Administrative User Interfaces

SOA Security Manager provides two graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that configure specific SiteMinder policy objects, as follows:

SOA Security Manager Administrative UI (Administrative UI)—The Administrative UI is a web-based administration console that is installed independent of the Policy Server. The Administrative UI is the tool for configuring most tasks related to access control, such as authentication and authorization policies, Enterprise Policy Management (EPM), reporting and policy analysis.
Use the Administrative UI to view, modify, and delete all Policy Server objects, except objects related to objects required to generate WS-Security SAML tokens, which must be managed using the FSS Administrative UI.
SOA Security Manager Federation Security Services Administrative UI (FSS Administrative UI)—The FSS Administrative UI is an applet-based application that is installed with the Policy Server. Use the FSS Administrative UI to manage objects required to generate WS-Security SAML tokens (affiliates domains, affiliates, and service providers.
Note: Although installed with the Policy Server, the FSS Administrative UI must be registered with the Policy Server before it can be used. Registering the FSS Administrative UI requires the use of the Administrative UI. Therefore, install and configure the Administrative UI before registering the FSS Administrative UI. If your organization is not federating with a partner, you can safely leave the FSS Administrative UI on the Policy Server host system without registering it.