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VPN Console

VPN Console

Overview

To display the VPN Console window, enter vpnconsole & from your Solaris 2.6 UNIX system. Figure 3-1, "VPN Console," is an example of the window that appears.


Figure 3-1: VPN Console


The following menus are available from the VPN Console window:

To display a menu's options, click the menu title (for example, File).

To select an option under a menu, click the option. For example, to select Repository Administration under the File menu, position the mouse on the File menu to display the options and then click the Repository Administration option.

The left pane of the VPN Console window is called the hierarchy pane and contains the hierarchy tree. The right pane of the VPN Console window is the data pane, the display area for information requested through the menu task bar or through the hierarchy tree. Next to items in the hierarchy pane are icons called the open-close icons. You can click on the icon to toggle it between open and closed. See Figure 3-2, "Panes and Icon," for a visual representation of the panes and icon.


Figure 3-2: Panes and Icon


File

Figure 3-3, "File Menu," explained in detail in Chapter 4, "VPN Console: File Menu," provides a view of the File menu.


Figure 3-3: File Menu


The File menu has the following options:

Setup

Figure 3-4, "Setup Menu," explained in detail in Chapter 5, "VPN Console: Setup Menu," provides a view of the Setup menu.


Figure 3-4: Setup Menu


The Setup menu has the following options:

Provisioning

Figure 3-5, "Provisioning Menu," explained in detail in Chapter 6, "VPN Console: Provisioning Menu," provides a view of the Provisioning menu.


Figure 3-5: Provisioning Menu


The Provisioning menu has the following options:

Auditing

Figure 3-6, "Auditing Menu," explained in detail in Chapter 7, "VPN Console: Auditing Menu," provides a view of the Auditing menu.


Figure 3-6: Auditing Menu


The Auditing menu has the following options:

Monitoring

Figure 3-7, "Monitoring Menu," explained in detail in Chapter 8, "VPN Console: Monitoring Menu," provides a view of the Monitoring menu.


Figure 3-7: Monitoring Menu


The Monitoring menu has the following options:

Tools

Figure 3-8, "Tools Menu," explained in detail in Chapter 9, "VPN Console: Tools Menu," provides a view of the Tools menu.


Figure 3-8: Tools Menu


The Tools menu has the following options:

Help

Figure 3-9, "Help Menu," explained in detail in Chapter 10, "VPN Console: Help Menu," provides a view of the Help menu.


Figure 3-9: Help Menu


The Help menu has the option About VPN Solutions Center.

VPN Console Hierarchy Tree

In the left pane, the hierarchy pane, of the VPN Console window is a tree of information, known as the hierarchy tree, as shown in Figure 3-10, "VPN Console."


Figure 3-10: VPN Console


The VPN Console window allows access to information about the following:

Within this tree, clicking on the open-close icon that appears to the left of each node allows you to toggle between the expanded or collapsed view of that node.

Device Inventory

The information in Device Inventory is similar to Setup > Create Targets From Router Configurations from the menu task bar, see Chapter 5, "VPN Console: Setup Menu."

In the VPN Console window, you can click the open-close icon of Device Inventory or double-click the word Device Inventory itself (VPN Console > Device Inventory), to get results similar to what appears in Figure 3-11, "Device Inventory."


Figure 3-11: Device Inventory


You can then click the open-close icon of Targets or double-click the word Targets itself (VPN Console > Device Inventory > Targets), to get results similar to what appears in Figure 3-12, "Targets."


Figure 3-12: Targets


You can then click the open-close icon of Networks or double-click the word Networks itself (VPN Console > Device Inventory > Targets > Networks), to get results similar to what appears in Figure 3-13, "Networks."


Figure 3-13: Networks


You can right click entries in the hierarchy tree and get additional choices and information.

VPN Inventory

The information in VPN Inventory is similar to Setup > New Provider Administrative Domain, Setup > New VPN Customer, and Setup > New VPN Definition from the menu task bar, see Chapter 5, "VPN Console: Setup Menu."

In the VPN Console window, you can click the open-close icon of VPN Inventory or double-click the word VPN Inventory itself (VPN Console > VPN Inventory), to get the results that appear in Figure 3-14, "VPN Inventory."


Figure 3-14: VPN Inventory


You can then click the open-close icon of Provider Administrative Domains, VPN Customers, or VPNs or double-click the words Provider Administrative Domains, VPN Customers, or VPNs (VPN Console > VPN Inventory > Provider Administrative Domains or VPN Customers or VPNs). Figure 3-15, "VPN Inventory Choices," shows the results of choosing all the VPN Inventory choices.


Figure 3-15: VPN Inventory Choices


You can click one level deeper to get the region and site information about the service providers and customers, respectively, as shown in Figure 3-16, "Provider Administrative Domains, VPN Customers, and VPNs."


Figure 3-16: Provider Administrative Domains, VPN Customers, and VPNs


You can right click entries in the hierarchy tree and get additional choices and information.


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