Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Launching a remote Smia configuration tool

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Launching a remote SMIA configuration tool

To launch a remote SMIA configuration tool, complete the following steps.

1.Open a web browser and enter the IP address of the Management application server in the Address bar.

If the web server port number does not use the default (443 if is SSL Enabled; otherwise, the default is 80), you must enter the web server port number in addition to the IP address. For example, IP_Address:Web_Server_Port_Number.

The Management application web start screen displays.

2.Click the SMIA configuration tool application web start link. The Log In dialog box displays.

3.Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively.

NOTE

Do not enter Domain\User_Name in the User ID field for LDAP server authentication.

4.Select or clear the Save password check box to choose whether you want the application to remember your password the next time you log in.

5.Click Login.

The SMIA Configuration Tool dialog box displays

Service Location Protocol (SLP) support

The Management application SMI Agent uses Service Location Protocol (SLP) to allow applications to discover the existence, location, and configuration of WBEM services in enterprise networks.

You do not need a WBEM client to use SLP discovery to find a WBEM Server; that is, SLP discovery might already know about the location and capabilities of the WBEM Server to which it wants to send its requests. In such environments, you do not need to start the SLP component of the Management application SMI Agent.

However, in a dynamically changing enterprise network environment, many WBEM clients might choose to use SLP discovery to find the location and capabilities of other WBEM Servers. In such environments, start the SLP component of the Management application SMI Agent to allow advertisement of its existence, location, and capabilities.

SLP installation is optional and you can configure it during Management application configuration. Once installed, SLP starts whenever the Management application SMI Agent starts.

SLP support includes the following components:

•slpd script starts the slpd platform

•slpd program acts as a Service Agent (SA). A different slpd binary executable file exists for UNIX and Windows systems.

•slptool script starts the slptool platform-specific program

•slptool program can be used to verify whether SLP is operating properly or not. A different slptool exists for UNIX and Windows.

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