Next generation single-system management on HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23)
• Menu-driven TUI: Most of the HP SMH plug-ins have an interactive menu-driven TUI, which includes
the following features:
– Fast and light weight
– Intuitive, “learn-as-you-go” menu-driven interface
– In-line man pages
– CLI preview
– Available regardless of system state
– Accessible through a serial console, secure web console, or remote terminal login
– Broad terminal type support
– Simple curses and no inverse characters
Figure 4. TUI of the Kernel Configuration tool
• Web-based GUI: Most of the HP SMH plug-ins have a web-based GUI, which includes the
following features:
– Improved performance Improvements
– Enhanced CLI
– Command line previews from GUI
– Graphical visualization of system state
– Graphical trend lines
– Online help—HTML and HP-UX man pages
– Localized GUI, messages, and help
– Seamless integration with a multisystem management tool (HP SIM)
– Centralized launch
– Single sign-on and role-based access control
– Audit logging
– Consistent look and feel
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