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What is the NerveCenter Client?      Review and Summary

How to Use the NerveCenter Client

In this scenario, you will want to open a client interface and connect to a server.

This scenario includes the following three activities:

  1. Starting the NerveCenter Client
  2. Connecting to a NerveCenter Server
  3. Quitting the NerveCenter Client

Starting the NerveCenter Client

This first activity steps you through the process of opening the NerveCenter Client.

 
  To start the NerveCenter Client:

  1. If a NerveCenter Server is not already running on your machine or another accessible machine, start it.
  2. In UNIX:

    UNIX

    1. Open a terminal window.
    2. Source one of the following environment variables:

      installation_path/userfiles/ncenv.sh

      installation_path/userfiles/ncenv.csh

      installation_path/userfiles/ncenv.ksh

    3. Type client &.

      NerveCenter displays the Open NerveCenter Client window.

  3. In Windows:

    NT

    1. Select the Start menu.
    2. Select Programs > Open Service NerveCenter > Client.
           These steps depend on a typical NerveCenter installation. The directory path may be different.

      NerveCenter displays the NerveCenter Client window.

      clientNotConnected

You have now just started the NerveCenter Client. The next activity will explain how to connect to a server.

Connecting to a NerveCenter Server

In the last activity, you opened the NerveCenter Client. However, there's not much you can do until you connect to a NerveCenter Server.

This next activity will step you through the process of connecting to a NerveCenter Server.

 
  To connect to a NerveCenter Server:

  1. Make sure a NerveCenter Server is running on either your machine or a host that your local machine can access. If you are having trouble, see your NerveCenter administrator.
  2. In the NerveCenter Client, choose Connect from the Server menu.

    ConnectButton

    NerveCenter displays the Connect to Server window.

    ServerConnectWin1

  3. In the Server Name field, type the host name or the IP address of the machine running a NerveCenter Server.

    The first time you connect to a server, the drop-down list box will be empty. After entering the name once, you can select the server's name from the drop-down list. The drop-down list box contains all the machines to which you've connected, or attempted to connect, in the past.

  4. In the User ID field and Password fields, type a valid user name and a valid password.

    Remember, to be able to complete the activities and exercises in this book, you must be a member of a group with administrator rights.

  5. In the Connect to Server window, select Connect.

    The NerveCenter Client connects to the NerveCenter Server. The NerveCenter Client displays the active server as well as the Aggregate Alarm Summary window.

    The NerveCenter Client Window after the User Has Connected to a Server

    Client

You have just connected to an active NerveCenter Server. There may be times when you want to disconnect from a server. The next activity will explain how.

Quitting the NerveCenter Client

In the previous two activities you opened the NerveCenter Client and connected to a NerveCenter Server. At some point it may be necessary to disconnect from a server and/or quit the NerveCenter Client.

This last activity will step you through the process of disconnecting from the server and exiting the NerveCenter Client.

 
  To quit the NerveCenter Client:

  1. From the Server menu, choose Disconnect.

    DisconnectButton

    NerveCenter displays a warning message that it is about to disconnect from the active server.

    DisconnectWarn

  2. In the warning message, select OK.

    The NerveCenter Client disconnects from the active server.

  3. From the Client menu, choose Exit.

    NerveCenter displays a warning message that you are about to exit the application.

    ExitWarn

  4. In the warning message, select OK.

You have just completed disconnecting from the active server and exiting the NerveCenter Client.

You now know how to start the NerveCenter Client and connect to a NerveCenter Server. You also can disconnect from a NerveCenter Server as well as quit the NerveCenter Client.

You are almost ready to begin creating behavior models. First, though, you will want to isolate some devices on your network so you can create a test group to work with. Chapter 2, How to Define Property Groups and Properties will explain how to do this.

What is the NerveCenter Client? Review and Summary
29 July 2003