Using Web Administration

The Web Administration display area is divided into four panes. The top two panes remain constant as you work and provide helpful links:

• The upper-left pane displays the Micro Focus logo. This provides a link to the current Micro Focus home page, from which you can access our Product Support home page that can be used as a starting point whenever you need help or advice with using Mainframe Access.
• The upper-right pane displays a book icon that provides a link to to the Host Connectivity Bookshelf page. You can use this link at any time to download the bookshelf, a collection of publications from the Host Connectivity CD that includes this book (the Mainframe Access Administrator's Guide). During the transition to the new bookshelf format, the download page also provides a link to a traditional HTML version of the Administrator's Guide.

Once you have logged in, the lower-left pane remains constant as you work and provides links to each of the administrative functions. You select a function by clicking on the right-pointing arrow to the left of the function name. The large pane at the lower-right is the main display area where you see the results of your display requests and interact with specific administrative functions. You can select a different function from the lower-left pane at any time.

You do not need to log out when you have finished using Web Administration. Shutting down your browser prevents others from accessing Web Administration through your login, even if they restart your browser and attempt the access using browser history links.

The Web Administration display is shown in Figure 4-1.

The administrative functions are organized into five categories:

• Display
• Refresh
• Action
• List
• Diagnostics

These are explained in the following sections.