Using the SmartCard Console

The SmartCard Console is the graphical user interface (GUI) used to manage the Solaris Smart Cards software. It has three panes for activating tasks and viewing information:

• Navigation pane - Lists the major categories of tasks involved in setting up smart cards. To choose a task, click the category in the Navigation pane. When you select a category in the Navigation pane, the Console pane is populated with icons related to the task.

• Information pane - Contains a brief description of the category or icon that you have just clicked. It also contains instructions for beginning the task associated with the category or icon.

• Console pane - Contains icons that you double-click to begin a task. For example, if you click Authentication from the Navigation pane, the Console pane displays icons that represent the types of authentication available for the OCF Server.

Dialog Boxes

Each task has one or more associated dialog boxes that appear when you double-click an icon on the Console pane. A dialog box contains information for you to view, modify, or delete, as needed. Some dialog boxes have two or more folder tabs that you access by clicking the tab.

Most dialog boxes have four buttons:

• OK - Click to confirm any changes made and close the dialog box.

• Apply - Click to confirm any changes made but to keep the dialog box open. Use Apply after entering information in a dialog box with other folder tabs that you need to click after the current folder tab.

• Cancel - Click to exit the dialog box without saving any changes.

• Help - Click to access online help for the dialog box.

Using the Online Help System

The help system included with the SmartCard Console contains the following components:

• Instructions for the major smart cards tasks for you to follow while using the Console. Choose Index from the Help Menu to view help on a topic.

• Descriptions of each dialog box in the Console, available by clicking the Help button at the bottom of the dialog box.

• Item help for the Console, automatically displayed in the Information pane.

The SmartCard Console help system does not contain conceptual information about smart cards. Instead, refer to this guide for descriptions of how smart cards work, details about authentication types, and other conceptual information.

Exiting the SmartCard Console

You can exit the SmartCard Console at any time by choosing Exit from the Console menu. Any changes you made during the session are saved.