Product guide
108 Configuration Software and Utilities
109MAXDATA PLATINUM 90004R Server System
Remote SMU Help Use Cases
This section describes the various ways help related to the SMU can be obtained when running
remotely.
ISM Front-end Help
The front-end ISM help subsystem contains some general information on the SMU. This help is fairly
generic and is not context-sensitive (does not give details related to the views displayed by the SMU).
This help can be accessed by clicking on the Contents task in the task pane of the ISM Console.
SMU Table of Contents Help
After the SMU is launched, its task pane also shows a Help item (non-selectable) with a Contents
subtask under it. If Contents is clicked, a new browser window is launched that has the format shown
in Figure 59. The table of contents pane on the left allows you to view context-sensitive help for any
view displayed by the SMU. Each page displayed in the information pane (on the right) contains links
labeled “About SMU” and “ISM x.x Help” (where x.x is the revision number of the ISM release).
Clicking on About SMU returns you to a general front page for the SMU (is not context-specic).
Clicking on ISM x.x Help launches a new browser that contains the front-end ISM help.
Help Buttons
Most views displayed by the SMU have a Help button on them. If no help is currently displayed,
clicking a Help button launches a browser window that shows only the context-sensitive help for
the view containing the Help button; there will not be a table of contents pane. Since each view has
the “About SMU” and “ISM x.x Help” links, if the About SMU link is clicked, the help window is
repainted with a table of contents pane and the “About SMU” information in the information pane. If
the ISM x.x Help link is clicked, a separate browser window is launched and the front-end ISM help
is displayed in that window.
If a help browser window was previously launched from the Contents task of the SMU application,
then when a Help button on an SMU view is clicked, the information pane of that window is replaced
with the context-sensitive help for the view containing the Help button.