The UCSM GUI is accessed through a web URL pointing to the cluster IP or DNS name of the cluster. UCSM requires an HTML5-supported browser such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Chrome, or Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6 for a Java-based interface.

The UCSM GUI is an HTML5 or Java-based application. Java Web Start (WS) is used to display the UCSM GUI. The UCSM GUI is divided into the following parts:

• Navigation pane: On the left-hand side of the screen is the navigation pane. It provides navigation to all equipment and components, such as resource pools, policies, and so on. When a component is selected in the navigation pane, its details appear on the right-hand side, that is, on the work pane.
• Work pane: On the right-hand side of the screen is the work pane, which is larger in width than the navigation pane. Tabs in the work pane can be used to display information about the components, modify the configuration, create new components, launch the KVM console, and observe the status of a finite-state machine. The work pane also includes a navigation bar at the top to indicate current position in the equipment hierarchy.
• Fault summary area: The fault summary area is on the upper-left corner of the navigation pane. It provides a summary of all the faults, in different colors.
• Status bar: The status bar is at the bottom of the screen, under both navigation and work panes. It displays the system time and provides information on the logged-in user and the status of the applications.

The following screenshot shows the different sections of the UCS Manager graphical user interface: