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The IBM 8371 provides a World Wide Web interface to monitor and configure the product. The Web browser interface performs all of the functionality of the command line interface, but in a graphical, more user-friendly manner.
Use any Web browser that supports HyperText Markup Language (HTML) tables and clickable images. Examples of browsers that support this feature are WebExplorer Version 1.03 or higher, Netscape Navigator Version 1.1N or higher, and Mosaic Version 2.1.1 or higher.
Access the Web interface through TCP/IP Host Services on the bridged network to which the IBM 8371 is connected or by using IP routing.
You will be shown the Home Page that is described in the next section.
When configuring using the Web browser interface, observe the following guidelines:
The Home Page provides a graphic that shows the status of the IBM 8371. It indicates the current network interfaces installed and shows the status of each port (for example, installed, enabled, or disabled). The current state of each LED is also shown, as well as the indication of the devices that are installed.. If the Web browser supports dynamic refresh, then this page will automatically refresh itself approximately every 80 seconds. If you click any of these ports or interfaces, a more detailed description of its status will be shown on a separate Web page.
Click How to use this Web Site for instructions about using this site.
Click Configuration and Console to bring up the menu.
Click Diagnostics to bring up the menu shown in Figure Figure 8.
Click Vital Product Data for information about the hardware and operational software. This panel, which is usually used for diagnostics, is not displayed here.
Figure 8. Diagnostic Menu
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One of the links on the Configuration and Console page 1 is to the Event Logging System (ELS). The ELS display is similar to the one provided on the command line interface. On the Web interface, going into the ELS will display the most recent events stored in the system memory. In order to get future updates, press the Reload button on your browser. For more details about the ELS message facility, refer to the Event Logging System Messages Guide.
The console monitoring interface provides real-time status information very similar to that offered in the command line interface. The menus from the command line interface are presented as a hierarchy of Web links that can easily be traversed with the click of a mouse button. It is possible to jump back several levels in the hierarchy with a single push of a button.
| Important: | Exercise caution when using the Web browser to change configuration parameters. Changes to the configuration that are made using the Web browser are written directly to static random access memory (SRAM). You can make unintentional configuration changes that do not take effect until you reset the IBM 8371. To check that you have the correct parameters, look over the settings for any parameters that you have configured before submitting them. |
The Web interface greatly simplifies the configuration of network and protocol parameters. In many cases where it is necessary to remember the individual network numbers on the command line interface, those options are now all presented as menu options on the Web. Also, the Web interface uses the graphical features available to it, such as pick lists, selection lists, radio buttons, and check boxes.
If a particular configuration option needs to prompt you for answers to several questions, those questions will be presented on a single Web page. After all of the questions are filled in, you should press the Submit button to send the data back to the IBM 8371 for validation.
The hierarchy of the Web browser interface is very similar to that of the command line interface.
The Web Configurator uses a selection list and a Return to button to provide an advanced history function. Depending upon your choice of HTML browser, a pick list, choice box or pull-down list box will be displayed. This list of selections contains the names of the pages visited under the current branch of the software structure. To return to a previously visited page within the current command pathway, select that entry from the list and click the Return To button.