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1. D A list af processes that can Addiotempises selected host Dasa o defined by the schema Save deployment to fiia Load deplymert from hie Fi Management Event Distributor Figure 5 The popup menu Configuring Element Properties By right clicking on the element and selecting properties a Configuration form illustrated in will appear It allows you to change editable properties of the element Most common you will see three properties description name caption These properties are used by the user customize labeling and grouping of elements None of these properties are mandatory By default the element will be displayed with its caption If the caption field is blank a default label will be given which consists of object s type plus a unique integer ID There are other properties that allow you to configure elements The e speak core for example requires a port property it is mandatory as it is marked in red The value in this field must be a valid e speak port number the Console will check the validity of the properties using pre defined constraints If an invalid property value is entered a message will be displayed to prompt you for re entry After clicking the Accept configuration see button at the bottom of the form the configuration will be set for the element if there are2. oo Figure 18 The completed deployment after step four e Open the standard output window for the e speak Advertising Service The output should look as follows ikm Figure 19 the output window for a correctly started advertising service Step four Using templates To create a copy of the configured services we have just created we can use the Template Pane This is useful if similar instances of these services are required in the future Add to templates L Caption Scratchpad tree for Highlight the e speak advertising service and from the popup menu select E NN Ehara lt Babai beieg Sama Command Line sra brew PL nervi cie See anger ce Descririon service Dor etna fir tutorial Progetti Todta gs Backend Projara i Wigan Ga SASS at 13 14 24 CMT advertsing WGP serere POT 1427 IHT covooo i a n Figure 20 the process of adding an element to the template pane Next permanently delete the services either by moving it to the recycle bin then emptying the bin or by pressing CRTL Delete when the service is selected To recreate the original configuration you can now use the element from the template Select each of the icons in the Template Pa
3. 2000 Version 1 1 Table of Contents Introduction This is the user manual for the System Deployment Console The System Deployment Console is a task level configuration and management tool for e speak We will refer to it as Console throughout the rest of the manual The Console Purpose The purpose of the System Deployment Console is to Help service operators to configure and deploy services remotely Provide remote management at fask process level Help people to debug test their services remotely Allow easy and intuitive access to web based management The Console Basic features oe 9 Launching stopping e speak cores clients and native processes remotely Remote configuration tasks command lines and options Remote monitoring of task execution states Easy creation of reusable scripts for creating system deployments Display remote task outputs You can use it to view any exceptions thrown by a remote core you just started for example Configuration Management based on an object relational model that describes not only individual settings but also relations between tasks and settings Persistent remote configuration It automatically saves the configuration to the remote host and retrieves it upon connection and brings you the up to date status of the tasks and their relations Extensible CIM model based archi
4. pn reqered policia Ld EL mar Nf 20000214 113270 0008174 0 f Iekin ELE Es di _ _ Poly Manager gt a e ups dk aer a Scratchpad tree E P hap Miis iph Ferai Faden peg cocco Figure 9 Adding An Object The Templates Using a Template to Create an Element Click the right mouse button on an object in the template pane and select Create from the popup menu An instance of the template object will be created in the main panel of console Also use the popup menu to delete the template object or to change its properties using the Property Form Saving the Current Set of Template Elements From the menu bar at the top of the Console select System Save Templates To File Select a location and a file name it is suggested that an esc extension be used to distinguish it as an e speak system configuration file Loading a Template Set From the menu bar at the top of the Console select System Load Template from File On selecting a file and confirming the elements in the template file will be added to the template pane Associating Elements with each other Associations between elements are vital in system management see Database Concepts Some operations in the Console automatically generate these associations others require the user to explicitly specify them This section introduces the tool for creat
5. and manageable tasks Metadata the meta information about tasks used by Console to controls how it manages a task its properties and its associations Permanent Deletion A hard delete that stops a task then removes it from the database bypassing the Recycle Bin Process level Management managing tasks at the process level being able to stop start and monitor processes Process Output Window the component in the Console that displays the Standard Output Property attribute of elements Each element can be zero to many properties Property Form a component used to configure a task or connection interactively Recycle Bin a temporary non persistent store for tasks removed from the management interface Restore the process of moving a task from the Recycle Bin back into the main database thus re attaching it to the management interface Schema the set of metadata for every task type and association type recognised by Console Scratchpad Tree the bottom left component of the Console Used to display tasks that are not fully configured in order to maintain a clear hierarchy and structure in the Main tree Standard Output the textual output from a process Status the bar along the bottom of the Console window indicating the state of the selected task System Deployment The name given to the configuration of tasks running on host machines Task a logical process Template Pane a
6. kind of relationship between elements Elements associations properties and constraints form our language for describing a managed system The Console has a built in model for e speak systems It includes task level management models for e speak enabled hosts cores clients and services Such a model forms the basis of the Console s inner workings This model can be extended and even replaced to allow custom system management Normally the users of the Console do not have to be aware of the existence of the model Nevertheless if you are interested in knowing the details such as constraints applied to certain properties the Write Schema to File feature of the Console allows you to save the content of the model into an XML file called the Management Schema File The syntax and semantics of the Management Schema File is described in detail in System Deployment Console Developer Guide Each icon in the trees displayed in the left hand side of the Console s interface represents a single instance of management element The tree structure and hierarchy can be seen as a visual representation of the key associations in between the elements By default it shows the dependency hierarchy between elements For more information on e speak Daemon Core Service see e speak Daemon Core Service User Manual Layout This section features labeled illustrations of the three different displays inside the main Console window The th
7. menu right mouse click Recycle Bin Pane Data 8 pap Si E Fommand Line siring mea Core Repo ea I fe Description arai Lota Process dale TORSO af 1 2 dz CMT Hane See Also Recycle Bin Log view e The view when the Log Tab is depressed This view shows an active log of all user interactions with the Console The Status Bar is of no relevance to this view Console Action Log TOO 12 078 17 GMT Diaria nat ender papsak CM 0 iN ae CRT Ce n Herren IIR i Re Coni Eva nt Bao OO gt 110 41 eevee Cori Evel Drs bolo TODCOOO at 17 05 43 GMT rare erani m laa Com Fupcadze Basic Operations Launching the Console The Console itself is an e speak client Like all e speak clients it must be connected to a local e speak core to start The following command line starts the Console java netespeak services management configman ui C onsole 12345 The Console will not be ready until the local core connection has been established or timed out Connecting to E speak Enabled Hosts After the Console is started the first thing one should d
8. name 11 29 Permanent Deletion 23 36 processes 3 5 7 13 16 34 36 Properties 12 Recycle Bin 7 16 22 23 36 37 restore 23 reusable scripts 3 Saving System Deployments 27 schema 34 scripts 27 35 Scripts 27 servlet 24 25 Servlets 24 25 standard output 17 18 31 status bar 12 16 17 29 Tasks Configuring task properties 14 15 Removing tasks from configuration 16 Starting tasks 16 Stopping tasks 16 Template Creating a Template 19 Creating and Using Templates 19 Loading a Template 20 Saving and Loading templates 33 Saving the Current Set of Template Objects 20 templates 19 32 33 34 Using a Template to Create an Object 20 Using templates 32 Template Pane 32 37 Tutorial 28 User Defined e speak Client 34 View Servlets 25 Viewing Servlets 24 web browser 4 23 web pages 25
9. no errors Editable field Switchable optica Accept Cenfigaration Button Cancel Potton Configuring Coe Required field Curtigurmg e speak Core 0 i Description E Location i Repos Oy Park d bes 4 Canton E M Part Cipit Hegel Lies 12345 Figure 6 Configuring task properties If some mandatory fields are left empty the element will be displayed in the Scratchpad Tree as the Element is ill configured Once all mandatory fields have been correctly entered into the configuration form the element will be displayed in the main tree see Layout definitions Starting Elements Certain elements such as cores clients processes and services once correctly configured can be started and stopped To start an element bring up its popup menu right clicking on the selected process and select the Start option see Figure 5 If the element was not correctly configured and the start command could not be carried out a message dialog will appear The Previous State and Current State information on the status bar see Monitoring Element Status allows you to monitor the state of started elements Stopping Elements A running element can be stopped using the Stop option from popup menu see Removing an Element from the Configuration The popup menu for every element has a Delete Figure 5 If t
10. on the new core created in step two Using the Create menu on the top menu bar select e speak Advertising Service As the service requires configuration it will appear in the Scratchpad tree Configure the service in the Property Form see Figure 17 Label it and enter a group name e g MYGROUP Select the slp option for the backend protocol Configuring e speak Advertising Service YP service for tutorial YP service for tutorial MYGROUP 1427 Figure 17 The property form for the Advertising Service Right click on the core and select Associate with a hosted client In the window that pops up select the target client the advertising service If the above steps were correct the advertising service icon should dock under the core icon Start the service illustrates how the deployment should now appear in the Console Deploy Donicla Salers One Man nene m oer Templates a Main tree Fired Jere Gen B erre Hon E d My Corban 11343 e Ling string pa YP bitci Ps Dolori fit ir a ale sint Feed TER voran fer Baer Descrimipn YF ror ioiai a Caption VP sence for paiia a3 Backend Protocol zip cite FATZO 32 1214 23 CMT Grp MYRTI abubot Par LIT Sipe 2 123 acratchpad tree
11. pane on the right hand side of the Console that displays Templates Templates useful partially configured tasks Can be saved and read from a file Suitable for persistently storing customized configurations User Defined E speak Client an undefined e speak client that can be defined interactively by the user User Defined Task a non e speak task that can be defined interactively by the user Table of figures index Add to templates 19 32 Connect to host 28 description 12 Load configuration from file 27 Load deployment from file 36 Load template 34 OK 17 29 Save deployment to file 27 35 Starting 17 User Defined e speak Client 34 View process output 18 advertising service 11 32 Advertising Service 11 29 31 associations 5 20 22 33 36 Associations 20 Associating Objects With Each Other 20 Association Creator Dialog Box 21 22 caption 12 28 CIM 3 5 36 Common Information Model 5 36 Configuration Form 13 Configuring the Console 23 Console 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 17 19 22 23 28 30 34 35 36 37 Current State 16 29 Daemon Core 4 28 36 Data Pane 3 12 deployment 27 35 e speak enabled host 13 element 5 13 15 16 17 18 19 22 37 e speak File Server Service 25 e speak HTTP Bridge 25 e speak Web based Management Service 26 hyperlink 24 Log 8 36 metadata 37
12. possible to view the standard output for a process element To view the standard output select an object from the main panel of the console click the right mouse button and from the popup menu select View process output Ps Hem pese Bebe res eee M Templates Zl Main inse EE dmm mam pin Fipa 1 Alben p ew Hae coe Scratchpad raw z Figure 8 Viewing standard output of a process Creating and Using Templates In the Console it is possible to create element templates Templates are partially configured elements that can be saved loaded reconfigured and added into the current deployment Templates are designed to be an easy way of storing and creating multiple instances of frequently used element configurations Creating a Template To create a template from an object select it from the main panel of the console click the right mouse button and from the popup see The Popup Menu select Add to templates The object is added to the template section on the right hand side of the Console see Figure 9 nen recto Templates i aere pcs Main tree B von cove ES Lll I EL Fil L inni Option Cotas IL peace rg pracy arog Poa RESDET ABT POLICIES OM
13. d on the Tree Pane This is illustrated in DAC Es Dasengion martii Captions MARLER O 3 Address 03 0184 273 Tine oot factory 4 ay cor sab min URL 2560 anagement ie con Sa TETERE E e rr nish toe si 10 31 13 GMT J Fim peices A Pari Piedad tree ER ooo a ooo Figure 4 Connecting to a host with processes on it will automatically display them in the tree Creating Managed Elements Once connected to an e speak enabled host a computer icon will appear in the top left hand section of the console By right clicking on this icon a popup menu appears see Figure 5 The popup menu The items on this menu represent operations that can be done to or done with this element At the bottom of this menu under the heading Create a a list of elements that can be started on this host is displayed By clicking on one of these process types a Configuration Form for the new process will be displayed for more information on the Configuration Form see Configuring Element Properties Once all required properties are set for the new element it will appear in the same window as the host This element is now in a manageable state e speak enabled host T ni The popup menu e orncole 3 Main tie esoemt Host 0 Li uc M
14. e necessary to start services that are not provided in the current schema see Database Concepts This can easily be done by requesting the Console to start a User Defined e speak Client Try right clicking on the core in your current deployment and selecting to start such a task In the command line field of the configuration form that pops up enter the following java netespeak services management logger manager ES LogS erviceManager localhost 12347 Start the service and look at its output You can start this service in the conventional way by selecting from the core s popup menu up to Create a e speak logger service If you do this and start the service you should find the output to be identical to the hand configured service Step seven Remote saving of deployments e The e speak enabled host will automatically save all the deployment data that you create whilst using the Console Loading up the deployment created into this tutorial simply requires you to re connect to the host from Starting the Consele Once connected you will see processes that were in either the Scratchpad tree or the Main tree reappear as before Step eight Local saving of reusable deployments scripts e Deployments can be saved locally to a file These deployments are reusable and can be instantiated on any number of hosts Right click on your host to save the current configuration Choose the Save deployment to file o
15. ecycle Bin lose any relations to other elements that they had whilst they were being managed If an element is restored from the Recycle Bin associations to other managed processes may need to be recreated in order to perform certain operations on it An object can be deleted to the recycle bin and restored without affecting the elements to which it refers rion perd nie Bim pese EA ncc in zum Templates Tal bin Deren i euni arr i a Me 2 Space T wine pes Sorts 1 net e peak sec ps vervicerazagac Servisi eed Ca Cisi tiipiin TOOTH TH r Figure 12 Restoring Objects From The Recycle Bin Restoring Elements To restore a deleted object click on the Recycle Bin Tab click on the appropriate object and click the right mouse button to bring up a pop up menu This menu has the Restore and Delete options see for more details These operations are also available through shortcut keys Delete performs deletion CTRL Enter performs restoration Several objects can be deleted or restored simultaneously by selecting multiple objects in the Recycle Bin Pressing the lt CTRL gt key and selecting the required objects with the mouse can achieve multiple selections To select all
16. his is selected the element will be moved to the Recycle Bin Note that delete doesn t attempt to stop an active element so an element in the Recycle Bin can still be running until you stop it For more information see Recycle Bin Chapter gt This operation is also accessible by pressing Delete when a process in either of the left hand windows is selected Monitoring the Status of an Element There are two ways for monitoring the running status of elements within the System Deployment Console the status bar at the bottom of the Console and the standard output dialog box Status Bar The status bar at the bottom of the Console shows the current and previous state of the element last selected in the user interface In the example below a user defined task is highlighted The status bar indicates that the current state of the task is OK and the previous state of the task is Starting Templates T mirii mox nei inf Ta cane nup FirE CUOI E er Serpe Hirr tunm nra pre ar RD inn Cone rura or 50 ica SOOO 112388 raw ELLE S Bg 5s 1 Scratchpad bree Figure 7 Checking the running state of an object Standard Output For more information about the element s execution state it is
17. ing associations in the Console Selecting an object and choosing to Create a task name from its popup menu automatically creates an association between the existing and the new object about to be created However it is sometimes necessary to create associations between two existing objects explicitly Such an association is created using the popup menu for the object you wish to associate Select an option from the Associate With section of the popup menu Figure 10 and an Association Creator Dialog Box will appear Eismal Command Line string brea net expe ak infra core Sarup Bate Sore Figure 10 Associating an e speak core with an e speak advertising service Creating Associations explicitly selecting Associate with the core s popup menu a dialog 11 pops up Actocialion Dinala Figure 11 Association Creator Dialog Box The drop down box contains a list of all Elements in the database that would make appropriate associates Select one and click accept to create the association Recycle Bin When an object is deleted it is moved to the Recycle Bin Pane The Recycle Bin is a temporary non persistent store for elements that have been removed from the main configuration No operations can be performed on these elements in the bin except restoration re attachment to the main configuration or deletion stopping and permanently removing the element Items placed in the R
18. m the popup menu select Save deployment to You will be presented with a file chooser window allowing you to select an existing file or if you type in a file name that doesn t exist the file will be created All deployment files have the dply extension Once saved the deployment can immediately be loaded onto any host in the Main tree window To load a configuration onto a host right click onto that host and choose Load configuration from file After requesting confirmation for this action the Console will the load the deployment onto the selected host The new deployment will not overwrite any existing hostees Currently the Console does not start any of the new Elements This behavior may be supported in later releases This option is only available from the popup menus belonging to hosts The System Deployment Console Tutorial Introduction This chapter contains a step by step demonstration of the System Deployment Console illustrating many of its key features It will be useful to read the user guide before attempting to follow the examples outlined here Step one Starting the Console e Ensure that a Daemon Core is running on the local machine e Start a Console java net espeak services management configman Console lt port_no gt e Once the Console starts up open the System menu on the main menu bar Choose the Connect to host option e Configure the host in the form provided Step tw
19. mple of a service running a servlet Some of the serviets generated by e speak services are served speak HTTP Bridge Service This service can be started in the Console Once started the servlets for these services will become active If you find that View Servlet is a dead link the most likely cause is that though the service is generating the HTML for the servlet without the HTTP Bridge running this information is not being served Starting the e speak HTTP Bridge will enable the View Servlet link Also the e speak HTTP bridge does not serve files To do this you will need to run the e speak File Server Service Running this service will also serve any images in the servlet web pages The e speak Web based Management Service is particularly useful as it auto detects other services being served by the HTTP Bridge Viewing the servlet for this service will provide you with an index of the servlets for all web manageable services served by the bridge See Also Configuring the Console Saving System Deployments as Reusable Scripts The Console enables you to save a deployment of Elements under a host as a reusable script These scripts can then be started on any hosts on top of their existing deployments Any Elements Associations and Properties that exist on a deployment being saved will be reconstructed upon the re deployment of the script To save a deployment right click on the e speak enabled host Fro
20. ne and choose Add from the popup window Create associations between the advertising service and the core Start the service and check the output window for any problems Saving and Loading templates To save the templates to a file simply choose the Save template to file option from the System menu on the main menu bar You will be presented with a file chooser and asked to select a file to save to templates to To load the templates from a file close the Console Re open the Console and choose the Load template option from the System menu on the main menu bar Using the file chooser select the file you saved the data to The templates should load back into the Template Selector Pane Step five Starting a non e speak task Non e speak processes can be started in much the same way as e speak cores are started These native processes can be started directly under hosts in the same way that cores can be started Start a native task such as a directory listing command on the connected host by right clicking on the host a selecting Create a User defined task Fill in the task configuration form with the command line field reading dir Dos or Is Unix After starting the task view the output in the process output window lt CTRL O gt or from the popup menu Step six Starting a user defined e speak client Though the Console has many useful e speak services built in it may b
21. o Testing the connection e Right click on the host icon From the Create a menu select the e speak core option Configure the core the run on port number 12347 the host field can stay as the default localhost Set the caption to My core on 12347 Set the description to My main core on my local host 15 how the configuration form should be filled in for this core port no the port number for the Daemon Core Configuring e speak Core Ed Configuring e speak Core 1 Description My main core on my local host Location of repository ini Password Caption My core on 12347 Port 12347 Cold Reset User Name Local Core Figure 15 The configuration form for the new core Once configured right click on the core s icon in the main tree Select Start from the popup menu After a short time the Current State on the status bar should change from Not Available to OK see Figure 16 If this occurs the connection has been successful To check the core started correctly you can select Process Output from its popup menu If the message in the core s output window does not report an error then this test is complete Figure 16 The status bar indicating running process Step three Creating a e speak service deployment In this step we are going to run an e speak Advertising Service
22. o is to connect to the host that needs to be managed Select the menu item System Connect to Host as shown in The connect dialog box will appear see Figure 3 2 12345 is an example of the port number of your local daemon core a local standard e speak core running a Connection Factory eem m Tamplabes z la Seralchpad braa coc i Figure 2 Click on Connect to Host on the System menu to connect to a remote host Figure 3jillustrates the Configuring e speak Host dialog Note in all Console configuration dialog boxes entries marked red are required For the Host dialog we need to enter values for the host P and url properties You should fill in the IP address of the host that you want to manage in the hostlP property The field shall contain the URL of the Advertising Group at which the host management service can be found For example in the url field contains the value localhost 2950 Management This value points to an advertising service at port 2950 host localhost and with advertising group name Management The Console uses the field to set the context of lookup for the remote host management service For more information about the Advertising Service and Advertising Groups see the e speak Advertising Service usage document Note that if the remote host uses the Daemon Core program to provide the host management service as by default
23. ption Use the file chooser to pick a directory In the File name text area you can type the file name for your deployment file The file will be saved with the dply extension Now permanently delete all the processes under your host bookie Clog amp gl new file p names lere M ie nane ry degimment m eT speak system deployment fies dpi Cancel Figure 21 The file chooser window Step nine Loading saved deployments scripts The deployment saved in step eight can be reloaded onto your host To do this right click on the host and choose the Load deployment from file option Open the file that you saved the deployment in The Elements will reappear under the host These Elements require restarting Glossary of terms Association a model use to represent relation between elements Association Creator the component in the Console that allows a user to interactively and explicitly define associations between tasks CIM Common Information Model the distributed management model that Console is based on Console The System Deployment Console Daemon Core a specialized core running some essential management services Element an object managed by the Console E speak Enabled Host a host machine running a Daemon Core Log a log of all user interactions with the Console Main Tree the main tree containing all fully configured
24. r program into the text box or browse you file system by clicking the browse button If you are unsure where the program resides on your computer it may be useful to look at the properties of the desktop icon you usually start your browser with Once you are happy with your selection press OK The information entered into this window is stored persistently This means that unless the Console s configuration file is deleted or corrupted this information will be remembered indefinitely though the settings are still editable Viewing Servlets Those e speak services that are manageable via servlets have an extra hyperlink in their data pane When clicked the link which reads View Servlet will automatically load the servlet into the browser selected when configuring your Console see Configuring the Console The following picture shows the servlet s hyperlink in the data pane of a Web based management service System Deployment Console Main tree MARLER 0 3 e My Core Repository Element e speak Web E e Command Line string java net espeak manage e Description e Process ID processes 1 My e speak files e Installation date 5 30 2000 at 11 02 51 GMT Bridge View Serviet Fe PMF e Name My Core web manager System policies Printer policies fd T e MARLER D 3 Calculator Figure 14 An exa
25. ree tabs labeled Figure 1 Tab Recycle Bin Tab and Log Tab enable the user to switch between these views The items on the Menu Bar also in are common to all three views The Menu Bar contains buttons to refresh the screen Refresh Button and exit the Console Exit Button The main menus the Create Menu and the System Menu are all located here The status bar is also common to all views though is only relevant to the Standard View The standard view as shown below depicts the main managed deployment It is the view you see when the Console gets started When the Main Tab is depressed this view is enabled The window contains the following e The Scratchpad Tree where semi configured items reside e The Main Tree where fully configured components of the deployment reside e The Template Pane where element templates see Templates are contained Two Data Panes one for each tree window containing HTML based information about the selected element in the corresponding tree Template Pane Figure 1 The standard view Main Tab depressed Recycle View e The view when the Recycle Bin Tab is depressed This view shows the processes in the Recycle Bin See Recycle Bin for more details on the purpose and functionality of the Recycle Bin The Data Pane displays the same HTML as with selected elements in the Standard View above The Status Bar is of no relevance to elements selected in this view Popup
26. tecture Service providers can implement custom management plug ins for their own services and tasks and these become part of the Console Schema HTML based Data Pane that supports www like navigation of management objects within the Console 10 Integration with web based management servlets and e speak HTTP bridge The Console Pre requisites Any remote machines that the Console is to manage must have a Daemon Core resident Connection to remote Daemon Cores requires either a local Daemon Core or a standard e speak core In order to view web based management servlets you will need a standard web browser on your machine Management Database Concepts The Console is a remote management tool implemented in e speak It has been designed for the distributed management of both e speak and native non e speak processes as well as services The architecture of the Console is based on the Common Information Model CIM for system management and features many e speak specific extensions The Console uses a locally stored database essentially a table of managed elements representing and interacting with real processes and services Each element can have a number of properties while each property has a series of constraints associated with them For example a port number property for e speak core maybe have constraints that port number must be positive The database also holds associations Each type of association represents a particular
27. the objects in the Recycle Bin press CTRL A Permanently Deleting Elements Permanent deletion of elements bypasses the Recycle Bin and removes any reference to the task stored in the Console Permanent deletion also forces the running tasks to be stopped If you wish to discontinue the management of a task but do not wish to stop it yet move the item to the recycle bin Configuring the Console with your web browser Some services that can be started with the Console also create servlets that can be used to manage the service remotely The Console has been designed with the need to access these servlets in mind Servlets are not viewable within the Console window as they may contain any web page content supported by new browser technologies The Console instead can be configured to load the servlet web page into a browser of your choice To do this configuration click on the System Configure Console menu option or press lt ALT gt lt S gt then lt C gt This action will bring up the configuration window for the Console Click here to browse your file system for vour browser program An editable text box Configumng System Deplopment Console Select ihe program file for the web browser on your computer If the current file is cornact press OK CP rogram Filesuntemet ExplorenlEXPLORE ESE a Figure 13 The Console Configuration Window Simply type in the path to your browse
28. the port number is fixed to 2950 Configuring e speak Host x Configuring e speak Host 0 Description Caption Po IP Address 15 144 27 9 Time out seconds 5 E URL jlocalhost 2950 Management Name Po Accept configuration Cancel Figure 3 The Connect Dialog Box Once the form has been completed click Accept configuration lf the connection is successful a host object and all its hostees will be displayed in the Tree Pane of the Main Panel as in By left clicking on that host object you will see a list of properties about that host appear in the Data Pane At the bottom of the Console on the status bar the current state of the host is shown to be OK so it is ready to be managed You may now create and configure tasks on that host Right click on the host object in the Tree Pane to bring up a popup menu showing what you can do with that object It usually includes operations for creating starting and stopping tasks editing properties etc Selecting Properties will bring up the Configuring e speak Host dialog again Here you may wish to assign a description and caption to that host for example The required fields are marked in red If there are already managed objects such as tasks cores and clients created on a host connecting to that host will automatically retrieve the management information about those elements and they will be displaye
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