This page introduces you to the platform's user interface (UI), highlighting primary concepts to help you get oriented quickly and navigate with confidence.

Our hypervisor uses an overview-to-detail navigation model that allows you to start with high-level summaries and drill down into specific assets as needed. This hierarchical approach organizes information from system-wide summaries down to individual components.

How It Works:

The navigation model follows a consistent three-level pattern throughout the system:

At each level, you can:

Example Navigation Flow:

This model supports both broad monitoring (checking overall system health) and targeted administration (configuring a specific component).

Dashboards are the foundation of the platform's UI, providing information and serving as navigation hubs. Every major area of the system has a dashboard, from the system-wide Main Dashboard down to individual resource instances.

The home screen displays the Main Dashboard for your tenant, serving as your primary starting point. This view includes:

System-Wide Statistics

Activity and Monitoring

Navigation Elements

Quick Access Sections

From the Main Dashboard, you can quickly assess system health and navigate to any area requiring attention or configuration.

The Networks Dashboard provides:

The Machines Dashboard provides an overall view of all virtual machines for your VDC. It also allows you to see the top-talkers and resource consumers.

There is a dashboard available for each individual virtual machine. The dashboard for a VM will show important information for the specific instance. Links on the VM dashboard allow for accessing detailed information regarding its drives, NICS, snapshots, devices, host node, etc.

Access a VM console for out-of-band management.

The NAS dashboard provides an overall view of all NAS services running within your VDC, including any NFS or CIFS shares you have created.

The UI includes three primary menu systems that work together to provide comprehensive access to all system functions. Understanding how these menus work and when to use each one streamlines your workflow.

The top navigation bar remains visible at all times, providing persistent access to major system modules. This menu includes:

Primary Modules

Utility Functions

The top navigation allows you to quickly switch between different areas of the system without losing your current context. For example, you can switch from managing a VM to reviewing network configuration, then return to the VM exactly where you left off.

The left menu displays context-sensitive options based on your current location in the interface. As you navigate through the system, this menu dynamically updates to show relevant actions and views, with menu items organized alphabetically.

At Module Level (e.g., on Networks Dashboard):

At Object Level (e.g., viewing a specific VM):

Your current module location is indicated near the top of the left menu, helping you maintain awareness of where you are in the system hierarchy.

Located in the top-right corner (click your username), this menu provides user-specific settings and actions:

Account Management

Preferences

Session Controls