Extreme Networks EPICenter 5.0, Manual

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Starting EPICenter
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For Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003 Server, the browser-based client is a Java applet that
is downloaded from the EPICenter server when you run it, and requires the following software on the
client:
• Internet Explorer 6.0 with the Java Plug-in version 1.4.2_05 or later.
Starting the EPICenter Client in a Windows Environment
To start the EPICenter stand-alone client:
1 From the Start menu, highlight Programs , then Extreme Networks .
2 If you are running the client on the system where the EPICenter server is installed, select EPICenter
5.0 , then select EPICenter 5.0 Client
If you are running the client on a system different from where the EPICenter server is installed, select
EPICenter 5.0 Client , then select Client Application.
The EPICenter Client Login window appears, as shown in Figure 3 on page 29.
To start the EPICenter client in a browser window:
1 Launch your web browser.
2 Enter the following URL:
http://<host>:<port>/
In the URL, replace
<host>
with the name of the system where the EPICenter server is running.
Replace
<port>
with the TCP port number that you assigned to the EPICenter Web Server during
installation.
NOTE
If you configured your EPICenter server uses the default web server port, 80, you do not need to
include the port number.
The EPICenter browser-based client first presents a start-up page, as shown in Figure 2.