Acer Altos RAIDWatch, Manual

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4.5 Look and Feel
4.5.1 Look and Feel Overview
Because Altos RAIDWatch Manager is a Java-based GUI program, it can accommodate the “Look
and Feel” standards of various Operating Systems (OS) At present, three different interface
appearances are supported: Windows, Unix, and Java.
Altos RAIDWatch Manager will auto-detect and configure to match the Operating System where it
is currently running.
In the event of a compatibility problem or under unknown Operating Systems or OS versions, the
program will default to Java look and feel.
Just like other GUI-based applications, Altos RAIDWatch Manager works entirely with windows,
buttons, and menus to facilitate various disk array operations. These windows follow the standard
Windows and Unix OS “Look and Feel” specifications, thus steps for manipulating elements and
windows within any Altos RAIDWatch Manager window generally conform to standard procedures.
The management sessions are best displayed in the 800x600 screen resolution.
Note Screen captures throughout this document show the Windows look and feel.
4.5.2 Navigation Menus
The menu bar shown in Figure 4–8 displays the available menus.
All menus provide a list of commands (shown in Figure 4–10) for invoking various disk array and
display-related operations. Most commonly used commands such as
Statistics and Event Log also
have command buttons to facilitate their execution. You can either select the command from the
menu, or click on its toolbar command button. For a summary of commands, see Appendix A
, ”Command Summary”, on page 173.
Figure 4–8 : Menu Bar