In the Sentinel Control Center user interface, you can perform the activities through the following components:
Sentinel Control Center provides you the “dockable” framework, which allows you to move the toolbars, tabs or frames from their default location to user-specific locations for ease of use.
Figure 2-1 Sentinel Control Center
The menu bar has the menus required to navigate, perform activities, and change the appearance of the Sentinel Control Center.
Figure 2-2 Menu Bar
Figure 2-3 Menu Bar
The
, , , and menus are always available. The availability of other menus depends on your location in the console and the permissions you have.The toolbar allows you to perform tab-specific functions. There are four system-wide toolbar buttons that are always displayed:
, , and . The availability of other toolbar buttons depends on your location in the console and the permissions you have.The system-wide toolbar buttons are:
Figure 2-4 Toolbar Buttons
Figure 2-5 Additional Toolbar Buttons
Tab-specific toolbar buttons allows you to perform the functions related to each tab.
Table 2-1 Tab-Specific Toolbar Buttons
Toolbar |
View |
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Active Views |
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Correlation |
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Incidents |
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iTRAC |
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Analysis |
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Admin |
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For more information on tab-specific toolbar buttons, see the sections on each of the tabs listed in Section 2.3.3, Tabs.
Depending on your access permissions, Sentinel Control Center displays the following tabs.
Sentinel provides a dockable framework that allows you to drag frames on the screen to place them in your preferred locations. The following buttons allow you to drag and/ hide frames.
Toggle Floating
Toggle Auto-hide
Figure 2-6 Navigator Frame
To drag a frame to any location:
Click the
icon on the frame or hold the frame and drag it to the desired location.To hide a frame:
Click the
icon.NOTE:You can undo dragging or reset the framework to the default position by using the toolbar buttons.
To navigate by using the toolbar:
Click the tab you need to use.
Click toolbar buttons to perform the actions.
To navigate by using the menu bar:
Click the tab menu in the menu bar.
Select an action you need to perform.
NOTE:This procedure is generic for all the tabs in the Sentinel Control Center. Navigation procedures for tabs are discussed in the relevant sections.
You can change the Sentinel Control Center’s look by:
Click
.Select either Bottom.
orClick
. All open windows in the right panel cascade.Click
.Select from the following options:
Click
. All open windows in the right panel minimize.Click
. All open windows in the right panel are restored to their original size.NOTE:Use the Minimize and Restore options provided on the top right corner of the tab to minimize individual tabs.
Click
.If the user has permissions to save the workspace, they can save the following preferences:
Permanent windows that are not dependent on data that was available at the time of their original creation.
Active Views
Summary displays
Window positions
Window sizes, including the application window
Tab positions
Navigator docked or floating and showing or hidden
The following preferences are not saved when the user logs out:
Snapshots
Historical event queries
Secondary windows opened from one of the primary windows in the Admin Navigator
Column widths in Active Views
To save your preferences:
Click
Click
.Provide the old password.
Provide the new password and confirm it.
Click
.For more information on password security, see the Sentinel Rapid Deployment Reference Guide.
On the Tools menu, click
or alternatively click the Configure Attachment Viewers button. The Attachment Viewer Configuration window displays.Click
. The Attachment Identification window displays.Specify the extension type (such as .doc, .xls, .txt, .html and so on) and click or type in the application program to launch the file type (such as notepad.exe for Notepad).
Click
.