Choosing offline operational mode

Limitations

Limitations for using the offline operational mode of the FSE Management console client are the following:

•In the offline operational mode, you can only perform FSE configuration-related tasks for a particular FSE implementation. All changes are local and can be applied to the FSE implementation in a subsequent online session.

•In the FSE Management Console client GUI, the All Media, Unassigned Media, Jobs, Log, and Users containers are not visible. For details, see ”Graphical user interface overview” on page 44.

Procedure

To choose the offline operational mode, perform the following steps:

1.Click Start > Programs > Hewlett-Packard > FSE > FSE GUI-Client to start the FSE Management Console client.

2.In the Connection dialog box, in the Name box, enter a unique descriptive name that will identify the remote FSE implementation during the FSE Management Console client session.

3.Select the Offline configuration radio button.

4.Click Connect to start an offline configuration procedure.

Graphical user interface overview

This section provides an overview of the GUI of the FSE Management Console client and a description of all its functional areas. This section includes the following topics:

•Graphical user interface layout, page 45

•The object tree, page 46

•The menu bar, page 53

•The toolbar, page 56

•The status bar, page 57

•Keyboard shortcuts, page 59

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File System Extender (FSE) specifications

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