3.1 iManager Interface

Use only the buttons within the interface when you are navigating in iManager. The Web browser's toolbar buttons (Back, Next, etc.) are not supported.

Figure 3-1 By default, the iManager Interface displays Roles and Tasks

3.1.1 Views

iManager 2.5 has several views that you access using the icons at the top of the iManager interface:

  • Roles and Tasks Roles and Tasks: contains all the tasks you are authorized to perform
  • View Objects icon View Objects: contains browsing and searching functionality to find objects
  • Configure icon Configure: contains Role-Based Services, iManager Server, Object Creation List, Module Installation, E-mail Notification, and Views, all of which you can configure as you want
  • Favorites icon Favorites: displays your most frequent tasks, selected from the Preferences > Favorites page
  • Preferences icon Preferences: Set your preferences according to your most frequent tasks, how the Object Selector displays, how your Object View displays, what view appears after logging in to iManager, and what language iManager displays in.
  • Help icon Help: Applicable information related to the page you are on appears when you select this icon

Roles and Tasks is the default view. For information on how to change the default view, see Section 6.0, Configuring and Customizing iManager.

3.1.2 Contents Panel

The Contents Panel displays a navigation pane. Its contents vary, depending on which view you have selected.

New in iManager 2.5 is the Category selector, which provides groups of roles and tasks specific to a particular function. Categories include the following:

  • All Categories
  • Authentication & Passwords
  • Collaboration
  • Directory
  • File Management
  • Identity Manager
  • Infrastructure
  • Install & Upgrade
  • Network
  • Nsure Audit
  • Printing
  • Security
  • Servers
  • Software Licenses & Network Usage
  • Users and Groups

Tasks under categories are listed in order of probable use.