Avira antivir security management center-smc User Manual
Avira SMC Frontend
Avira GmbH
Avira Security Management Center
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4.3
SMC Frontend User Interface
Using SMC Frontend, you can configure and operate:
- SMC Server and its services
- SMC Agents in the Security Environment
- Avira software in the Software Repository
- Avira software on computers in the Security Environment.
After complete installation of Avira SMC, you should see the main window.
Avira SMC manages users with various access rights. Consequently, the SMC Frontend
may display limited features.
may display limited features.
The SMC Frontend is composed of two sections: the
Console tree
(left window) and
the
Details panel
(right window). The entries of the expandable navigation
structure are shown as
nodes
; for example: the
Events
node, the computers group
"
group 1
" etc.
You can change the appearance of the Details panel (contents, columns and order)
using the
using the
View
menu. The changes will also apply to the other groups. The settings
for contents (e.g.
Events
) are saved, but those regarding columns and display order
are not.
Console Tree
The
Console root
directory with the Avira Security Management Center Frontend
contains the following nodes in the console tree:
Software
Repository
Central database of SMC Server for storing Avira products.
Security
Environment
Customizable, hierarchical structure, so-called virtual groups with the dedicated
computers. The groups may reflect, for example, the company structure or the
network user groups, but not the physical network structure.
computers. The groups may reflect, for example, the company structure or the
network user groups, but not the physical network structure.