Administrator's Guide

Figure 2 Screen topography
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navigation tree: Used to select the controller
or application screen to display in the details
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Banner: Identifies the user interface. Contains
the alert notification counter and links to the
navigation menu, alert information, and the
SDN User window.
pane. General is the controller navigation tree.
Navigation trees for installed applications are
displayed below or to the right of the General
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Alert notification counter: Displays the current
number of active alerts. Clicking this icon
displays the Alerts as of Today window box.
navigation tree. In this figure, there are two
navigation trees: General and Net Optimizer
- Lync.
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SDN User window: Enables you to log out
of the controller, link to external websites,
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Details pane: Displays the detailed interface
for the controller or application resourcechange the theme for the controller, and
identify the version of controller software
currently in use.
selected in the navigation menu. When the
controller starts, it displays the Alerts screen.
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Pagination control: Can appear on screens
that have lists of items. Use these controls to
view the listings page by page.
navigation menu: The primary menu for
navigating to controller and application
resources. Contains the controller navigation
tree, labelled General, and can contain
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Listing control: Can appear on screens that
have lists of items. Use these controls to selectadditional navigation trees for installed
the number of items to display in a singleapplications that integrate with the controller
view. The Auto option displays all items in aUI. Can be displayed as a pane (as shown)
single screen. For listings exceeding the lengthor as a window that overlays the controller
of the screen, you can use the scroll bar on
the right side of the screen.
screen (see “Expanding or collapsing the
navigation menu” (page 17)).
3.2.1 Banner
DescriptionScreen component
Expands or collapses the “navigation menu” (page 16) as an overlay window.
SDN Controller
Expands or collapses the controller “Alerts as of today” (page 21) window.
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