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Administrative User Interfaces Overview

There are two graphical user interfaces (UIs), which 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 the majority of tasks related to access control, such as authentication and authorization policies, Enterprise Policy Management (EPM), reporting and policy analysis.

  Use the Administrative UI to create, view, modify, and delete all Policy Server objects except those related to CA SiteMinder Federation Security Services. All federation-related configuration tasks should be handled using the FSS Administrative UI.

• SiteMinder 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 only to configure affiliates required to generate WS-Security SAML assertion tokens and SOA Security Manager CA SiteMinder Federation Security Services.

  The intent of the FSS Administrative UI is to let you manage SOA Security Manager CA SiteMinder Federation Security Services. If you are familiar with previous versions of the SiteMinder Policy Server User Interface, you will notice that all SOA Security Manager objects appear in the FSS Administrative UI, except the application objects for Enterprise Policy Management (EPM). You should not use the FSS Administrative UI to manage these objects. If you need information while using the FSS Administrative UI, please consult the online help.

  Note: If your organization is not federating with a partner, you may safely leave the CA SiteMinder Federation Security Services on the Policy Server machine without registering it.