AIX Version 4.3 Differences Guide

Java programs can be delivered as applets that require a Web browser to
download the executable code or as stand-alone applications that are stored
locally and run independently of a browser or viewer.
Web-Based System Manager has been packaged in a browser-based applet
mode, and for local execution, an application mode has been implemented. The
application mode uses the AIX Java Virtual-Machine that, in turn, executes the
Java applications as threads on the system.
Note: When referring to Java applications, the term application is used differently
than the conventional use of application as in word processing application or in
the discussion on application-oriented user interfaces below. Java application
refers to the manner in which Java code is invoked.
6.2.1 Web-Based System Manager Components
Web-Based System Manager includes the following components:
• Backups
• Devices
• File Systems
• Network (interfaces for configuring network communications)
• Printer Queues
• Processes
• Registered Applications
• Software (installable software, software installed, and objects related to
installation)
• Subsystems
• System (user interface, console, date/time, language, OS characteristics,
system logs, and dump devices)
• Users
• Volumes
6.2.2 Web-Based System Manager User Interface
The Web-Based System Manager user interface is an Object-Oriented User
Interface (OOUI). OOUIs are distinguished from traditional, application-oriented
user interfaces, in that the user focuses on readily identifiable things on which the
user works. In an application-oriented environment, the user focuses on a tool for
manipulating the work. Some examples may clarify the distinction. In a document
processing context with an application-oriented interface, the user focuses on the
tool (a word processing program). While in OOUI, the user focuses on the object
of the task itself (the document). In a system management context, an
application-oriented interface would require the user to learn management tools
(for example, a Print Manager application), while an OOUI would enable the user
to directly manipulate a representation of the managed object (for example, a
printer or group of printers).
In the evolution of AIX system management user interfaces, SMIT was an
application-oriented interface, and VSM was a mixed application/object-oriented
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