Getting Started

Browser Requirements

In order to use the CTERA Portal, you need an Internet browser. You can use any of the latest two releases of Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox.

The Administration Interface

CTERA Portal provides an administration web interface for:

• Configuring and monitoring the portal
• Managing the servers on which CTERA Portal is installed
• Creating and configuring virtual portals (team and reseller portal)
• Provisioning the virtual portals

Each virtual team portal also has its own administration interface. As a global administrator, you can access the global administration interface and each virtual portal's administration interface to perform administration tasks for all virtual portals and also to perform specific administration tasks for a specific portal.

The interface includes the following views:
Administration view – Enables you to perform administration tasks that are global, affecting all virtual portals. The tasks described in this guide are performed in this view.
Virtual portal view – Enables you to perform administration tasks for each virtual portal. Administrators of a virtual portal can perform the same tasks via their portal administration interface, which is almost identical to this view. For information about administering a team virtual portal, see the Team Administrator Guide.