Black Box ET0010A User Manual

Understanding the ETEMS Workbench

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You can open multiple appliance editors at the same time. The editors are stacked in a tabbed panel. 
Tabbed editor windows allow you to work on more than one appliance or switch to editors from add-
on features.

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Editors can be stacked on top of other editors or positioned left to right. When multiple appliance 
editors are open, you can drag one editor next to another for a side-by-side or top-to-bottom 
comparison. 

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Click and drag a view or editor tab to move it. Or, right-click a view or editor tab to move, size, 
maximize or minimize the view or editor. You can also maximize views and editors by double-
clicking their tabs. Double-clicking a tab again restores the previous layout.

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File menu options allow you to save, save all, close, or close all open editors.

Perspectives
Perspectives show the functionality associated with a task, such as appliance configuration, certificate 
management, or policy management. Each perspective has its own unique set of editors, views, and 
toolbars that are relevant to its task. Only one perspective is visible at any time. ETEMS includes the 
following perspectives:

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Appliance Manager is a tool for defining appliance configurations, pushing configurations to 
appliances, comparing configurations, and upgrading appliance software.

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Certificate Manager is a tool for managing certificates on appliances, including generating certificate 
requests and installing certificates.

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Policy Manager (ETPM) is a tool for creating and distributing security policies and encryption keys. 

To open a perspective:
1 There are two ways to open a perspective. Do one of the following:

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In the Window menu, click Open. Select a perspective from the list or click Other for a complete 
list of perspectives, including those installed as plug-ins. 

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On the Perspective tab in the upper right corner of the screen, click the Open Perspective button 

. Select a perspective from the list or click Other for a complete list of perspectives.

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The ETEMS toolbar provides shortcuts to frequently performed tasks.

Save appliance configuration.

Refresh appliance status.

Compare ETEMS and appliance configurations.

Push ETEMS configurations to appliances.