Configuration
Configuration is the period after Installation involving cre- ating and configuring consoles, profiles, and user ac- counts. Invocations are in a default mode after installa- tion and are not fully functional until configured. Con- figuration operations are performed using a web browser and are described in the ConsoleWorks Administration and User Guide.
Invocation Components (Figure 2)
Invocation
A copy of the ConsoleWorks application running on the host. Users, profiles, and consoles are exclusive to each invocation.
users | profiles |
| Concept of a ConsoleWorks invocation |
| |||
console port 01 RWAC |
| ||||||
| A |
|
|
|
| ||
| console port 02 RW | ConsoleWorks management |
| ||||
| A | console port 03 R |
|
|
|
| |
|
| read |
|
|
| ||
|
|
| console port 01 RWAC |
| delete |
| |
user 01 | B C | B | write |
|
| ||
| control |
| |||||
| console port 03 RW |
|
|
| |||
|
|
|
|
| |||
| A |
| console port 04 R |
|
| 04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 03 |
|
| user 02 | C | console port 01 RW |
|
| 02 | device |
| A | C |
|
| console port 01 | console | |
| user 03 | console port 02 RWAC |
| read |
| port(s) | |
|
| acknowledge | (physical) | ||||
|
|
| ConsoleWorks management | write | control | or Syslog | |
|
|
| RWDC |
|
| Event | |
rule1: only one set of privileges per console port to a profile | profile |
|
|
| |||
|
|
|
| ||||
rule 2: only one active profile at a time for each user |
|
| access privileges to a console port or to | ||||
rule 3: | more than one user may have access to and use a profile |
|
| ||||
rule 4: | privileges to a console port may vary between profiles |
|
| ConsoleWorks management | |||
|
|
|
| ||||
Figure 2 - Invocation Components
Device Console Port
The physical connection between the host and the external device.
Console
The representation within ConsoleWorks of the a device console including all the parameters necessary to communicate with that console. A console has four privileges: Read, Write, Acknowledge and Control (RWAC). Access to a console is controlled via profiles. Each user is given access to a specific profile or profiles.
Profile
A configured set of privileges providing access to consoles and/or to ConsoleWorks administration within an invocation. Users are given profile access by user(s) with access to ConsoleWorks management profile
(s). Console privileges are Read, Write, Acknowledge and Control (RAWC). ConsoleWorks administration privileges are Read, Write, Delete and Control (RWDC).
Some rules for configuring and using profiles per invocation are: rule 1: each profile has only one set of privileges per console, rule 2: each profile may have access to one or more console, rule 3: each user may have only one active profile at a time,
rule 4: more than one user may have access to and use a profile, and
rule 5: privileges to a console may vary between profiles.
A tabular example of these rules is shown below in Table 1. In Table 1, the profiles User 1, User 2, Manager 1 and Manager 2 were created solely for the purpose of the example and are not standard profiles in ConsoleWorks.
User
A person logging into a ConsoleWorks invocation's user account. Generally speaking, the difference be- tween an administrative account and a user account is the access to ConsoleWorks management pro- files. All users are permitted to have access to more than one profile, but can only use one profile at a time per invocation.
ConsoleWorks Manager
A person logging into a ConsoleWorks invocation with the ConsoleWorks Administrative privileges which are the ability to Read, Write,
Delete and Control (RWDC) user accounts, profiles and console ports. ConsoleWorks Managers are permitted to ac- cess more than one profile, but can only use one profile at a time per invocation.
profiles | device a | device b | device c | consoleworks app |
user 1 | R | R | - | - |
user 2 | RW | - | R | R |
manager 1 | RW | RWAC | RW | RWDC |
manager 2 | RWAC | - | - | RWDC |
Table 1. Profiles to device mapping example
7
