Elements of the J-Web Interface

This section summarizes the elements of the top pane, side pane, and main pane of the J-Web interface.

Top Pane Elements

The top pane comprises the elements shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: Top Pane Elements

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Juniper Networks logo—Link to http://www.juniper.net in a new browser window.
hostname – model—Hostname and model of the routing platform.
Logged in as: username—Username you used to log in to the routing platform.
Help—Link to context-sensitive help information.
About—Link to information about the J-Web interface, such as the version number.
Logout—Ends your current login session with the routing platform and returns you to the login page.
Taskbar—Menu of J-Web tasks. Click a J-Web task to access it.
- Monitor—View information about configuration and hardware on the routing platform.
- Configuration—Configure the routing platform with Quick Configuration or the configuration editor, and view configuration history.
- Diagnose—Troubleshoot network connectivity problems.
- Manage—Manage files and licenses, upgrade software, and reboot the routing platform.
- Events—View events and set up filters for an event summary.
- Alarms—View the alarm summary.

The main pane comprises the elements shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5: Main Pane Elements

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Help (?) icon—Displays useful information when you move the cursor over the question mark. This help displays field-specific information, such as the definition, format, and valid range of the field.
Red asterisk (*)—Indicates a required field.
Path to current task—Shows the successive J-Web tasks and subtasks you selected to display the current main and side panes. Click a task to return to it.
Icon Legend— For the Edit Configuration subtask (J-Web configuration editor) only, explains icons that appear in the user interface to provide information about configuration statements:
- C—Comment. Move your cursor over the icon to view a comment about the configuration statement.
- I—Inactive. The configuration statement does not affect the routing platform.
- M—Modified. The configuration statement is added or modified.
- *—Mandatory. The configuration statement must have a value.

The side pane comprises the elements shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6: Side Pane Elements

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Subtask—Displays options related to the selected task in the J-Web taskbar.
Configuration hierarchy—For the J-Web configuration editor, displays the hierarchy of committed statements in the routing platform configuration.
- Click Expand all to display the entire hierarchy.
- Click Hide all to display only the statements at the top level.
- Click plus signs (+) to expand individual items.
- Click minus signs (–) to hide individual items.