Icons and Buttons in the Management Interface

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Common Icons

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Display Icons

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Common Buttons

Common Icons

The Management Interface uses icons to facilitate certain actions. Some icons are common throughout the Management Interface while others apply to only one or two pages. Table 2 describes the functions of common icons used in the Management Interface:

Table 2. Common icons

Displays a dialog (secondary or popup dialog) for editing the settings.

Configure

Allows for customization of the display. The function changes with the page containing the icon.

NOTE: The Configure icon and Configure button have different functions.

Delete

Deletes a table entry.

In some tables, flushes the table entry connection.

Remove

Removes a local user from a group

Comment

Displays text from a field entry or information about the table entry.

Funnel

Indicates access rules with bandwidth management.

Upload

Uploads a file to a common database or external switch.

Print
Print PDF Report

Exports the data flow to a printer or file. For some UI pages, prints a pdf file.

Send Report

Downloads a visualization report.

Sends the log to an email address.

Refresh

Updates the real-time data in a table, chart, or other display.

Notes

Displays a popup balloon containing status or statistics about an entry in tables.

Statistics

Displays a popup balloon containing statistics about an entry in tables or general status about the table or page.

Clear Statistics

Updates the statistics shown in the traffic tables.

Left-arrow

Displays a pop-up balloon containing the respective VPN policy in the middle of the page.

Priority

Displays a pop-up containing statistics about an entry in tables or general status about the table or page.

Enabled

Indicates the interface or service is enabled. Clicking the icon disables the interface or service.

Indicates the option or event is enabled. Clicking the icon disables the option or event.

Indicates a service, such as Guest Services, is enabled for the user/group. Mousing over the icon displays a popup message.

Solid indicates that all members of the category, group, or event are enabled.

Semi-solid indicates that some are enabled, some are disabled.

Disabled

Indicates the interface or service is disabled. Clicking on the icon enables the interface or service.

Indicates the option or event is disabled. Clicking on the icon enables the option or event.

Indicates that all members of the category, group, or event are disabled.

Link

Provides a link to another page in the UI. Clicking the link displays the page.

Import

Imports certificate information or images.

Reboots the firewall with the firmware version listed in the same row

Export

Exports a VPN policy to a file in either encrypted or non-encrypted format.

Exports the data flow into a comma-separated values (.csv) file. This format is used for importing into Excel or other presentation development applications. The default file name is sonicflow.csv.

Exports the log as a CSV-format file. Clicking this icon displays a dialog that allows you to open or save the log in CSV format.

Exports the log as a plain text-format (.txt) file.

Boot

Imports certificate information or images.

Reboots the firewall with the firmware version listed in the same row

Information

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Displays popup dialogs containing more detailed information than displayed on the page.

Question Mark
Help

Tooltip

Displays information about an option or setting on a page, report, or dialog; see Tooltips .

Searches a table for the specified data.

NOTE: The Search icon and the Search button are used on different pages.

Status

Indicates the status of the feature:

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Green signifies that the feature is active and operating

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Yellow signifies the feature is not active or operating

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Red signifies the feature is disabled.

On some pages, clicking the icon displays information about the feature.

Collapse

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Hides a chart, table, or section of a management interface page to allow more display room for other data.

Expand

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Redisplays a hidden chart, table, or section of a management interface page.

Display

Opens a new tab in your browser that displays only the report or graph associated with a submenu item. For more information, see Display Icons .

Pause

Freezes the data flow. The time and date also freeze.

The Pause icon appears gray if the data flow has been frozen.

NOTE: On some pages, Pause and Play are the same icon that toggles between functions. That is, when clicked, the Pause icon becomes the Play icon, and when clicked, the Play icon becomes the Pause icon.

Play

Unfreezes the data flow. The time and date refresh as soon as the data flow is updated.

The Play icon appears gray if the data flow is live.

Stop

Stops services for an appliance.

Start

Resumes stopped services for an appliance.

Reject

Disables a built-in common name, but does not delete it.

Enables a built-in common name.

Clock

Displays a popup balloon containing information about account and session expirations.

Displays a popup balloon containing information about schedules

Chart Format:

Bar Chart

Flow (Area) Chart

Toggles the display of a chart between bar and flow (area) formats

NetExtender

Launches and configures NetExtender.

Display Icons

Most submenus in the Dashboard menu have a Display icon associated with them. Clicking the icon for a submenu item opens a new tab in your browser that displays only the report or graph associated with that submenu item. You can display all these submenu items or only the ones of interest. When the submenu items is in a new tab, you can move the tab to a new browser dialog to display separately from the management interface.

Other submenus that display sometimes rapidly changing data also have a Display icon associated with them. This icon is located at the top of the submenu page near the Mode option. This Display icon works the same as those of the Dashboard submenus and is also associated with them.

Common Buttons

The Management Interface uses buttons to facilitate certain actions. Some buttons are common throughout the Management Interface while others apply to only one or two pages. Table 3 describes the functions of common buttons used in the management interface:

Table 3. Common buttons
Action	Button	Description
Accept		Applies the changes entered on certain Interface Management pages.
OK		Applies the changes entered on the Interface Management page or for a dialog, applies the changes and closes the dialog.
Save		Applies the changes made in a dialog and then closes the dialog.
Apply		Applies the changes made in a dialog, but does not close the dialog.
Cancel		Discards the changes entered on the Interface Management page or for a dialog, discards any changes made in the dialog and closes the dialog.
Close		Discards any changes made in the dialog and closes the dialog.
Help		Displays the Dell SonicWALL page.
Add		Displays a dialog that allows you to add elements, such as zones, services, and access/firewall rules, to your appliance.
Configure		Displays a configuration dialog for configuring SonicOS settings. NOTE: The Configure button and Configure icon have different functions.
Default		Erases current values and restores factory default values.
Create Rule		Displays the dialog for creating AppFlow rules.
Refresh		Updates real-time data in a table.
Update		Updates entries in a table.
Delete		Deletes the selected items from a table.
Delete Box		Deletes the item, especially in a filter.
Delete All		Deletes all items except default and system-generated items in a table.
Remove		Deletes the selected items from a table.
Remove All		Deletes all items in a table.
Flush		Removes one or more selected items in a table.
Flush All		Removes all items in a table.
Purge		Deletes one or more selected FQDN objects from a table.
Purge All		Deletes all FQDN objects from a table.
Purge All		Deletes all FQDN objects from a table.
Clear		Clears the packet monitor queue and the displayed statistics for the capture buffer, mirroring, and FTP logging.
Clear Statistics		Clears the counters and the displayed statistics; restarts the counters.
Filter View		Correlates data among tabs in the AppFlow Monitor page.
		Adds or deletes a filter based on selected criteria.
Filter Add		Adds the selected element to the filter
Install		Installs a SonicWALL SSO Agent feature.
Preview		Displays the HTML message in a dialog for verification of how the message looks.
Example Template		Reverts the HTML message code to the default HTML message.
Right Arrow		Moves an item from a generic list to a specific list.
Left Arrow		Removes an item from a specific list to a generic list.
Double Right Arrow		Moves items from a generic list to a specific list.
Double Left Arrow		Removes items from a specific list to a generic list.