Finisar Surveyor manual Remote Resources

Surveyor

User’s Guide

Double-click on a resource to display a default view of the resource in Summary View. If a remote resource is protected, you are asked for a user name and password. Drag and drop resources onto alarms in the Alarm Browser to activate an alarm for a resource.

Local resources are those within the local PC running Surveyor.

Remote Resources

Remote resources are all resources that can be reached through a TCP/IP connection. When running Surveyor from the PC, you have complete access and privileges to any resource in the PC. You can access remote resources and establish accounts for your local resources if you are using Remote plug-in software available from Finisar. Both the local and the remote resource require Remote plug-in software for remote access to function.

Access to remote resources are controlled from the PC that contains the resource. For example, if your PC contains two THGm modules, accounts, privileges, and passwords for the modules are established at your PC. Remote users must have access to a valid account to use the THGm modules in your PC.

A remote resource can be located in any host which can be accessed via a TCP/IP connection. You’ll need to know the IP address of the remote host to log in to the remote resource. If the remote resource can be auto-discovered by Surveyor, the IP address or the name associated with the IP address of the host will display in the Resource Browser. Typically, resources on the same LAN segment can be auto- discovered.

See Figure 5-1 for a diagram of how local and remote resources are accessed by Surveyor.

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