[v9.5.x] docs: nav related updates for data sources (#66142)

docs: nav related updates for data sources (#66080)

* nav related text updates for data sources

* fixed table rows

(cherry picked from commit 6a91f1a9b4)

Co-authored-by: Isabel <76437239+imatwawana@users.noreply.github.com>
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Grot (@grafanabot)
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## Configure the data source
**To access the data source configuration page:**
To configure basic settings for the data source, complete the following steps:
1. Select the **Data sources** section from the **Administration** menu
2. Select the **Alertmanager** data source
1. Click **Connections** in the left-side menu.
1. Under Your connections, click **Data sources**.
1. Enter `Alertmanager` in the search bar.
1. Click **Alertmanager**.
Set the data source's basic configuration options carefully:
The **Settings** tab of the data source is displayed.
| Name | Description |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name** | Sets the name you use to refer to the data source |
| **Default** | Sets whether the data source is pre-selected for new panels and queries |
| **Alertmanager** | |
| **Implementation** | Alertmanager implementation. **Mimir**, **Cortex,** and **Prometheus** are supported |
| **Receive Grafana Alerts** | When enabled the Alertmanager receives alert instances from Grafana-managed alert rules. **Important:** It works only if Grafana alerting is configured to send its alert instances to external Alertmanagers |
| **HTTP** | |
| **URL** | Sets the HTTP protocol, IP, and port of your Alertmanager instance, such as `https://alertmanager.example.org:9093` |
| **Access** | Only **Server** access mode is functional |
| | |
1. Set the data source's basic configuration options:
| Name | Description |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name** | Sets the name you use to refer to the data source |
| **Default** | Sets whether the data source is pre-selected for new panels and queries |
| **Alertmanager Implementation** | Alertmanager implementation. **Mimir**, **Cortex,** and **Prometheus** are supported |
| **Receive Grafana Alerts** | When enabled the Alertmanager receives alert instances from Grafana-managed alert rules. **Important:** It works only if Grafana alerting is configured to send its alert instances to external Alertmanagers |
| **HTTP URL** | Sets the HTTP protocol, IP, and port of your Alertmanager instance, such as `https://alertmanager.example.org:9093` |
| **Access** | Only **Server** access mode is functional |
## Provision the Alertmanager data source