Changes to BIG-IQ User Interface
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The user interface in the 6.0 release navigation has changed to a more
UI tab-based framework.

In this section, we will go through the main features of the user
interface. Feel free to log into the BIG-IQ (https://192.168.1.50)
username: admin password: 401elliottW! device to explore some of these
features in the lab.

After you log into BIG-IQ, you will notice:

-  A navigation tab model at the top of the screen to display each high
   level functional area.

-  A tree based menu on the left-hand side of the screen to display
   low-level functional area for each tab.

-  A large object browsing and editing area on the right-hand side of
   the screen.

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-  Let us look a little deeper at the different options available in the
   bar at the top of the page.

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-  At the top, each tab describes a high-level functional area for
   BIG-IQ central management:

-  Monitoring –Visibility in dashboard format to monitor performance and
   isolate fault area.

-  Configuration – Provides configuration editors for each module area.

-  Deployment – Provides operational functions around deployment for
   each module area.

-  Devices – Lifecycle management around discovery, licensing and
   software install / upgrade.

-  System – Management and monitoring of BIG-IQ functionality.

-  Applications – Build, deploy, monitor service catalog-based
   applications centrally.
   
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