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Parallels Infrastructure Manager Interface Overview

The Parallels Power Panel interface has been designed for the Container administrator to quickly perform all possible tasks through an intuitive navigation system.

All Parallels Power Panel pages have a menu on the left, a toolbar and a status bar on top, and the content part in the middle. If Parallels Infrastructure Manager is integrated in the Plesk control panel, the Parallels Power Panel menu will be replaced with the Plesk menu. The Parallels Power Panel menu looks like this:

Power Panel Menu

It provides links to Parallels Power Panel pages where you can perform various tasks. To open any of these pages, run the cursor over the link and click it. The link to the page currently open is highlighted. The description of the corresponding page is displayed at the bottom of the menu. All links are gathered into four groups: Container Management, Container Services, Logs, and Other, the names of the first three groups being links themselves. When performing a particular task, you may first click the name of the group to open the corresponding dashboard and then choose a task, or you may select the task at once on the menu under the corresponding group.

Note: If your Container resides on the Hardware Node running the Windows 2003 Server operating system, the Firewall, Install Plesk and SSH Connection links on the Parallels Power Panel menu are unavailable. At the same time, you can make use of the Remote Desktop link.

The links on the menu do the following:

Link

Description

Container Management

Opens the Container Management dashboard where you can learn more about various Container management tasks and perform any of them.

Overview

Opens the default Overview screen

Start/Stop Container

Opens the page where you can start, stop, or reboot the current Container.

Change Password

Opens the page for changing the Container root/administrator password.

File Manager

Opens the File Manager page where you can view a list of files and directories and perform all the essential file operations.

Maintenance

Opens the page where you can manage your Container backups, Linux recover the original template files of your Container if something has gone wrong, or Linux start your Container in the so-called repair mode to perform command line checks and fixes.

Resources

Opens the page where you can learn the current consumption of the hardware resources by your Container.

Container Services

Opens the Service Management dashboard, which lets you learn more about various service management tasks and perform any of them.

System Services

Opens a list of principal services inside your Container with the opportunity to start, stop, restart any of them and to control their behavior on the Container startup.

Linux System Processes

Opens a list of processes running inside your Container with the opportunity to send various signals to any of them.

Linux Firewall

Opens your firewall current settings.

Linux The Plesk control panel

This link is displayed only if the Plesk application template is installed in the Container being managed. It opens the Plesk control panel login window.

Linux Install Plesk

Open Install Plesk page that allows you to install the Plesk control panel in the Container(s).

Linux Confixx control panel

This link is displayed only if the Confixx application template is installed in the Container being managed. It opens the Confixx control panel login window.

Windows Remote Desktop

Opens a Remote Desktop session for connecting to your Container via RDP.

Linux SSH Connection

Opens a ssh terminal window for connecting to your Container via SSH.

Logs

Opens the Logs dashboard where you can learn more about various logs available for your Container and view any of them.

Status Changes

Opens a list of status changes your Container has recently undergone.

Resource Alerts

Opens a list of alerts of your Container overusing any hardware resources or coming close to the usage limits imposed on it.

Actions Log

Opens a list of actions you have recently performed in Parallels Power Panel with the current Container.

Traffic Log

Opens the page where you can view your traffic statistics for a specified period in the past.

Help

Opens this help system.

Configure

Opens the page where you can customize the Parallels Power Panel interface.

Sign out

Following this link logs you out of Parallels Power Panel.

The toolbar is to be found on every Parallels Power Panel screen to allow you to easily perform the operations most frequently required in the course of Container management with the help of the Start, Stop, Restart, Backup and New buttons.

The status bar on top is presented on the following figure:

Power Panel Logo & Copyright Info

It consists of the following elements (from left to right):

  1. The Virtuozzo logotype providing a link to the Parallels Power Panel main page.
  2. The ID or the host name of the current Container.
  3. The current state of the Container.
  4. The percent of the available disk space used by the Container.
  5. The Parallels copyright information.

The area in the lower right corner of any Parallels Power Panel page not covered by the menu and by the status bar provides the contents proper of the page. It has a title bar on top (just below the status bar), an example of which is shown below:

Power Panel Title Bar

It consists of the following elements (from left to right and from top to bottom):

  1. The icon corresponding to the current Parallels Power Panel page.
  2. The hierarchy of levels superior to the level of the current Parallels Infrastructure Manager page or the links to the pages visited prior to the page you are on. These levels or links are called the route elements. They present links for moving up to any of these levels or pages.
  3. The name of the current Parallels Power Panel page.
  4. The screen ID of the current Parallels Power Panel page. If you are running any trouble with Parallels Power Panel, mentioning the ID of the problem screen in your support call is likely to facilitate resolving your issue.
  5. A link to the Active Tasks page. It opens the page with the list of those tasks related to managing your Container that you have scheduled by means of Parallels Power Panel, but that have not yet been completed.
  6. A link to a level in the Parallels Power Panel hierarchical structure higher than the current one.
  7. A link to refresh the current screen.
  8. A link to open the context-sensitive help. The help window opens at the topic related to the current Parallels Power Panel page, but you will also be able to browse the entire help from this window..

The contents proper of any Parallels Power Panel page vary depending on the functions to be performed on it. The topmost-level page, which is displayed right after logging on to Parallels Power Panel, provides brief information on the current Container in the Container Summary table and links to the three Parallels Power Panel dashboards (see above).

Notes: 1. In case your Container is short of any resource, the corresponding warning is displayed with the link to the Resources page for you to check the state of resources consumption by your Container. 2. In case you have not yet provided your contact e-mail, which is necessary to enable the functionality of restoring the password, a link is provided to the page where you can do it.

The Container Summary table has the following fields:

Field Name

Description

ID

The ID of the current Container.

Hostname

The hostname of the current Container.

Current status

Indicates whether the Container is running, down, being repaired, or in any other state. The description of all possible Container statuses is provided in the Container Statuses section.

IP Address(es)

Specifies the IP address(es) of Container network interfaces. These address(es) are assigned by your provider.

Operating System

Indicates what operating system is running inside your Container.

Applications Installed

Enumerates additional applications installed in the Container by your provider. Shown only in case there are any.

You can also download Parallels Power Panel User's Guide at the bottom of the page.

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