About Network Security Management
Table of Contents
Interface Overview
Understanding the NSM interface design and layout can help you more easily navigate the functions within NSM. When you first log into NSM, the Inventory table is the default page shown. Using the Inventory table as an example, the general interface layout is mapped in the following figure.
| Reference | Interface Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Left command menu | Displays the primary tasks and commands that can be selected. The command menu varies depending upon which view you are in and the command option you have selected. |
| 2 | Show/hide commands icon | Acts as a switch to show or hide the left command menu. Click it to hide the command menu; click it again to show it. |
| 3 | Tenant name | Shows the name of the tenant whose data you are viewing. This is also a drop-down menu; click the tenant name to see all the tenants associated with your NSM instance. |
| 4 | View name | Shows which view is active in the interface. The Manager View is active in the example and is the default. The view represents the top level grouping of related tasks and commands. Refer to NSM Views for more details. |
| 5 | Command path | Shows the series of menu items selected to get to the information shown in the work space. In the documentation this same path is represented as HOME > Firewall View> Inventory. Sometimes this series of commands is also called the bread crumbs. |
| 6 | Home Command | Acts as the Home command for the selected option. |
| 7 | MONITOR | Acts as the MONITOR for the selected option. |
| 8 | Notification icon | Opens the Notification Center. The number above the icon indicates the number of alerts detected. Refer to Notification Center for more details. |
| 9 | Help icon | Opens the Technical Documentation website where you can access the product documentation. |
| 10 | User icon | Shows the initials of the user that's logged in but it also acts as a drop-down list. It shows the user name, the version of the product and the Log Out option. |
| 11 | Work space | Displays the data associated with the menu options or commands selected. This can be a table, as shown in the example, a dashboard or a series of options to select or define. |
Information on the Commit & Deploy Wizard is provided in the Network Security Manager Administration Guide.