NMC-RX 7.2.x User Guide, Vol. 1 > Understanding the User Interface > Understanding the Interface Layout

Understanding the Interface Layout

The NMC-RX application uses two workshops—the Network Workshop and the Device Workshop. Each workshop window is composed of five major areas, as shown in Figure 6 and described in Table 6.

Figure 6: Workshop Areas

 Table 6:  Workshop Areas 

 Area
 Displays

 Menu bar

 Menu from which you can select commands


 Context

 All the managed objects; used to select an object


 List

 Tabular list of one or more objects that match the criteria specified by a query from the context area


 Status

 Current status of the NMC-RX application


 Work

 Information about a selected object; you can modify the information, if applicable



 

Using the Menu Bar

The menu bar lets you execute commands that are related to each of the menus. See the following tables for information about each menu command.

Menu	Command	Action
File	Exit	Exit the application.

Menu	Command	Action
Edit	Cut	Delete text.
	Copy	Copy text.
	Paste	Insert the text from the clipboard that was cut or copied into the place you want it.

 

Menu
 Command
 Action

 View

 Instance Explorer

 Hide or show the tree of the instances of the device in the Device-wide Explorer.



 

 Menu
 Command
 Action

 

Configuration


 View

 View an object configuration; opens the work area for viewing the current configuration of the object.


 

 List All

 List all objects of a particular type. The following network-wide types are always available:

  
 Accounting Server
  
 Authentication Server
  
 Customer
  
 DHCP Relay Server
  
 IP Tunnel Connection
  
 Profile
  
 SMDS Tunnels Connection
  
 User Profile
  
 Virtual LAN

 NOTE: Additional objects appear in the list when you select an object.


 

 Create

 Create objects of a particular type. The following network-wide types are always available:

  
 Accounting Server
  
 Authentication Server
  
 Customer
  
 DHCP Relay Server
  
 IP Tunnel Connection
  
 Profile
  
 SMDS Tunnels Connection
  
 User Profile
  
 Virtual LAN

 NOTE: Additional objects appear in the list when you select an object.


 

 Configure

 Open the appropriate work area and configure an object.


 

 Delete

 Delete a selected object.


 

 NMC-RX Application Settings

 Configure application-wide parameters for Config Sync Services, Polling Service, Remote Login, NMC-RX User Authentication, User Inactivity Timer, and Software Download.
 NOTE: This menu item is available only to users with security or device maintenance privileges. 
 If you have both privileges and try to access a security or device maintenance tab when another user is accessing one or the other, a warning dialog box appears indicating that the tab is locked. You can access only the set of tabs (security or device maintenance) that are not locked.


 

 Save

 Save an object configuration.


 

 Close

 Close an open work area.


 

 Save As Template...

 Save a configuration as a template that you can use to configure new entities.


 

 Apply Template...

 Select a template to apply to the object displayed in the work area.



 

Menu
Reports	Currently not implemented.

Menu	Command	Action
Tools	NMC-RX Settings	Open the Resource Configurator, a standalone application that provides easy access to configuring the NMC-RX database, SNMP, or Polling Service.
	Change Login	Log in as a different user; cannot run this option when any creation dialog boxes or device workshops are open.
	Device Utilities	Run the following utilities: Remote Login Ping Traceroute Save Running Config File Restore Config File
	Reset User Logon Count	Reset the count to get the database synchronized. If the database gets into a state in which it thinks a user is logged in and the user is not (whatever the reason), then the NMC-RX user with security privileges can reset the count.
	Unlock Application-Level Objects	Release, or unlock, the reserved status for a device or a network-wide setting. Lockups may occur, for example, when a user is configuring, modifying, or deleting a device and the NMC-RX application abnormally terminates. NOTE: Only users with security privileges have access to the Unlock command. To unlock a device: Select the device that you want to unlock, right-click, and choose Unlock from the Device Utilities menu. To unlock network-wide settings: From the Tools menu, select Device Utilities, and click Unlock.

Menu	Command	Action
Help	NMC-RX Help	Start the online help system.
	NMC-RX Licensing	Edit license key information.
	About NMC-RX	Display the version number.

Using Pop-Up Menus

If you select an instance or object type and then right-click, a pop-up menu appears. Available commands relative to the selected object appear. If the command appears dimmed, it is not available.

 NOTE: After selecting an object in the context or list area, you can right-click anywhere within the NMC-RX application to display its pop-up menu.
 For more information about how to use the five action commands, see Using the Network Workshop.