VNOS represents a graphical environment that you can use to build applications that let you control your networked devices visually.
VNOS building blocks, called widgets, provide specific functionality that, when combined, enable you to monitor, maintain, and manage your network. Depending on the widgets you choose and the combination you create, you can produce a visual representation of your network configuration, complete with a graphical map that mirrors your actual network.
Functionality possible includes resetting physical machines, sending alerts in increasing levels of urgency, gathering and disseminating data to various persons or to other VNOS processes, processes that then perform operations in response to the data, based on the content.
Fundamentally, the only constraint to VNOS functionality is the imagination of the author. Applications that have been created for VNOS include IT network monitoring and control, computer monitoring and restarting, home theatre systems, e-commerce systems, pro-audio control and output, heating and air-conditioning schedules, and controlling lighting and other X-10-enabled devices.
Depending on how you work, your journey though this documentation may take one or several paths:
You may find it helpful to review overview topics about this User Reference, environments, VNOS Fundamentals, or Views.
You may be the type who prefers to jump right in with minimal instructive documentation, in which case the VNOS Objects Inventory sections can steer you to the information you need.
You may prefer a more experiential method, so that following the VNOS QuickStart and VNOS University lessons may work best for you.
You may instead desire more information about VNOS functionality, so you might scan the Commands Overview section for information about the different menu options.
Finally, you may prefer more strategy-oriented directions, so review the I'm Here, Now What? section for information.