Administration Console Menus

The AAA Server Administration Console has a main menu bar, an icon toolbar, and a device filter bar at the top of the display window. It has a main console screen display to the right and an AAA Server tree displayed in the pane to the left.

Depending on the functionality selected in the tree in the pane to the left, the console display, the display of icons, menu bar, toolbar, and device filter bar varies.

Note: The functions you can select from the tree to the left of the console depend on your console rights (Administrator, Device Manager, Help Desk user, or Audit Manger). For more information, see Administration Console Users.

Menu Bar

The menus provide quick links to main functions that you can access from the tree to the left of the console.

Menu	Function
File	Print Setup... If you have a printer installed, you can set print parameters to print selected screens, logs, etc. This option is not available for all screens.
Exit Exit the AAA Server Administration Console.
View	Toolbar To display the toolbar, toggle on/off. The available icons depend on the current function you have chosen from either the tree to the left of the console or from the toolbar options.
Status Bar For operational messages, display the status bar at the bottom of the console.
Device Filter Bar To display the device filter bar, toggle on/off. Use the device filter bar to set parameters to search for and view imported devices. For details about the fields, see Device Filter Bar.
Tools	Export... To export Administration Console data to authentication server(s).
Consolidation... To consolidate data stored in logs on multiple authentication servers.
Log To view Authentication and Accounting profile logs and to manage Audit services.
Repair... To repair authentication server(s).
Retrieve Device Credentials... To update the administration database with the credentials of all devices used for synchronous authentication.
Database Encryption... To view the status of the database encryption.
Options... To access the console Options screen (where you configure LDAP settings, EAP settings, generate logs, set paths for logs and traces, set the maximum size of the error log and an active trace for debug, and set Help Desk parameters).
Devices	Static Passwords... To set, change, or delete static passwords for users. These passwords are stored in the AAA Server database so that users can authenticate without using LDAP passwords.
SMS Token... To assign SMS Tokens to single or multiple users as a primary authentication method.
Device Status Summary To view the status (assigned, available and locked) of the authentication devices in the system.
Card Info... To read a smart card's device number. You must have the user's smart card in order to read it.
Key Management... To create (add) or delete cipher keys for importing and exporting devices.
Import... To import pre-initialized devices, or to import devices initialized with another ActivID Management Tool and stored on another server.
Export... To export devices to another server. You do not have to define cipher keys, you can just use the default AC key.
Sign Initialization Profile... To sign a modified initialization profiles before it can be used.
Help	Help Topics To view links to the online product documentation.
About AAA Server... To view the product copyright and version information. To view number of active users in the system, including a sub-count of users with a Soft Token / HID Approve Secure Token.

Function

File

Print Setup...

If you have a printer installed, you can set print parameters to print selected screens, logs, etc. This option is not available for all screens.

Exit

Exit the AAA Server Administration Console.

View

Toolbar

To display the toolbar, toggle on/off. The available icons depend on the current function you have chosen from either the tree to the left of the console or from the toolbar options.

Status Bar

For operational messages, display the status bar at the bottom of the console.

Device Filter Bar

To display the device filter bar, toggle on/off. Use the device filter bar to set parameters to search for and view imported devices. For details about the fields, see Device Filter Bar.

Tools

Export...

To export Administration Console data to authentication server(s).

Consolidation...

To consolidate data stored in logs on multiple authentication servers.

Log

To view Authentication and Accounting profile logs and to manage Audit services.

Repair...

To repair authentication server(s).

Retrieve Device Credentials...

To update the administration database with the credentials of all devices used for synchronous authentication.

Database Encryption...

To view the status of the database encryption.

Options...

To access the console Options screen (where you configure LDAP settings, EAP settings, generate logs, set paths for logs and traces, set the maximum size of the error log and an active trace for debug, and set Help Desk parameters).

Devices

Static Passwords...

To set, change, or delete static passwords for users. These passwords are stored in the AAA Server database so that users can authenticate without using LDAP passwords.

SMS Token...

To assign SMS Tokens to single or multiple users as a primary authentication method.

Device Status Summary

To view the status (assigned, available and locked) of the authentication devices in the system.

Card Info...

To read a smart card's device number. You must have the user's smart card in order to read it.

Key Management...

To create (add) or delete cipher keys for importing and exporting devices.

Import...

To import pre-initialized devices, or to import devices initialized with another ActivID Management Tool and stored on another server.

Export...

To export devices to another server. You do not have to define cipher keys, you can just use the default AC key.

Sign Initialization Profile...

To sign a modified initialization profiles before it can be used.

Help

Help Topics

To view links to the online product documentation.

About AAA Server...

To view the product copyright and version information.

To view number of active users in the system, including a sub-count of users with a Soft Token / HID Approve Secure Token.

Device Filter Bar

Use the device filter bar to filter the number and type of devices displayed in the console (useful if you have 1000's, or even 100's of devices).

Filter option	Description
#Devices	Use this field to enter the maximum number of devices that the console displays.
Device drop-down list	Use this list to specify the type(s) of devices to be displayed.
Select Range	To filter the display, select Serial Number Range or Date Range. Then, use the From and To fields to set the filter by serial number or date.
Status	To filter the display by device status, select All, Available, or Assigned.
Refresh	To refresh the device display in the console using the current device filter bar criteria, click the Refresh button. You must click this button in order to apply any new settings that you make in the device filter bar (so that the screen displays only the devices that match your current query request).

Change the Icon Display

Select any icon from the display in the pane at the top of the Administration Console. It does not matter which function you are using at the time, as long as there are icons displayed in the pane at the top of the console.

From the pop-up menu, select Display to choose from the following options:

List - displays small devices in a list format in the pane at the top of the console.
Report - when you are working with devices, displays reports on devices, initialization dates, and PIN codes in the pane at the top of the console.
Small icon - reduces the size of the icon in the display.
Big icon - enlarges the size of the device icon in the display (default setting).