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Connecting to Cisco Insight v2
Widgets Controls and Main Menu
Connecting to Cisco Insight v2
Revised: December 22, 2010, OL-24156-01
This chapter provides instructions on how to launch the Cisco Insight v2 application after it is installed on a server and describes the various components that are available.
This chapter contains the following sections:
After the application is installed on server, you should be able to execute it using your browser.
The default home page to run the Cisco Insight v2 application is:
http://<server_IP>/insightUIWhen you run the application, the login page shown in figure 2 appears on your screen:
Figure 2-1 Login Page
The default account created after the initial set up has Cisco as username as well as password with the Super Admin privileges.
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Insight v2 supports the following browsers with the Adobe Flash Player v10 x or later plug-in installed:
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Insight v2 is best viewed with screen resolution of 1280 x 1024, 1680 x 1050, and 1024 x 768 (with scroll bars (up and down scrolling of screen))
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Login
At the login, enter the Username and Password previously assigned to you. If you do not have them, contact your administrator.
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After log off, a new user authentication is required.
A user having super user role can have only one session at a given instance.
Figure 2-2 Opening the Default Page
After you log in, you can see the three main components of the application. They are dashboard, module launcher, and widgets.
It functions as a base for the report modules. The other components such as widgets and module launcher appear above the dashboard. The connected user can view all the saved and scheduled reports on the dashboard. You can load and monitor six widgets at a time on the dashboard.
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A newly added widget is positioned on the top-right corner of the Dashboard and has to be manually positioned if multiple widgets overlap.
Module Launcher
Module launcher is the most important component. You can check the current status and process of the reports using the module launcher. It has the main menu of the application, which performs various operations.
After logging into the application, the following display will appear on your screen with module launcher at the bottom:
Figure 2-3 Module Launcher
The module launcher is divided into the modules described in Table 2-1.
When user opens the report wizard module a new icon (with dynamic bubble) appears as shown below:
Figure 2-4 Report Wizard
A bubble (embedded with counter) on the new icon shows the total number of report wizard opened in the current user session.
Widgets Controls and Main Menu
Widgets are components in which modules are shown to the user. Essentially all module windows are widgets. Widgets are equipped with the window controls such as maximizing, minimizing, tile, cascade, and so on. Widgets can be positioned, aligned, resized, launched, and closed.
Figure 2-5 Window Controls and Main Menu
All the modules which can be opened using module launcher can be opened using the Main menu option.
Multiple instances of report wizard could be open in the current user session however only one instance of wizards like Network, Account Management, Settings, My Favorites, Report Gallery, Schedule Reports, and Monitoring could be open in the current user session.
Modules other than Report Wizard if minimized can be opened again by clicking the respective icon on the launcher. Report Wizard can be reopened by clicking bubble on the Opened Reports icon on the launcher. This will show a list of minimized window which can be selected.
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Logout
You can log out from every page by choosing the Logout option of the Main menu on the module launcher. All sessions will be closed, the current user will be logged off, and the application will automatically show the login page.
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