Technical information

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10 CWI Desktop Window
The CWI Desktop is the main point of access to all CWI applications and tools, allowing you to configure, monitor, and manage
routers (see Figure 6).
The CWI Desktop is designed with common elements that provide an easy to use and consistent user interface. The elements of
the CWI Desktop window are described in Table 7.
Interface Viewer Yes Yes Yes
Rack View Yes, but no notifications and
associated alarms are
displayed.
Yes, but no notifications and
associated alarms are
displayed.
Yes
Telnet Plus/SSH Plus — Yes Yes
Terminal Plus Yes, but mutually exclusive to
other applications.
1
——
Troubleshooter — — Yes
Configuration Desktop
2
——Yes
Configuration Editor Yes Yes Yes
Graphical
Configuration
——Yes
1. When connecting through the serial port or terminal server, the terminal application requires exclusive access to the connection, so no other
applications can be launched or refreshed while it is open.
2. The Configuration Desktop is available only when using XML connection type, for example, XML over CORBA.
Table 7 CWI Desktop Window Elements
Element Description
Menu Bar Provides a list of options available on the basis of the selected object and active
application. The options include administrative, editing, viewing tasks, starting
applications, and arranging windows.
Toolbar Contains icons, referred to as tools, that provide direct access to context-sensitive
functions. Clicking a tool selects a task.
Inventory Tree Displays all components of each router that the CWI can access and is the primary
interface to these components. The Inventory Tree dynamically shows current
alarms and events, connectivity status, and physical and logical tree views. The
Inventory Treeprovides context-sensitivelaunching ofapplications by selectingan
object, a group of objects, or an entire router in the Inventory Tree and then
choosing an available application
CWI Status Bar Contains three icons that show the status of the CWI including communication
security and NE connectivity and allows you to open the Alarm Dashboard. The
left side of the status bar may contain a progress message.
Dashboard Provides a summary of the alarm status information for all routers in the CWI
Desktop. Color coding is used to indicate active alarm counts by severity. A
resettable running count of new alarm arrivals is provided.
CWI Application Pane Contains the active CWI applications that are used to manage the router. Multiple
applications can be opened concurrently in the CWI Application pane.
Table 6 Connection Methods and Applications (continued)
CWI Application
Console Port (serial cable or
through a terminal server) Telnet (no XML)
Telnet, or CORBA connection
(XML)