The administrative console is a browser-based interface used to administer WebSphere ESB applications, services, and other resources.
WebSphere ESB uses the standard WebSphere administrative console as used for WebSphere Application Server and other related products like WebSphere Process Server. As a result, many administrative tasks (for example, setting security, viewing logs, and installing applications), and many terms used, are the same for both WebSphere ESB and WebSphere Application Server.
If you have installed a WebSphere ESB stand-alone profile, the bus environment comprises a single node in its own administrative domain, known as a cell. You can use the administrative console to manage applications, buses, servers, and resources within the administrative domain.
Similarly, if you have installed WebSphere ESB to create a deployment manager cell, the bus environment comprises a deployment manager node and one or more managed nodes in the same cell, which forms the administrative domain. In addition to the application-related items, you can use the administrative console to set up managed nodes into the cell, and can monitor and control the nodes and the resources on those nodes.
You can use the administrative console to manage items at a cell, node, or server scope.
In the administrative console, task filters provide a simplified user experience and, through the progressive disclosure of functions, access to the full underlying WebSphere Application Server administrative capabilities.