Appendix A. GUI: General instructions

In the Load Balancer graphical user interface (GUI), the left side of the panel displays a tree structure with Load Balancer at the top level, and Dispatcher, Content Based Routing (CBR), Site Selector, Cisco CSS Controller, and Nortel Alteon Controller as components.

Figure 38. The graphical user interface (GUI) displaying the GUI tree structure expansion of the Dispatcher component
Graphical user interface for  Load Balancer displaying expansion of GUI tree structure for the Dispatcher component
Figure 39. The graphical user interface (GUI) displaying the GUI tree structure expansion of the CBR component
Graphical user interface for  Load Balancer displaying expansion of GUI tree structure for the CBR component
Figure 40. The graphical user interface (GUI) displaying the GUI tree structure expansion of the Site Selector component
Graphical user interface for  Load Balancer displaying expansion of GUI tree structure for the Site Selector component
Figure 41. The graphical user interface (GUI) displaying the GUI tree structure expansion of the Cisco CSS Controller component
Graphical user interface for  Load Balancer displaying expansion of GUI tree structure for the Cisco CSS Controller component
Figure 42. The graphical user interface (GUI) displaying the GUI tree structure expansion of the Nortel Alteon Controller component
Graphical user interface for  Load Balancer displaying expansion of GUI tree structure for the Nortel Alteon Controller component

All of the components can be configured from the GUI. You can select elements in the tree structure by clicking mouse button one (normally the left button) and then display pop-up menus by clicking mouse button two (normally the right button). The pop-up menus for the tree elements are also accessible from the menu bar located at the top of the panel.

Click the plus or minus signs to expand or compact the items in the tree structure.

To run a command from the GUI: highlight the Host node from the GUI tree and select Send command.... from the Host pop-up menu. In the command entry field, type the command that you want to run, for example: executor report. The results and history of the commands run in the current session appear in the window provided.

The right side of the panel displays status indicator tabs for the element currently selected.

To access Help, click the question mark (?) in the upper right corner of the Load Balancer window.