Extreme Networks EPICenter 5.0, Manual

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26 EPICenter Concepts and Solutions Guide
Getting Started with EPICenter
Both components must be running in order to run the EPICenter client applets.
In a Windows environment (Windows 2000, XP, or 2003 Server), the recommended (and default)
method of installing the EPICenter server components is as services. If you have installed the EPICenter
components as services, the two EPICenter Server components will start automatically when you boot
the server.
If you have not installed EPICenter as services, or if you have installed EPICenter in a Solaris
environment, you will need to start the EPICenter server manually.
Starting the EPICenter Server in a Windows Environment
If you installed EPICenter as a regular application rather than as services, you must start the server
from the
Start menu:
1 From the Start menu, highlight Programs , then Extreme Networks , followed by EPICenter 5.0 to
display the EPICenter menu.
2 Click Start EPICenter 5.0 Server. This runs
runserv.exe
, a program that starts the two components
in the required order.
An MS-DOS window may very briefly appear as these processes are started.
Starting the EPICenter Server in a Solaris Environment
To start the EPICenter server as a daemon (recommended):
/etc/init.d/EPICenter start
To run the EPICenter Server as an application:
1 Set the current directory to the EPICenter install directory:
cd <install_dir>
<install_dir>
is the directory (path) where you installed the EPICenter components. If you
installed in the default directory, the path is
/opt/extreme/epc5_0
.
2 Execute
runserv
to start the two EPICenter components in the required order.
runserv &
Starting the EPICenter Client
On Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003 Server systems, the EPICenter software provides two
options for connecting to an EPICenter server from a client system:
• A stand-alone client application. This is the recommended client option.
• A browser-based client you can run from Microsoft Internet Explorer. This client provides slightly
limited functionality due to the constraints of the browser environment (for example, you cannot use
cut and paste, you cannot save Telnet macros you create, and you cannot use the configuration file
viewer or difference viewer).
On Solaris-based systems, only the stand-alone client is supported.
The stand-alone client is installed along with the EPICenter server on the system where the server
resides. The stand-alone client can also be installed by itself on any system you want to use as an
EPICenter client. See the
EPICenter Installation and Upgrade Note for instructions on installing the client
on a system without the EPICenter server.