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Tools
The Tools menu provides access to various items:
Alerts
– This options displays a complete list of all operational alerts that have been generated by the
ADDER.NET server in response to events and states which may require attention. Individual alerts are also presented within
the various relevant sections of ADDER.NET.
Logs
– Allows you to define various criteria in order to search and display the complete status log or any part thereof. The
defined log can be viewed within the application or saved to a CSV file, as required. See
Using Logs
Configure ADDER.NET
– Displays the base configuration details for ADDER.NET (see below).
Configure Workstation
– Allows you to install the VNC-URI client and/or the key authority certificate on the local computer
(these options are normally only offered during initial configuration).
Active Directory
– Displays the
Active Directory Import
page to allow you to define links between ADDER.NET and an
external directory server.
Firmware Upgrades
– Presents the list of upgrades contained in the firmware directory on the server which are applicable to
known devices on the system and allows the user to upgrade acquired devices. See
Appendix 4
.
Device Auto-configuration
– Allows you to enable and adjust key settings within the
device auto-configuration
feature.
Backup & Restore
– Allows you to restore database data from a backup file and to maintain backup files on the server or in
alternative locations, such as in a directory which is regularly backed-up to tape. See
Appendix 3
.
Licence
– Displays licence and system information for the ADDER.NET server installation and allows you to add further
licences to the installation.
Time period (in minutes) of inactivity after which ADDER.NET will automatically logout for security purposes.
Determines the language that the system will use, unless over-ridden by user preference.
[See note below] Number of concurrent threads that can occur while searching for new devices.
Number of lines displayed within list tables.
Interval (in seconds) for ADDER.NET to wait before updating availability icons on any ADDER.NET page.
[See note below] Time duration (in milliseconds) for which S3 credentials sent to a device are valid. When using S3
authentication, the connection must be completed in this period or it will fail. Default value is 15,000 (15 seconds).
Where SSH connection problems are encountered while using Serial CAM modules, this value may need to be
increased to 20,000.
[See note below] The number of times SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) operations are retried in case
of failure. The default value of zero means never retry.
[See note below] Time duration (in milliseconds) to wait for a reply when using SNMP. If there is no reply in the
period, the operation is assumed to have failed. Default value is 1,500, i.e. 1.5 seconds.
This option allows the ADDER.NET manager to prevent the client logon checks from appearing on all client logon
screens. This means that individual clients won’t need to set cookies but also that the warnings won’t appear on
PCs with incomplete client installations.
[See note below] ADDER.NET uses a Secure Ticketing mechanism to provide authorised access to hosts. Tickets are
issued by ADDER.NET and will remain valid for this time. See Appendix 1 for details about the Secure Ticket feature.
Offers an alternative authentication mechanism for devices which overcomes deficiencies in real time clocks.
Certain requirements must be met before S3 authentication can be used. See Appendix 2 for details.
NOTE:
You should not alter values described in
red
unless requested to do so by technical support.
