Table Of Contents

Understanding LMS Portal Interface

Window Elements

Portlet Icons

Views and Portlets

About Views

About Portlets

Default Portlets in LMS 3.0.1

Application Specific Portlets in LMS 3.0.1

Key Terms and Concepts

Understanding LMS Portal Interface

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Understanding LMS Portal Interface describes CiscoWorks LMS Portal user interface elements such as the icons, buttons and others.

This section has the following topics:

•Window Elements

•Views and Portlets

•Default Portlets in LMS 3.0.1

•Application Specific Portlets in LMS 3.0.1

•Key Terms and Concepts

Window Elements

The portal contains several window elements as shown in the Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2.

Figure 2-1 Window Elements

Figure 2-2 Add and Refresh Portlet Icons

Table 2-1 lists the details of each window element.

Table 2-1 Window Elements

Element	Function
View	In LMS Portal, view is a page that displays a set of relevant information. LMS Portal comes with four default views such as Functional, System, Network and CS (Common Services). You can also create your own views and add content. The views are displayed as tabs at the top of the page. For more information on views, see Adding Portlets to the Views.
Portlets	Enables you to organize information inside a view. The user interface components are managed and displayed in a view. For more information on portlets, see Understanding LMS Portal Interface.
Home	Enables you to view the LMS Portal home page.
Logout	Enables you to exit from the application.
Help	Enables you to view the Online help details. It opens a new window that displays context-sensitive help for the displayed page. The window also contains buttons that take you to the overall help contents, index, and search tool.
About	Enables you to view the details about the licence information of the application. You can click the links displayed in the page to view the valid purchase licence information.
Private	In CiscoWorks LMS Portal, you can either select a Public portal or Private portal. In the Private mode you can customize and configure the views and portlets. To select a Private Portal, go to CiscoWorks LMS Portal and select Private at the top right corner. For more information on Private portal, see Adding Views to CiscoWorks LMS Portal.
Public	In CiscoWorks LMS Portal, you can either select a Public portal or Private portal In the Public mode you can view all the portlets added by the Administrator. To select Public portal, go to CiscoWorks LMS Portal and select Public at the top right corner. You can select the Public portal to only view only the portlets added into the Public portal by the administrator. For more information on Public portal, see Making Your Portal Private or Public.
Manage View	Enables you to add a view and customize a view using View Settings. For more information on Adding a View, see Adding a View.
Add Portlet	Enables you to add portlets and select a layout. For more information on Adding a Portlet, see Adding a Portlet. For more information on Selecting a Layout, see Changing the Columnar Layout. Note The Add Portlet icon is not available in the Functional View.
Refresh	You can click the Refresh icon to view the latest data of the portlets in a View.

Portlet Icons

Portlets are the basic user interface components that are managed and displayed in a view. Each portlet contains six icons at the top right corner of the portlet.

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Note These portlet icons appear only when you move the mouse over the top right corner of each portlet.

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The icons that appear in a portlet is shown in Figure 2-3.

Figure 2-3 Portlet Icons

Table 2-2 lists the portlet icons.

Table 2-2 Portlet Icons

No	Icon	Function
1	Look and Feel	Set the look and feel for each portlets. This feature is not available for Functional View portlets.
2	Configuration	Enables you to set the configuration, such as the refresh time, and number of jobs displayed and so on. This feature is not available for Functional View portlets.
3	Help	Opens the context-sensitive help for each portlet.
4	Minimize	Hides and restores the content of a portlet.
5	Maximize	Enlarges the size of the portlet.
6	Remove	Removes the portlet from the current view. This feature is not available for Functional View portlets.

Views and Portlets

In LMS Portal, a view is a page that displays a set of related information.

LMS Portal has four default views. They are Functional, System, Network and CS (Common Services). LMS allows you to create your own views and add the content that you need. All views are displayed as tabs. Portlets are application features that can be plugged into, displayed in, and managed using the portal.

For more information on Functional, System, and Network View, see Working with Functional, Network and System View.

For more information on Common Services, see Working with Common Services View.

About Views

The CiscoWorks LMS Portal consists of portlets that are organized into views. A view is a page that displays a set of related information.

LMS Portal has four default views. They are Functional, System, Network and CS (Common Services). If you place the cursor over any of the views, a tooltip appears displaying the name of the view.

For instance, if you place the cursor over the CS View, the tooltip displays the name as Common Services. Depending upon the applications installed, you can view the names of the installed applications in the view.

You can also add, rename, modify, and customize a view.

Table 2-3 lists the views and their descriptions.

Table 2-3 View Name and Description

View Name	Description
Functional	Contains portlets that help you to launch the applications installed in the CiscoWorks server. This view contains information that was displayed in the CiscoWorks home page for versions of LMS earlier than 3.0. Functional View will also contain remotely registered applications. You cannot add or remove portlets, configure or change the look and feel of the portlets in the Functional View. When you log into CiscoWorks for the first time, the Functional View appears as the default view. For subsequent logins, you can set any view as the default view.
System	Contains system-based portlets from CS application.
Network	Contains network-based portlets from the LMS applications. For instance, if you have installed CM you will get the Network View portlets from the CM applications.
CS	By default CS (Common Services) View and its portlets appear when you launch CiscoWorks LMS Portal. If you have installed RME application (Resource Manager Essentials) an RME View will be displayed along with RME portlets.

About Portlets

Portlets are the basic units of the CiscoWorks LMS Portal. Portlets are application features that can be plugged into, displayed in, and managed using the portal.

You can add, remove, minimize, maximize, modify the look and feel of the portlets. You can also configure the portlets in CiscoWorks LMS Portal.

You can also add portlets from a remote server.

You can save your settings on portlets and views across login sessions. If you exit out of a session and log into LMS Portal server later, the LMS Portal page displays the portlets according to your settings.

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Note Only the Network Administrator or a System Administrator can add or configures a list of default portlets in a Public Portal.

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Default Portlets in LMS 3.0.1

When you launch CiscoWorks LMS Portal for the first time, you can view a set of views and portlets by default.

The default Views available are the Functional, System, Network and CS.

The default portlets available in the Functional View of CiscoWorks LMS Portal are:

•CiscoWorks Product Updates

•CiscoWorks Assistant

•Common Services

•Device Diagnostic Tools

•Setup Center

•External Links

The default portlets available in the System View of CiscoWorks LMS Portal are:

•Critical Message Window

•DCR and AAA Information

•Job Information Status

•Log Space Usage

•Process Status

•System Backup Status

•User Login Information

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Note In addition to the above portlets, Object Finder portlet is also available in System View. For more information, see Searching Devices, Jobs, and End-hosts with the Object Finder Portlet.

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The Object Finder is the only default portlet available in the Network View.

The default portlets available in Common Services View are:

•Critical Message Window

•DCR and AAA Information

•Job Information Status

•Log Space Usage

•Process Status

•Products Installed

•System Backup Status

•User Login Information

•Common Services

Application Specific Portlets in LMS 3.0.1

Each application has a set of portlets displayed in CiscoWorks LMS Portal.

If you have installed the applications such as Common Services(CS), Resource Manager Essentials (RME), Campus Manager (CM), Device Fault Manager (DFM), and Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) the following are the default portlets available in CiscoWorks LMS Portal 1.0.1

Common Services Portlets

The Common Services (CS) application specific portlets in CiscoWorks LMS Portal are:

•Critical Message Window

•DCR and AAA Information

•Device Discovery Summary

•Job Information Status

•Log Space Usage

•Process Status

•Products Installed

•System Backup Status

•Servers and Applications

•User Login Information

•Common Services

Resource Manager Essentials Portlets

The Resource Manager Essentials (RME) application specific portlets in CiscoWorks LMS Portal are:

•RME Job Approval

•RME Device Status

•RME Collector Status

•Syslog Alerts

•Syslog Collectors Information

•Audit Trail Information

•RME Hardware Summary

•RME Software Summary

•Change Audit

•Resource Manager Essentials

Campus Manager Portlets

The Campus Manager (CM) application specific portlets in CiscoWorks LMS Portal are:

•N-Hop View

•CM Data Collection Summary

•Discrepancies

•Best Practices Deviation

•Campus Manager

Device Fault Manager Portlets

The Device Fault Manager (DFM) application specific portlets in CiscoWorks LMS Portal are:

•High Severity Alerts

•DFM Device Status

•Device Fault Manager

Internetwork Performance Monitor

The Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) application specific portlets in CiscoWorks LMS Portal are:

•IPM Highest Latency

•IPM Highest Jitter

•IPM Lowest Availability

•IPM Collector Information

•IPM Device Categorization

•Internetwork Performance Monitor

Key Terms and Concepts

The key terms and concepts in the LMS Portal are explained below

Key Terms	Description
Portlets	Basic units of the CiscoWorks LMS Portal. Portlets are application features that can be plugged into, displayed in, and managed using the portal.
Views	Page that displays a set of related information. LMS Portal comes with four default views such as Functional, System, Network and CS (Common Services).
Private portal	In a Private portal, you can customize and configure the Views and Portlets. To select Private portal, go to CiscoWorks LMS Portal and select Private at the top right corner.
Public portal	In a Public portal, you can only view the portlets added by the Administrator. You can neither customize nor configure any portlets. Only an Administrator can customize and configure the portlets. You can select the Portal as Public to only view the portlets added into the Public portal by the administrator. To select Public portal, go to CiscoWorks LMS Portal and select Public at the top right corner.
SSO	Single Sign On. A mechanism whereby a single action of user authentication and authorization can allow a user to access all the systems without the need to enter multiple passwords.
RSS	Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an XML-based format used to distribute Web content (such as news headlines). RSS helps web content publishers to create and disseminate the most current news headlines and URLs.
IFrame	Intra Frame (IFrame) IFrame enables you to open a new and multiple pages inside the same browser window.
CS	Common Services. It provides a common framework for all basic system-level operations such as installation, data management including backup-restore and import-export, event and message handling, and job and process management.
CM	Campus Manager. It provides a suite of web-based network management tools that enable administrators to obtain various types of graphical views of their network topology and to obtain end-user information.
RME	Resource Manager Essentials. It is a powerful suite of web-based applications offering network management solutions for Cisco switches, access servers, and routers.
IPM	Internetwork Performance Monitor. This suite is a network management application that allows you to monitor the network performance by configuring collectors on IP SLA (IP Service Level Agreement) capable source devices (routers) and collects the performance-related statistics from these devices.
DFM	Device Fault Manager. It offers real-time assistance to network operations personnel by monitoring and displaying the operational health of the network.
CV	CiscoView It is a graphical device management tool that provides real-time views of networked devices.
CWA	CiscoWorks Assistant It is a web-based tool, provides workflow for improved usability of CiscoWorks server and helps you to overcome network management and software deployment challenges.