IBM Navigator for i

IBM Navigator for i a modern web-based interface for managing and monitoring one or more IBM® i instances from a single location. This modern user interface can be accessed from http://hostname:2002/Navigator.

The IBM Navigator for i console contains the following task categories for management.

  • Home (Home page, About, Manage favorites, Properties)
  • Work Management (Active Jobs, Server jobs, Job descriptions, Subsystem descriptions, Active subsystems, Active prestart jobs, Active JVM jobs, Active job queues, Output queues, Memory pools, Message queues, Prints )
  • Configuration and service (System values, Time management, Software, Tape devices, Program Temporary Fixes (PTF), PTF Groups, License Information, iSCSI )
  • System(System status, System operator messages, History log, Disk status,NVMe devices, SSD status, Watch session, Exit Programs, SQL services )
  • Monitors (System monitors)
  • My Work (Messages, Printers, Printer output, My jobs)
  • Network (TCP/IP configuration, Lines, Servers, Network Attributes, and more.)
  • Security (Security Configuration Information, Authorization lists, Function Usage, Cryptographic services key management, Manage Authority Collection, Intrusion detection, Network Authentication Service, Enterprise Identity Mapping(EIM) and more.)
  • Users and groups (Users, Create users, Groups, Create groups, Manage Authority Collection for a user, Groups, and more.)
  • Performance (Investigate data, Manage collections, Collection services configuration, Graph history - summary, Graph history - details, and more.)
  • File systems (File shares)
  • Dashboard
  • Custom charts
  • Bookmarks
  • Serviceability (Connection properties, Watermark, View GUI logs, Configure GUI logs)
Current Browser Support for IBM Navigator for i:
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome
  • Apple Safari
  • Microsoft Edge

This information is intended to help you start using the Web-based console, IBM Navigator for i, by providing you with tips on how to work with the interface.