CANOGA PERKINS CanogaView Smart Element Manager - Manual (Page 27)

CanogaView
®
Smart Element Manager
Chapter 3
Using CanogaView Smart Element Manager
This chapter provides an overview of the CanogaView Smart Element Manager’s user
interface, a Getting Started section which lists the basic steps that one would follow to start
managing their network including examples and a description of the miscellaneous
applications.
3.1 User Interface Overview
This section provides an overview of the graphical user interface applications and their
usage. Included are:
• Application
Overview
• Menus and Toolbars
• Standalone Version Restrictions
3.1.1 Application Overview
The CanogaView Smart Element Manager basically consists of client and server side
services. The client side components consist of HTML web pages, Java scripts and Java
applets that execute within a web browser that supports Java (typically Internet Explorer or
Netscape). These web pages and applets communicate and are managed by CanogaView
Smart Element Manager’s web server. The server side components are the web server,
Java server pages (jsp), HTML pages, Java scripts, Java servlets, database and SNMP
communication stack.
The following table lists the client side services and the basic application hierarchy (who
calls who as indicated using colors and indentations). It is assumed that the user is starting
from the main start up page which is displayed here:
Figure 3-1. Starting Point
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