler window. Clicking the
menu arrow for this icon allows you to open help for scheduler.
Figure 3. IBM Director Console toolbar
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