# SMC Client and how it works

Use the SMC Client for configuring, controlling, and monitoring the SMC Manager.

You can manage the Security Engines in the SMC Client. You can also use the SMC Client to monitor third-party devices.

The SMC Client offers several task-specific views. There are alternative ways to change between the different views:

- The main menu and the toolbar shortcuts are always available.
- More links are provided, for example, in the right-click menus of elements and in the logs. You can also bookmark your most frequently visited views.

You have several options for opening a new view:

- Clicking a link or main toolbar icon replaces the current view with the new one.
- Clicking while holding the Ctrl key opens the new view as a new tab.
- Clicking while holding the Shift key opens the new view as a new window.

To open a new empty tab, click New Tab. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+T. From the list of views that opens, select the view to be shown in the new tab.

The bottom right corner of the SMC Client window shows the memory usage of the SMC Client. If the memory usage gets too high, the SMC Client automatically restarts, and an alert and an audit entry are generated.