Overview of Integrated Solutions Console
Integrated Solutions Console offers several advantages for implementing administration functions, as described in this topic.
Integrated Solutions Console provides a single, common interface for system administration. It provides the main platform on which IBM and non-IBM products can build administrative user interfaces as individual plug-ins to a common console framework. Standardizing product administration functions to run on the Integrated Solutions Console platform gives them a more common look and feel and a more consistent behavior, thereby reducing the learning curve and adoption as new management components are introduced. Administrators can interact with multiple IBM and non-IBM products from a single browser-based console.
Consistency across administrative interfaces
Integrated Solutions Console provides a common appearance (for example, theme, layout and banner) and behavior (for example, navigation and authentication) to enable consistent user interaction for administering software products.
A standards-based architecture
Integrated Solutions Console provides a standards-based architecture for Web administration. Each Integrated Solutions Console module consists of one or more Web applications that have access to services within the J2EE environment provided by WAS. The help interface is implemented using the Eclipse open standard. Console modules are developed using the Java Portlet Specification.
Easy deployment of product administration consoles
The Integrated Solutions Console framework provides an XML-based interface for deploying console modules to a console installation. XML descriptors provide the information needed to deploy the portlet, resources, and setup the page layout and navigation in the console. A console module can be removed without impact to the remaining console modules.
Accelerated development of solutions
Use Integrated Solutions Console enables products to reduce the time required to develop solutions that require administration functions. The standards-based architecture, common framework, and support for existing investment help reduce the time required to implement solutions.
Improved administration efficiency
Customers invest significant resources in training administrative personnel. Providing a common interface across IBM products enables customers to reduce training time and expense.
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Integrated Solutions Console components
What is new in Integrated Solutions Console
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