Accessing Compaq Management Agents for Servers

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Accessing Compaq Server Management Agents from a Browser

Device Home Page

Browser Requirements

Security

Viewing Subsystem and Status Information

Accessing Compaq Server Management Agents from a Browser

The Web-enabled Compaq Management Agents for Servers allow you to view subsystem and status information from a Web browser, either locally or remotely.

Note:  Notice that the URL is followed by :2301. This is the port or socket number that the Web-enabled Management Agents for Servers use to communicate with the browser. If this number is not specified, your browser might attempt to connect to another Web page if the managed server is running a Web server.

After you enter the URL, the Device Home Page displays.

Device Home Page

The Device Home Page is the first page displayed when you access the device at port 2301. This page displays available Compaq Web-enabled services. Anonymous access to information is available without logging in when the device home page is launched for the first time. To login as a different user, select the Anonymous Link. The login screen displays. See the Security section below for more information about user accounts.

The following options are available on the Device Home Page:

Browser Requirements

The minimum browser requirements include support for tables, frames, Java, JavaScript, and Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.1.

Additional browsers, or the browsers mentioned, used with different operating systems, may or may not work correctly, depending upon their specific implementations of the required browser technologies.

The requirements are TCP/IP and one of the following browsers:

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Browser Requirements

Novell NetWare 3.12 and later, 4.x, and 5.x

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 version 4.72.2106.8 or later

  • Netscape Navigator 4.05 or later

Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 version 4.72.2106.8 or later

    NOTE: Internet Explorer 4.0 requires service pack 3 on Windows NT 4.0.

  • Netscape Navigator 4.04 or later

    NOTE: Navigator requires the JDK 1.1 patch.

Compaq Tru64 UNIX V4.0F and later

  • Netscape Communicator 4.5 or later.

NOTE: This browser includes support for JDK 1.1.

Compaq Tru64 UNIX V3.2C and later

 

  • Netscape Communicator 4.06 or later.

NOTE: This browser includes support for JDK 1.1.

 

SCO UnixWare 7, 7.1.0 and later

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and later, Netscape Communicator 4.70 on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000

  • Netscape Communicator 4.62 or later on UnixWare 7.1.0 and 7.1.1.

NOTE: Unixware 7.1.0 Netscape Communicator 4.08 should be presently installed. Remove Netscape 4.08, then upgrade with Netscape Communicator 4.62 which is present in UnixWare 7.1.1 CD.


IMPORTANT: You must turn on the following options for the Management Agents to work properly:

For the Compaq Tru64 UNIX Server agents, the Netscape option, Only accept cookies originating from the same server as the page being viewed, is also accepted.


Updating Netscape Communicator for Compaq Tru64 UNIX Workstations

Update your version of Netscape Communicator by downloading the software from http://home.netscape.com/download

Installing JDK 1.1 patch for Communicator on Windows 95/Windows NT

  1. Run Navigator.

  2. Go to http://help.netscape.com/filelib.html?#smartupdate

  3. Click the JDK Update Button.

  1. Download JDK 1.1 support for Communicator 4.04 from ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/smartupdate/english/windows/windows95ornt/awt/404awt.zip

  2. Shut down Communicator.

  3. Restart your computer.

  4. Unzip 404awt.zip into the Program directory of the Communicator software.

  5. The following table lists the file names (and their locations) that will be replaced by the patch.

    File Name

    Directory

    jrt3240.dll

    Program

    ifc11.jar

    Program\Java\Classes

    java40.jar

    Program\Java\Classes

    jio40.jar

    Program\Java\Classes

    awt3240.dll

    Program\Java\Bin

    jit3240.dll

    Program\Java\Bin

Security

The Web-enabled Compaq Management Agents for Servers for Microsoft Windows NT allows SNMP sets for some system parameters. This capability requires security that includes the three predefined users and passwords as defined below:

Account

User Name

Password

anonymous

anonymous

 

User

user

public

operator

operator

operator

administrator

administrator

administrator

NOTE: These are the only user accounts available in this release, and they cannot be changed except for the password.

Anonymous access to information is available without logging in when the Device Home Page is launched for the first time.

There are three types of data: Default (read only), Sets (read/write), and Reboot (read/write). The WEBAGENT.INI file located in the system_root\cpqmgmt\webagent directory as well as UnixWare 7 webagent.ini in the /opt/compaq/webagent. In NetWare, the WEBAGENT.INI is located at the sys:\system\cpqmgmt\webagent directory, specifies the level of user that has access to data. The "read=" and "write=" entries in the file set the user accounts required for access, where: 0 = No access, 1 = Anonymous, 2 = User, 3 = Operator, and 4 = Administrator. Changing these entries changes the security.

The Web-enabled Management Agents for Servers service must be stopped and restarted for any changes to take effect. Do not modify anything except the read/write levels to change security.

Viewing Subsystem and Status Information

Select Compaq Management Agents from the Device Home Page to view subsystem and status information for the device. This section describes how to navigate through the management information.

The date and time displayed at the top of the page shows the local time the page was last received by your Web browser. To refresh this frame, select the refresh link at the top of the page.

Title Frame

The Title Frame, located in the upper-left corner of the browser window, displays the the following links.

Summary Page

The first summary page displays the device name, type, contact information, location, and IP address, as well as a list of failed or degraded items. To view detailed information about a failed or degraded item, click on the item.

Device Status

The colored ball and square icons next to the individual items indicates the status of each item.

unknown.gif (986 bytes) Device status is unknown.

normal.gif (1078 bytes) Device status is ok.

minor.gif (1070 bytes) Device status is degraded.

major.gif (1029 bytes) Device status is failed.

NOTE: In the no-frames version of this software, the Summary page fills the entire browser window. Each page has the equivalent of the contents of the Title Frame at the top with links to Help, Summary, Device Home, and Options. The Summary page in the no-frames version displays all categories of devices, and items within each category are sorted by status. To view detailed information about an item, click on the item.

Navigation Frame

The Navigation Frame, located below the Title Frame on the left side of the browser window, lists all of the subsystems with components that are available for this device.

The colored ball next to the various items in the list indicates the status of that item. A legend for the colored balls is displayed at the bottom of the frame. Select a component in the left frame to display detailed information about it in the right frame.

Information about the following subsystems is available:

Data Frame

The Data Frame comprises the remainder of the browser window and displays detailed information about the selected items. This window also displays the Summary Page when the Summary option is selected from the Title Frame.

NOTE: Some items may split the Data Frame into subframes that follow the same organizational structure as the main frame with navigation data in a subframe on the left and detailed information in a subframe on the right.

 

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