Cisco Systems 1.3.0 manual Working With The GUI Environment, Overview, Before you begin

Working With The GUI Environment

Working With The GUI Environment

Overview	This section describes:
	• the login screen and how to log into the VOCAL system
	• the user configuration screen and available the buttons, options boxes,
		and data fields.
Before you begin
	The machine that was used to install the VOCAL system is known as the
	provisioning host. You can access the Provisioning Server from the
	provisioning host, or from any other PC that is connected to the network
	where the VOCAL system resides.
	Before you can work with the Provisioning GUI, you must have the following:
	• A web browser loaded on your machine. The browser can be any type
		that takes a Java Run-time Environment (JRE) plug-in version 1.3.1_01.
	• Access to the Internet to download the Java plug-in. All networking
		requirements are covered in the VOCAL Installation Guide.
	You must also know the host name of your provisioning host and the system
	name that was entered during the software installation. This information is
	used to access the web page that contains the links to the GUI system
	utilities. This web address can be expressed as:
	http://<provisioning host name>/vocal/index.html.
		Note
		An example of this web address could be:
		http://local_host/vocal/index.html
Accessing the GUI
	To access the Provisioning GUI, go to:
	http://<provisioning host name>/vocal/index.html
	and select Provision System.
	The first Provisioning screen calls a Java plug-in. The plug-in is not shipped
	with the software, it must be downloaded from the Internet. Normally, this
	plug-in would have been downloaded to the provisioning host during the
	software installation process.
	However, if you are accessing the system from another machine besides the
	provisioning host, a download prompt appears when the screen is first
	loaded. Accept the download file and load the plug-in onto your machine.
	Once the plug-in has been loaded the Provisioning Login screen appears as
	shown in Figure 1-1 on page 1-3.

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