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.
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.
- The Current Statistics tab presents statistical
information about the element. This tab does not appear for all elements in
the tree structure.
- The Refresh Statistics button displays the latest
statistical data. If a Refresh Statistics button does not appear, the statistics
are dynamically refreshed and are always current.
- The Configuration Settings tab presents configuration
parameters that can be set using the procedures outlined in the configuration
chapters for each of the components. This tab does not appear for all elements
in the tree structure.
- The Update Configuration button applies the latest
changes to the configuration currently running.
- The Proportions tab presents proportion
(or weight) parameters that can be set using the information from Advanced features for Dispatcher, CBR, and Site Selector.
This tab does not appear for all elements in the tree structure.
- The Lists tab presents additional details about
the selected tree element. This tab does not appear for all elements in the
tree structure.
- The Remove button deletes highlighted items from
the lists.
- The Report tab presents manager report
information about the element. This tab does not appear for all elements in
the tree structure.
- The Refresh Report button displays the
latest manager report data.
To access Help, click the question mark
(?) in the upper right corner of the Load Balancer window.
- Help: Field level -- describes each
field, default values
- Help: How do I -- lists tasks that
can be done from the current screen
- InfoCenter -- provides access to product
information including: overview and highlight of new feature information,
link to product Web site, index of online Help files, glossary of terms