The IBM Director Console interface

This topic describes the main components of the IBM Director Console interface.

Before you begin using IBM Director Console, review the layout of its interface.
Figure 1. IBM Director Console
IBM Director Console window showing menu, toolbar, group contents pane, marquee area, and status bar

Along the top of the IBM Director Console interface is both a menu and a toolbar.

Below the menu and toolbar, one, two, or three panes will be visible. From left to right, these are:

Below the panes is the marquee area and hardware-status alert display. The ticker-tape messages scroll across the marquee area. The hardware-status alert display is located in the bottom-right corner of the interface.

At the bottom of the IBM Director Console interface is a status bar indicating the ready or busy status of IBM Director, the host and login information for IBM Director Server, and the number of managed objects in the Group Contents pane.

IBM Director Console is usually accessed on the management server. On Windows management servers, an additional, and separate, Server Status icon displays the ready or busy status of IBM Director Server in the Windows system tray.
Note: Icons in the Windows tray, including the IBM Director Server Status icon, may disappear when a user selects the Windows High Contrast display. To enable display of the Server Status icon after selecting the high contrast display, select All Programs→Startup→Server Status from the Start menu.

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