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## Operating the library using the GUI

The library Web GUI screen is organized into the following areas:

Top Banner
Navigation Dock | Actions drop down menu
Main Area
Status Pods

- Top Banner – Contains the home button and breadcrumbs, system type, library date and time, information about the logged in user and the Logout and Help buttons.

- - Home Icon - Returns to the library Dashboard screen
- Breadcrumbs - Showing the path of the page currently showing
- System type - Showing the product name
- Library Time & Date - Helpful when analyzing event logs and support tickets, and might be needed when contacting support.
- User - The active user account for this session.
- event icon shown in case of a present event
- task icon shown in case of an open task
- - Logs out from this session.
- - Accesses online help.

- Navigation Dock – Provides access to any page in the Web GUI from any other page with one click.

The following pages are available using the Navigation Dock:

| Library | Dashboard |
Modules and Magazines |
Logical Libraries |
Events |
| Drives | Drives and Ports |
| Cartridges | Cartridges and Slots |
| Access | Local Users |
Local Password Policies |
LDAP Authentication |
Kerberos Authentication |
| Settings | Library | Date and Time
Licensed Features
Firmware Update
Advanced
Initial Configuration Wizard
Auto Calibration
Network | Ethernet
Notifications | Email (SMTP)
SNMP
Remote Logging (rsyslog)
Security | Encryption
|  | GUI

- Main Area – Shows the page which was selected using the Navigation Dock.
  Each page can contain a specific Actions drop down menu at the top, which has page specific content.
- Status Pods

- Left - Slot pod - colored in green - show the quantity of slots and how many are occupied with cartridges
- Middle - Drive pod - colored blue - show the total quantity of drives and currently in use drives
- Right - System pod - color reflecting current system state of the library. The coloring depends on the current system and SCSI state (red = error, yellow = warning, green = no error/warning) .

Status pods example:

Status pods example with existing error event: