Specifications

Getting Started with Ridgeline
Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide
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Figure 5: Components of the Ridgeline User Interface (Network Views Window)
The main components of the Ridgeline user interface are the following:
Menu Bar Options and commands available in Ridgeline. The items shown in the menu bar vary
based on the folder that is selected in the Navigation Frame.
Icon Bar Icons for functions available in Ridgeline, based on the selected item. You can move
your mouse over an icon to view text describing what the icon does.
Navigation Frame Tree view of the of folders and subfolders in Ridgeline. You can click on items in the
Navigation Frame to show items lower in the hierarchy.
Ridgeline has four main folders: Home, Network Views, Network Administration, and
Administering Ridgeline. Clicking on a main folder reveals the subfolders below it. The
subfolders contain links to device groups and Ridgeline applications.
Tabbed Windows When you click one of the main folders or a device group folder, it opens a tabbed
window for that folder above the Navigation Table. Tabbed windows are dockable,
meaning that they can be moved around in the main Ridgeline window. See “Moving
Tabbed Windows in Ridgeline” on page 32 for more information.
Navigation Table Table of information about the objects displayed in the selected folder. Selecting a
device in the Navigation Table displays detailed information about the selected device
in the Device Details Frame.
Details Frame Detailed information about the object selected in the Navigation Table.
Map View For a selected device group, the graphical representation of the devices and links in
the group. Selecting a device in the Map View causes the corresponding row in the
Navigation Table to be selected.
Menu Bar Icon Bar
Navigation
Frame
Folders
Device Details FrameMap ViewTabbed Windows
Navigation Table