Table Of Contents

Understanding LMS Portal Interface

Window Elements

Portlet Icons

Views and Portlets

About Views

About Portlets

Default Portlets in LMS 3.2

Application Specific Portlets in LMS 3.2

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 icons, buttons and others.

This section has the following topics:

•Window Elements

•Views and Portlets

•Default Portlets in LMS 3.2

•Application Specific Portlets in LMS 3.2

•Key Terms and Concepts

Window Elements

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

Figure 2-1 Window Elements

ICONS

•1— Change Layout icon. Enables you to arrange the portlets in different groups.

•2— Manage View icon. Enables you to add and customize a View.

•3— Add View icon. Enables you to add a new View.

•4— Add Portlets icon. Enables you to add portlets into the Views.

•5— Refresh Icon. Enables you to refresh the screen.

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

Table 2-1 Window Elements  

Element	Function
View	CiscoWorks LMS Portal has four default views. These are, Functional, System, Network and Common Services (CS). These views display information relevant to the application. 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 see the CiscoWorks LMS Portal home page.
Logout	Enables you to exit from the application.
Help	Enables you to see 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 see the details about the licence information of the application. You can click the links displayed in the page to see the valid purchase licence information.
Manage Views	Enables you to add and customize a View, using View Settings. For more information on adding a view, see Adding a View. For more information on changing the look and feel of a View, see Changing the Look of Your View.
LMS	The drop-down list displays the various communities. You can select either LMS or CiscoWorks Portal or My Portal from the drop-down list displayed at the top right corner of CiscoWorks LMS Portal. If you have selected LMS, you can do the following: •Add views •Add portlets •Restore your customized views •Copy views •Delete portlets (However, you cannot delete the read only View portlets, For example, Functional view portlets). Note The System-defined views cannot be deleted. You can restore your customized view. However you cannot delete the system defined view.
CiscoWorks Portal	Select CiscoWorks Portal from the drop-down list at the top right corner of CiscoWorks LMS Portal. CiscoWorks Portal allows you to: •Add views •Add portlets •Customize views or portlets •Copy views •Delete the created views or portlets For more information on CiscoWorks Portal, see Managing Your Community.
My Portal	You can select LMS, CiscoWorks Portal, or My Portal from the drop-down box displayed at the top right corner of CiscoWorks LMS Portal. My Portal allows you to: •Add views •Add portlets •Customize views or portlets •Copy views •Delete the created views or portlets Note The Customized views or Portlets cannot be restored. For more information on My Portal, see Managing Your Community.
Add Portlet	Enables you to add portlets. For more information on Adding a Portlet, see Adding a Portlet. 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.

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

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

Move the mouse over each icon to view the names of the corresponding icons.

Table 2-2 Portlet Icons 

Icons	Names	Function
	Look and Feel	Set the look and feel for each portlets. This feature is not available for Functional View portlets.
	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 and some of the other portlets.
	Help	Opens the context-sensitive help for each portlet.
	Minimize	Hides and restores the content of a portlet.
	Maximize	Enlarges the size of the portlet.
	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).

The Views are displayed as tabs with their names.

Depending upon the applications installed, you can see 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.
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. For exmple,if you have installed RME (Resource Manager Essentials) application 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 portlets in CiscoWorks Portal.

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Default Portlets in LMS 3.2

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.

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Note However, if any other applications are installed, then the portlets of the corresponding applications appear in the Functional View.

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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, Alerts Summary and Supported Device Finder portlet are also available in System View.

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For more information, see

•Searching Devices, Jobs, and End-hosts with the Object Finder Portlet

•Searching Supported Devices using Supported Device Finder Portlet

The default portlets available in Network View are:

•RME Change Audit

•CM Data Collection Summary

•DFM Device Status

•High Severity Alerts

•IPM Collector Information

•RME Collection Status

•RME Software Summary

•RME Hardware Summary

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Note In addition to the above portlets, Object Finder portlet, Alerts Summary and Supported Device Finder portlet are also available in Network View.

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For more information, see

•Searching Devices, Jobs, and End-hosts with the Object Finder Portlet

•Searching Supported Devices using Supported Device Finder Portlet

The default portlets available in Common Services View are:

•Critical Message Window

•DCR and AAA Information

•Device Allocation Summary

•Job Information Status

•Log Space Usage

•Process Status

•Products Installed

•System Backup Status

•User Login Information

•Common Services

•CS Workflow Demo

Application Specific Portlets in LMS 3.2

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

If you have installed Common Services CS), Resource Manager Essentials (RME), Campus Manager (CM), Device Fault Manager (DFM), and Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) the default portlets in CiscoWorks LMS Portal 1.2, are:

Common Services Portlets

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

•Common Services

•Critical Message Window

•CS Workflow Demo

•DCR and AAA Information

•Device Allocation Summary

•Device Discovery Summary

•Job Information Status

•Log Space Usage

•Process Status

•Products Installed

•Servers and Applications

•System Backup Status

•User Login Information

Resource Manager Essentials Portlets

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

•Resource Manager Essentials

•RME Audit Trail Information

•RME Change Audit

•RME Collection Status

•RME Device Status

•RME Hardware Summary

•RME Job Approval

•RME Software Summary

•RME Workflow Demos

•Syslog Alerts

•Syslog Collectors Information

•Syslog Message

•Syslog Summary

•Technology portlet

•Top N Syslog Sender Portlet

Campus Manager Portlets

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

•Campus Manager

•CM Best Practices Deviation

•CM Data Collection Summary

•CM Discrepancies

•CM N-Hop View

•CM User Tracking Summary

•CM Workflow Demo

Device Fault Manager Portlets

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

•Device Fault Manager

•DFM Device Status

•DFM Events Summary

•DFM Workflow Demo

•High Severity Alerts

Internetwork Performance Monitor

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

•Internetwork Performance Monitor

•IPM Availability Dashboard

•IPM Collector Information

•IPM Device Categorization

•IPM Highest Jitter

•IPM Highest Latency

•IPM Lowest Availability

•IPM Violation Summary

•IPM Workflow Demo

Health and Utilization Monitor

The Health and Utilization Monitor (HUM) application specific portlets in CiscoWorks LMS Portal are:

•CPU Utilization Summary Chart

•Custom Top /Bottom N Records

•Device Availability

•Health and Utilization Monitor Portlet

•Histo-Graph It

•HUM Live Graph-It

•HUM System Summary

•HUM Workflow Demo

•Technology portlet

•Threshold Information

•TOP-N CPU Utilization

•TOP-N Interface Discards

•TOP-N Interface Errors

•TOP-N Interface Utilization

•TOP-N Memory Utilization

•TOP-N-POE Utilization

•Trend Watch Portlet

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).
SSO	Single Sign On. Allows you to a access all systems with one action of authorizarion and authentication. You do not 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) Enables you to open new and multiple pages inside the same browser window.
CS	Common Services. 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. 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. Powerful suite of web-based applications offering network management solutions for Cisco switches, access servers, and routers.
IPM	Internetwork Performance Monitor. 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. Offers real-time assistance to network operations personnel by monitoring and displaying the operational health of the network.
CV	CiscoView Graphical device management tool that provides real-time views of networked devices.
Cisco Works Assistant	CiscoWorks Assistant Web-based tool, provides workflow for improved usability of CiscoWorks server and helps you to overcome network management and software deployment challenges.
HUM	Health and Utilization Monitor (HUM). CiscoWorks HUM monitors the device for performance parameters such as CPU utilization, memory utilization, interface utilization, interface availability, device availability and so on. HUM does this by querying the device through Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).