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There could be other non-Power Systems that are discovered and managed by
SDMC. You can see these systems in the Navigate Resources page. The
Welcome page has certain columns that are not available in the Navigate
Resources page. These columns hold data specific to Power resources that the
SDMC is managing.
The Manage tab in the Welcome page lists the various managers that are
available in SDMC. You can click any of the managers to perform specific
operations. The Settings tab provides the interface to the tasks that are related to
managing your SDMC appliance itself. These tasks include:
High availability settings
Configure Date/Time
Configure Network
Configure VPN
Service and Support Manager Getting Started Wizard
Configure LDAP client
Configure Kerberos client
Create user account
Change user account password
View user accounts
You can click any of the tasks, which lead to a new tab on the content area
where you can make changes to various settings.
3.2.1 Layout of the web interface
The SDMC web interface provides tasks and views to help you manage your
environment. The web interface is composed of six areas, as shown in Figure 3-2
on page 50:
Navigation area The navigation area, in the left portion of the web
interface, provides categories of tasks that you can
perform on your managed systems. Examples of typical
tasks are Navigate Resources, Inventory, Security,
System Status and Health, and Settings.
Content area When you open the web interface, by default you see the
Welcome page for SDMC in the content area. The content
area changes depending on the item that you select in the
navigation area. The content area displays the view,
pages, or forms for the tasks that you launch on the
managed systems. The views, pages, and forms are
displayed as tabs in the content area.